The Canton Area Citizens for Environmental Issues hosted the quarterly meeting of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance on Friday, November 15th with a tour of both proposed and previous mine sites the day before. The tour highlighted areas that would be impacted if the proposed North Canton mine is built, including Canton Lake which is the […]
Public tells Urbana Champaign Sanitary District: Cronus water sale is bad idea
Board passes resolution promising minimum discharges to local streams Last Thursday, the normally sleepy UCSD monthly board meeting was standing room only. People turned out to tell the Board of Trustees they’re still worried about the proposed sale of water to Cronus Chemical. Comments were eloquent, heartfelt, and intelligent. We heard repeatedly that the deal […]
Illinois Residents Call for Strong Carbon Pollution Limits From Existing Power Plants
Midwest Communities Rally for Climate Action at Chicago EPA Listening Session Friday, November 8, 2013Contact: Emily Rosenwasser, Emily.Rosenwasser@sierraclub.org, 312-251-1680 x119 CHICAGO – Today hundreds of residents from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin testified at the regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in Chicago, calling on officials to enact the strongest possible limits on carbon pollution from […]
Prairie Rivers Network to Honor River Advocates at Annual Dinner
Media scholar Robert McChesney will be keynote speaker Prairie Rivers Network will honor Kevin Cummings and Suzanne Smith for their work in protecting and promoting the health of Illinois rivers and wildlife at its Annual Dinner on October 11. The event will be held at the I Hotel and Conference Center, 1900 S First Street […]
Court-Ordered Coal Ash Protections to Benefit Illinois Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 2013 Court-Ordered Coal Ash Protections to Benefit Illinois Communities Federal Court Orders EPA to Move Forward on Coal Ash Rules Washington, D.C. – A federal judge agreed with environmental and public health groups that the Environmental Protection Agency needs to set federal regulations for the safe and proper disposal of toxic coal […]
