The latest train incident causing a spill of petroleum products into an Illinois waterway happened in the small village of Sidney. Last Saturday, Sidney residents smelled diesel fuel and then saw it in the creek that drains into the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River in eastern Champaign County. The source was a Union Pacific train that […]
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Congress Moving to Scrap Community Protections, Giving Polluters Free Pass on Coal Ash Dumping
Just three months (and only 42 working days) after EPA signed its first-ever coal ash rule, Representative McKinley (R-WV) has introduced a bill that guts the new EPA rule and protects the polluters who finance his campaigns. The bill will permanently give polluters a free pass to dump coal ash (the second largest industrial waste stream […]
Run for Your Rivers Raises over $5,700 for Clean Water
Thank you to our 2015 Run for Your Rivers and Walk for Your Streams Team Our team raised over $5,700 and ran/walked in the rain 167.8 miles in 33 hours, 8 minutes, and 6 seconds: Zachary Barnaal 10K 1:04:34 David Bullock 10K 0:58:26 Bob Burger 5K 0:29:33 Som Dutta 10K 1:10:54 Don Greeley 1/2 marathon […]
Spring 2015 Legislative Update
The political process moves quickly sometimes and it can be hard to stay abreast of everything that’s happening. That’s where we come in! Below you’ll find a brief list of a few recently introduced legislative bills, both at the state and federal levels, that we believe our membership might be particularly interested in. If you’d […]
Prairie River Notes – Spring 2015 Newsletter
Read Prairie Rivers Network’s Spring 2015 newsletter, featuring articles on: How to Stop a Coal Mine Farewell from Glynnis Welcome Carol 2014 Annual Report Goodbye to Traci You can also read our 2014 Annual Report separately.
