FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24th, 2013 Canton Residents Call on Governor Quinn to Halt Renewal of Strip Mine Permit that Threatens Drinking Water Supply Illinois Department of Natural Resources is Side-Stepping Public Participation and Ignoring Administrative Decision with Plan to Renew “Denied” Mine Permit Canton, IL – At a public hearing in Canton on Wednesday […]
Prairie Rivers Notes – Spring 2013 Newsletter
Read Prairie Rivers Network’s Spring 2013 Newsletter, featuring articles on: Cover Crops: An Important Tool for Reducing Water Pollution Greetings from Glynnis Environmental Lobby Day on May 2nd Sunrise Coal Setback for Homer Residents (see the latest News-Gazette article with a happy update on this story) Go Team! Run for your Rivers and Walk for […]
Happy Earth Day!
In the News: Prairie Rivers Network members have LTEs published
Rudy Habben of Peoria Heights and Bruce Semans of Rochester both had Letters to the Editor published in their local papers recently. The letters encouraged everyone to conserve water, especially considering the droughts of last summer. In the yard, we can all do our part by planting native plants and maybe even a rain garden. […]
Ameren sued in federal court for more than 1,000 violations of Clean Air Act
More than 1,000 violations of the Clean Air Act were found at the outdated Ameren E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant in Bartonville, IL. The data showing these opacity violations was collected by Ameren at its own facilities. Opacity is one way of measuring particle pollution. This lawsuit was brought by the Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance, […]
