Prairie Rivers Network has been working with residents and partners including the La Moine River Ecosystem Partnership, Sierra Club and Environmental Law and Policy Center for years to bring Springfield Coal Company to justice for their flagrant noncompliance and resulting environmental damage and pollution. This company is also trying to open two new mines in […]
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Take Action: Protect the Illinois River from More Mercury Pollution
Prairie Rivers Network and partners call on the Pollution Control Board to keep mercury out of the Illinois River. On October 18th, Prairie Rivers Network joined with the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council to appeal the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) decision to allow Dynegy’s Havana Generating Station […]
Illinois Attorney General Files Enforcement Case Against Murdock Mine
For the past two years, Prairie Rivers Network has worked with residents to document the pollution and foul conditions created by waste landfilling (under the guise of “reclamation”) at the Murdock Mine, in Douglas County, Illinois. We have conducted extensive water sampling and photo documentation, and have collected resident testimonials to help bring this community’s […]
Toxic Coal Ash Pollution: Groups File Legal Action Against Midwest Generation for Water Pollution, Dumping Violations at Four Power Stations
Illegal Pollution at Midwest Generation’s Joliet 29, Powerton, Waukegan, IL and Will County Power Plant Coal Ash Dumps CHICAGO, IL AND WASHINGTON, D.C. October 3, 2012 The Illinois Pollution Control Board was notified of a legal complaint filed today against Midwest Generation for violations of Illinois state solid waste and groundwater laws at four […]
Concerns Over Proposed Mine are Growing
Concerns continue to grow over the proposed Sunrise “Bulldog” coal mine in Vermilion County. Water is among the top concerns: where the water will come from to wash the coal, and what will happen to the polluted water once it’s used in the mine. As part of the permit process to operate a mine, coal […]
