For Immediate Release Thursday, March 6, 2014 MIDDLE FORK RIVER ADVOCATES CALL ON STATE OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS FAILING TOXIC ASH PITS OAKWOOD, Ill. – Illinois residents and river advocates spoke out at a press conference today to highlight ongoing deterioration at Dynegy Vermilion’s coal ash storage pits. Two of the three ash ponds at the […]
Water sale contract heavily favors Cronus Chemical, leaves District with few protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2014 Sanitary District set to approve contract this Thursday morning CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) will vote this Thursday, March 6th on a contract for the sale of treated wastewater (“effluent”) to Cronus Chemical for use by Cronus in a fertilizer plant it may build in […]
Hunter Dam: Tell the Springfield City Council we don’t need it!
UPDATE on 3/5/2014: Great news! The Hunter Dam resolution failed to pass the Springfield City Council. Thank you to all who spoke up to stop this wasteful, destructive project. The dam building era is over! *********** Please attend the City Council meeting this Tuesday! Tell the City Council we do not need this expensive and destructive […]
ACTION ALERT: Help prevent pollution from FACTORY FARMS
Prairie Rivers Network and our partners have introduced a bill that will improve the siting and management of factory farms in Illinois. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED – Please contact your state representative and ask him or her to support House Bill 5637. Overview of HB 5637: This bill will amend the Livestock Management Facilities Act, which […]
Concerned about proposed Bulldog mine, area residents pack the room to learn more
Over two dozen concerned residents from Allerton, Broadlands, Catlin, Champaign/Urbana, Homer, Longview, Ogden, Sidell and St. Joseph met on January 8th in Homer to discuss Sunrise Coal’s proposed coal mine in Vermilion County. Folks that have opposed this project since the beginning, including members of Stand Up to Coal (SUTC), joined with new faces to […]
