Read Prairie Rivers Network’s Fall/Winter 2013 Newsletter, featuring: A letter from Jon McNussen, Prairie Rivers Network Board President The Energy Water Nexus Greetings from Glynnis Annual Dinner Round Up Outstanding Public Servant & River Steward Award Winners Dollarocracy: Keynote Speaker Robert McChesney 2013 Accomplishments The Great Ethanol Swindle Upcoming Events You can read our 2013 […]
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Rocky Branch residents say NO to expanded strip mine
Prairie Rivers Network is supporting “Justice for Rocky Branch,” a strong group of residents fighting back against Peabody Energy’s plan to grow their strip mine in Saline County into the Rocky Branch community, near the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. This mine would destroy over 1,000 more acres in an area already riddled with […]
Santa carp is comin’ to town…
Ok, let’s hope not… Early January, 2014 will see the release of a long-awaited federal study about how to stop Asian carp. We will need to muster support for separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds – the best, most permanent solution to the transfer of all invasive species through the Chicago waterways. […]
Citizen group tours proposed coal mine site at Canton Lake
The Canton Area Citizens for Environmental Issues hosted the quarterly meeting of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance on Friday, November 15th with a tour of both proposed and previous mine sites the day before. The tour highlighted areas that would be impacted if the proposed North Canton mine is built, including Canton Lake which is the […]
Public tells Urbana Champaign Sanitary District: Cronus water sale is bad idea
Board passes resolution promising minimum discharges to local streams Last Thursday, the normally sleepy UCSD monthly board meeting was standing room only. People turned out to tell the Board of Trustees they’re still worried about the proposed sale of water to Cronus Chemical. Comments were eloquent, heartfelt, and intelligent. We heard repeatedly that the deal […]
