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 […]
Accomplishments
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 […]
2012 Accomplishments
For 45 years, Prairie Rivers Network has been working to foster a healthy environment, healthy people, and healthy communities. We have accomplished a lot in those years thanks to the continued support of our members and dedicated, passionate conservationists throughout Illinois. Protecting Natural Areas Along our Rivers Click to download pdf Prairie Rivers Network is […]
Pollution Control Board Decision – Industry Mine owners will not get away with polluting our waters
The Illinois Pollution Control Board has agreed with Prairie Rivers Network, the Environmental Law and Policy Center, and The Sierra Club that Industry Mine violated its permit more than 600 times! The Industry Coal Mine in McDonough and Schuyler Counties has been getting away with polluting local waterways for years. But on November 16, 2012, […]
Time runs out on Shamrock Acres hog operation
On June 10, 2012, the clock ran out on Shamrock Acres. This proposed 18,000 head hog operation was slated to be built in McDonough County south of Macomb. But most nearby residents did not want to live next to so many hogs, with its associated odors and potential for water pollution. And so they formed […]
