FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Illinois Residents Speak Out to State Officials on Coal Ash Rule Coal Ash Disasters Across the Country Spark Fears for Illinois Residents About Toxic Coal Ash Disposal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois residents threatened and impacted by coal ash waste and local environmental leaders spoke out today at an […]
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ACTION ALERT: Help prevent pollution from FACTORY FARMS
Prairie Rivers Network and our partners have introduced a bill that will improve the siting and management of factory farms in Illinois. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED – Please contact your state representative and ask him or her to support House Bill 5637. Overview of HB 5637: This bill will amend the Livestock Management Facilities Act, which […]
Farm Bill Passes with Important Conservation Requirement
Finally, we have a federal Farm Bill! President Obama signed the long-awaited bill into law on February 7, bringing an end to a multi-year effort to pass the legislation. And fortunately, the environmental community has something to celebrate: conservation compliance was re-linked to federal crop insurance subsidies! The relinkage of conservation compliance to crop insurance […]
Tell the Corps to stop causing floods on the Mississippi River
The Army Corps of Engineers has been wrestling with the Mississippi River for over a century in an attempt to train and constrain the river to support commercial navigation. This practice is readily apparent along the Middle Mississippi River, a 190 mile stretch between the Missouri and Ohio River that is littered with structures to tame […]
Environmental Catastrophe Warns of Coal Ash Hazards in Illinois
For Immediate Release Feb. 10, 2014 Environmental Catastrophe Warns of Coal Ash Hazards in Illinois CHICAGO — Last week a Duke Energy coal ash pit in North Carolina breached and released up to 27 million gallons of polluted water and over 82,000 tons of ash, resulting in the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. […]
