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 […]
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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 […]
Press Release: Delayed Coal Ash Protections Put Public Health at Risk
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED: January 18, 2012 Contacts: Sandra Diaz, Appalachian Voices Diana Dascalu-Joffe, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Jared Saylor, Earthjustice Eric Schaeffer, Environmental Integrity Project Hartwell Carson, French Broad Riverkeeper Mary Love, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Anne Hedges, Montana Environmental Information Center Barb Gottlieb, Physicians for Social Responsibility Traci Barkley, Prairie Rivers Network Sean Sarah, Sierra […]
Proposed New Strip Mine Threatens Drinking Water
Illinois EPA Proposes to Allow Serial Polluter to Operate New Coal Strip Mine Upstream of Canton Lake Help residents protect their drinking water and ask state regulators to do their jobs – sign the petition now! Residents in Canton are worried about their drinking water. Unfortunately, they have good reason to be. Canton Lake, Copperas Creek, […]
Action Alert: National Coal Ash Call-In Day
CALL TODAY – November 9, 2011 Our last hope for EPA to protect us from coal ash pollution lies in our U.S. Senators hands. Coal ash is contaminating our groundwater because it is not disposed of safely. In fact, Illinois has more cases of contaminated groundwater from coal ash than any other state. Call Senators […]
