Just two weeks after the House of Representatives caved to the coal industry and voted to strip the EPA of the authority to protect Americans from coal ash, a retaining bluff collapsed on Monday, October 31, at the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant in Wisconsin, sending toxic coal ash spewing into Lake Michigan, a drinking […]
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River Steward Award Winner
In October 2011, Prairie Rivers Network presented Scott Hays with the River Steward Award. As the founding president of the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC), Scott Hays has been a tireless advocate for the river, connecting the river and its supporters with partners across the area. He has, according to current USRC president, Bruce Colravy, […]
Toss Those Unwanted Electronics and Pharmaceuticals (Safely)!
This Saturday, October 29, presents two opportunities to do some housecleaning that will keep polluting chemicals out of our rivers AND help you clean out your closets! 1. Recycle your electronics! (Champaign County residents only) Champaign County is holding an electronics recycling event from 8:00 am to noon at the News-Gazette Distribution Center, 3202 Apollo Drive, […]
House Continues War on Clean Air and Water
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Weighs In In an editorial published in last Friday’s Los Angeles Times, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lisa Jackson called on U.S. Representatives to stop their unrelenting assault on our nation’s landmark environmental laws, including “an unprecedented rollback of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and our nation’s waste-disposal laws, […]
Sangamon River Wetlands Saved!
Prairie Rivers Network Works with Water Commission to Preserve Wetlands As reported in our Spring 2011 newsletter, the villages of Chatham and New Berlin are building a drinking water plant in the Sangamon River Valley. Because we were concerned about the new plant causing increased sediment pollution in the Sangamon River, we asked the South […]
