Read Prairie Rivers Network’s 2016 Winter Newsletter, featuring articles: Illinois’ Drinking Water and the Dakota Access Pipeline Carol’s Currents Help Save the Monarch (Butterfly) Why I Give to PRN 2016 Accomplishments Annual Dinner Round-Up/Awards Why Bobcats?
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Clean Energy Jobs for Illinois!
Thanks to all our supporters who called Senator Bennett in support of this bill. On Wednesday December 7th, Governor Rauner signed the Future Energy Jobs Bill. The bill is an important victory for renewables and energy efficiency in Illinois, and it paves the way for a future in Illinois where our rivers are healthier and […]
Army Corps Decision Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Over Tribal Lands!
Today we celebrate an important victory for the ancestral lands and water rights of the Standing Rock Sioux. By refusing to grant an easement that would have allowed Energy Transfer Partners to run the Dakota Access Pipeline under the Missouri River just upstream of the tribe’s water supply, the Army Corps of Engineers has blocked […]
Become a Monarch Ambassador
How You Can Help Save the Monarchs Not long ago, spring and summer in Illinois were marked by reappearance of clouds of orange and black wings. The Eastern Monarch butterfly was adopted as Illinois’ state insect because the entire state lies in its spring and fall migration path across the Midwest. Every Illinois school kid […]
Drinking Water in Illinois and the Dakota Access Pipeline
November 21, 2016 | Blog Post
We’re gambling with the drinking water of the people of Illinois. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a partially constructed pipeline, over a thousand miles long and two and a half foot wide, that would carry crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois.
