The Illinois Department of Natural Resources held a hearing on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 in Canton to gather public comments on whether to renew a permit for a proposed coal mine near Canton Lake. The proposed North Canton strip mine would be located a mile upstream from Canton Lake and would threaten the area’s drinking […]
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Press Release: Canton Residents Call on Governor Quinn to Halt Renewal of Strip Mine Permit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24th, 2013 Canton Residents Call on Governor Quinn to Halt Renewal of Strip Mine Permit that Threatens Drinking Water Supply Illinois Department of Natural Resources is Side-Stepping Public Participation and Ignoring Administrative Decision with Plan to Renew “Denied” Mine Permit Canton, IL – At a public hearing in Canton on Wednesday […]
UCSD Public Meeting: Proposed Water Sale to Fertilizer Plant & Coal Mine
Please join us at the public meeting on May 8th at 6:30 pm at the UCSD Urbana plant, 1100 E. University Ave. The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is considering selling large amounts of water from its Urbana and Savoy sewage treatment plants to Cronus Chemical, a company proposing a $1.2 billion fertilizer plant in […]
After 30 Years of Inaction, EPA Finally Proposes Plans for Power Plant Water Pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2013 After 30 Years of Inaction, EPA Finally Proposes Plans for Power Plant Water Pollution Includes options protecting waters from toxic pollution as well as weaker standards that maintain the status quo Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a number of regulatory options late last Friday night, known […]
Ameren sued in federal court for more than 1,000 violations of Clean Air Act
More than 1,000 violations of the Clean Air Act were found at the outdated Ameren E.D. Edwards coal-fired power plant in Bartonville, IL. The data showing these opacity violations was collected by Ameren at its own facilities. Opacity is one way of measuring particle pollution. This lawsuit was brought by the Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance, […]
