It was Standing Room Only at Public Meeting on Proposed Underground Coal Mine Near Village of Homer in Vermilion County by Traci Barkley, Water Resources Scientist On Wednesday evening, over 100 residents, farmers, landowners and Salt Fork River stakeholders turned out to an informational meeting and public forum at the Salt Fork Center at Homer […]
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Proposed Coal Mine Raises Questions About Drinking Water and Salt Fork River
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5.10.2012 Stakeholders and Residents Invited to Public Meeting May 23rd, 7:00 pm at Homer Lake’s Salt Fork Center to Discuss Concerns Homer, IL – Representatives of Champaign and Vermilion county residents, including stakeholders along the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River, held a press conference today to highlight questions that have been […]
Press release: Illinois Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Biased Coal Curriculum in Schools
5.3.2012 For Immediate Release Statewide Alliance Calls for End to Subsidies and Misinformation Springfield – Supporters of the Heartland Coalfield Alliance, a statewide coalition of community and environmental organizations, held a rally outside the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today, calling on the Department to stop what the group calls a waste […]
Help Protect the Shawnee National Forest from a Strip Mine
THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU Local residents and river enthusiasts from across the country recently spoke up for the Shawnee National Forest by submitting thousands of comments urging the Forest Service not to let Peabody Coal turn part of the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois into a strip mine. According […]
Prairie Rivers Network & Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections
Today Prairie Rivers Network joined with national partners, Earthjustice, Environmental Integrity Project, Physicians for Social Responsibility and other state-based environmental protection organizations in filing a lawsuit to finalize national standards for coal ash disposal. This is critical for Illinois because while our state generates 4.4 million tons of coal ash every year, and imports coal […]
