University of Illinois Academic Senate votes to divest from coal companies This week, the University of Illinois Academic Senate (over 200 faculty and students) voted in overwhelming support of a resolution to divest from coal companies — shifting the University’s investments to socially responsible funds. The resolutions was pushed by Student Senators and the UIUC […]
Prairie River Notes – Spring 2016 Newsletter
Read Prairie Rivers Network’s 2016 Spring Newsletter and 2015 Annual Report, featuring articles: Cover Crops: Looking Toward the Future of Farming Carol’s Currents 2015 Annual Report and 2015 PRN Members & Supporters list Illinois’ Self-Bonding Problem Miles for Monarchs You can also read the 2015 Annual Report separately.
We have only ourselves (& the Army Corps of Engineers) to blame
Poor river policies wreak havoc on river towns and fragile ecosystems by Kim Knowles Governor Bruce Rauner has declared 23 Illinois counties disaster areas due to flood damages. Widespread flooding has shut down businesses, closed roads, forced evacuations, and taken lives as intense winter precipitation caused the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to flood towns in […]
Ding Dong. The-Witch-is-Dead.
Clean Water Rule saved from wicked attacks in Congress. Today marks a very important victory in our battle to save EPA’s Clean Water Rule from a phalanx in Congress intent on destroying the rule by any legislative-means necessary. Opponents in Congress failed three times to stop a rule that will provide critical protection to our […]
Land and Water Conservation Fund needs our support
#SaveLWCF UPDATE 12/17/2015: We learned yesterday that the federal budget agreement will extend the Land & Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for another 3 years. Since Congress let LWCF expire in Sept., that IS good news. BUT – we’re going to keep working for permanent reauthorization to this critical program. Stay tuned in the new year […]
