Leave the Leaves this Fall! (10/9/2024) - October 9, 2024 | Blog Post Did you know you don’t HAVE to rake your leaves?! Putting down the rake altogether or finding alternative ways to use leaves in your yard is beneficial not only for the environment but also our local ecosystems and wildlife. Continue Reading
Second leak at ADM’s carbon capture facility shows carbon sequestration poses unacceptable risk to Mahomet Aquifer (10/2/2024) - October 2, 2024 | Press release The Protect the Mahomet Aquifer campaign is calling for urgent legislative action to ban carbon sequestration projects under the Mahomet Aquifer following a second leak at Archer Daniels Midland's carbon injection facility in Decatur, this time of brine (saltwater). Continue Reading
Prairie Rivers Network honors environmental justice advocates with annual awards (9/27/2024) - September 27, 2024 | Blog Post This year, Prairie Rivers Network is proud to recognize two remarkable individuals whose leadership is shaping a more just and equitable future for both people and the planet. Continue Reading
Leak at ADM’s carbon capture facility underscores need to ban sequestration under Mahomet Aquifer (9/13/2024) - September 13, 2024 | Press Release A recent leak at Archer Daniels Midland’s carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility underscores concerns for the safety of the Mahomet Aquifer, a critical drinking water source for nearly one million people ... Continue Reading
Central Illinois legislators announce intent to file legislation to protect Mahomet Aquifer (9/10/2024) - September 10, 2024 | Press Release On Tuesday, Senator Paul Faraci and Representative Carol Ammons announced their intent to file legislation to protect the Mahomet Aquifer. Continue Reading
$30 Million Sports Complex to Revitalize Abandoned Coal Mine Site in Marion, Illinois (8/14/2024) - August 14, 2024 | Press Release Thanks to federal funding aimed at land restoration, a new $30 million sports complex is being constructed on the site of an abandoned coal mine in Marion. Continue Reading
Solarizing Kennekuk County Park (7/9/2024) - July 9, 2024 | Blog Post The buildings at the Kennekuk County Park office in Vermilion County are joining the clean energy future... Continue Reading
Energy Transition grant helps Havana parks (6/28/2024) - June 28, 2024 | Blog Post In Illinois, 23 coal plants have been partially or entirely closed since 2007, a transition driven largely by aging infrastructure and falling natural gas prices... Continue Reading
April was for Saving Our Trees – but it Doesn’t End There (5/2/2024) - April 19, 2024 | Blog Post If you were around Champaign-Urbana during the month of April, chances are you came across something from the Save Our Trees campaign. Together with the Save Our Trees Coalition... Continue Reading
ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS & DAYCARES MUST TEST WATER FOR LEAD (1/13/2017) - Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Initiated by Environmental Groups When the drinking water crisis and scandal in Flint, Michigan was exposed last winter, environmental groups in Illinois decided we needed to take action to discover potential lead water contamination problems at home. To that end, we banded together and started drafting a bill. In hindsight, the… Continue Reading
