On Saturday, January 25, Prairie Rivers Network held the first training session for our new River Action Team. Twenty-nine of our members and supporters attended the training on how to lobby local and state officials on environmental issues. We were thrilled by the enthusiasm expressed by the team members, who will be on our action […]
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Press Release: EPA agrees to deadline for first-ever US coal ash regulations
Editor’s Note: Better late than never but too bad that it took a lawsuit and judge’s ruling to get us to where leadership at EPA should have had us years ago. Residents in Illinois communities such as Marion, Joliet, Venice, Oakwood, Havana, Alton , Powerton, Hennepin, Hutsonville, Canton, Wood River and Coffeen, have seen what […]
Press Release: 10 times too much pollution is way too much
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 28, 2014 10 TIMES TOO MUCH POLLUTION IS WAY TOO MUCH Clean Water Advocates Appeal Weak Permits for Chicagoland Treatment Plants CHICAGO (January 28, 2014) – Clean water advocates are challenging weak pollution permits awarded to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) that allow three sewage treatment plants […]
Salt Fork and Copper Slough at risk in sale of water to Cronus; Prairie Rivers Network calls on UCSD to answer key questions about water sale contract
The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is seeking to sell water to Cronus Chemical for use in a proposed fertilizer plant. Under the agreement, the equivalent of 6.3 million gallons of effluent per day would be piped to Tuscola and no longer discharged to the Saline Branch or the Copper Slough. The District is taking […]
Our Beef with the Livestock Industry: An Evening to Inspire Change
Factory farms house thousands of animals and can generate as much waste as a small city – waste that too often ends up in our rivers and lakes. Join Prairie Rivers Network and our partners to learn more about how factory farms are affecting Illinois’ environment and rural communities. Get involved to find solutions! Cost: Free! […]
