The Prairie Rivers Network staff and board of directors had a wonderful evening visiting with 330 members and friends at our Annual Dinner on November 6th. Pictures from the Annual Dinner View photos from past dinners at our Flickr site… River Steward Award Carla Murray of Canton, Illinois received our River Steward award for her many […]
UPDATE: Clean Water Rule on Hold
UPDATE: November 18, 2015 Congressional Attempts to Kill Clean Water Rule Beaten Back Prairie Rivers Network & friends urging Illinois Attorney General to intervene on behalf of Clean Water Rule. Since we last posted on the Clean Water Rule, Senate Republicans have made two attempts to kill the Rule. One attempt was with a bill […]
Say NO MORE to mercury pollution in the Ohio River!
Clean water can’t wait! It’s time to stop discharging toxic levels of mercury into the Ohio River! The Ohio River is the public water supply for 5 million homes from Pittsburgh, PA to Cairo, IL, and is home to over 150 species of fish. It shouldn’t be a private waste dump for big business. But for […]
Clinton Landfill Now Eyeing Coal Combustion Waste
While it is great news that Clinton Landfill has agreed to not store federally-regulated levels of PCBs, the saga isn’t over yet. An article in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette quoted the landfill’s attorney as saying that the landfill is looking to get into the business of accepting coal combustion waste from power plants. Coal waste can […]
Mahomet Aquifer Bills in Progress
Representative Ammons and Senator Bennett introduce bills to protect Mahomet Aquifer We are excited that freshmen lawmakers Representative Carol Ammons and Senator Scott Bennett have introduced bills to protect the Mahomet Aquifer from pollution. Specifically, materials containing high levels of PCBs and manufactured gas plant waste would be prohibited in landfills located above the aquifer. […]
