For Immediate Release Thursday, March 6, 2014 MIDDLE FORK RIVER ADVOCATES CALL ON STATE OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS FAILING TOXIC ASH PITS OAKWOOD, Ill. – Illinois residents and river advocates spoke out at a press conference today to highlight ongoing deterioration at Dynegy Vermilion’s coal ash storage pits. Two of the three ash ponds at the […]
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Press Release: Illinois Residents Speak Out to State Officials on Coal Ash Rule
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 […]
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. […]
Press Release: EPA agrees to deadline for first-ever US coal ash regulations
Editor’s Note: Better late than never but too bad that it took a lawsuit and judge’s ruling to get us to where leadership at EPA should have had us years ago. Residents in Illinois communities such as Marion, Joliet, Venice, Oakwood, Havana, Alton , Powerton, Hennepin, Hutsonville, Canton, Wood River and Coffeen, have seen what […]
Concerned about proposed Bulldog mine, area residents pack the room to learn more
Over two dozen concerned residents from Allerton, Broadlands, Catlin, Champaign/Urbana, Homer, Longview, Ogden, Sidell and St. Joseph met on January 8th in Homer to discuss Sunrise Coal’s proposed coal mine in Vermilion County. Folks that have opposed this project since the beginning, including members of Stand Up to Coal (SUTC), joined with new faces to […]