Read our RiverWeb News for May 18, 2017 with stories on the Growing Local Food Opportunities Round Table, two important bills for wildlife, and more.
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Dynegy, covering its own ash, plans to leave huge dumps across Illinois
May 16, 2017 | Blog Post
Dynegy plans to leave a legacy of waste in our state. Dynegy is a Texas-based energy production company that owns 11 coal-fired power plants in Illinois, either directly or through its subsidiaries. These 11 power plants have 42 coal ash impoundments containing over 70 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash!
A Middle Fork Mystery With No Dam Solution
May 8, 2017 | Blog Post
Two weeks ago, we posted a story about a mysterious discharge on the Middle Fork brought to our attention by some canoers. Following that story, some hikers reached out to PRN to corroborate the report. They were hiking in the area that day and noticed the same tributary flowing extremely fast and milky white. They followed the tributary upstream to a junction where two smaller tributaries meet to form the one that flows into the Middle Fork. The tributary to the east flowed fast and full of sediment while the tributary to the west was just a trickle.
RiverWeb News May 4, 2017
Read our RiverWeb News for May 4, 2017 with stories on PRN a lawsuit against the EPA’s rollback of safeguards, a mysterious discharge on the Middle Fork, and more.
PRN to Join Groups Suing to Block Trump Rollback of Safeguards
May 3, 2017 | Press Release
A coalition of environmental and public health advocates filed suit today to challenge a Trump administration rollback that could wipe out critical protections for cleaning up America’s leading source of toxic water pollution: coal power plant waste.