Please call your representative TODAY to ask them to vote against HR 1391, a bad bill that limits EPA’s authority to regulate coal ash! A fortunate delay by the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HECC) gives us another chance to tell our elected officials to back off and let EPA do their job in protecting […]
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Still Time to Tell Congress to Let the EPA Do Their Job!
ACTION ALERT: Public Hearing on Gateway Mine’s Water Pollution Permit
Coulterville residents need your support! ***** What: Illinois EPA Public Hearing on proposed NPDES Water Discharge Permit for Peabody Coulterville Mining, L.L.C.’s Gateway Mine Where: Sparta City Council Chambers, Sparta City Hall, 114 West Jackson Street, Sparta, Illinois 62286 When: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Background: Notice of Public Hearing, Draft NPDES Permit […]
Spring Tours Explored Impacts from Life-cycle of Coal
Signs of coal pollution running off of coal stockpile in Carbondale This spring Prairie Rivers Network, along with our partners in the Heartland Coalfield Alliance, sponsored two tours of Illinois coalfields in order to explore the impacts that the entire coal life cycle has on the lands, water, health, and quality of life of communities […]
Local Citizens Speak Out Against Coal Pollution
Attendance was high at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing April 12th on the proposed renewal of the Industry Mine’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit. With over 40 people in attendance and more than a dozen taking the stand to provide comments, the message to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) was […]
