January 10, 2019 | Blog Post
The Illinois Pollution Control Board has called for another hearing on a change to Dynegy-Vistra’s “Multi-Pollutant Standard” (MPS) air pollution rule. The hearing is slated for January 29th.
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Levee Failure on IDNR Land Raises Questions About Dynegy’s Coal Ash on the Banks of the Middle Fork
April 3, 2018 | Blog Post
IDNR confirmed that the February floods caused a failure of almost 150 feet of levee on the banks of the Middle Fork.
Save our Air (and Water)!
January 10, 2018 | Blog Post
Two public hearings are scheduled before the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) to discuss proposed rule-change.
Dynegy – Two Bailouts and a Buyout
November 30, 2017 | Blog Post
In Illinois, the public will have to pay if it wants to keep coal plants burning.
Dynegy Claims the Mysterious Middle Fork Discharge
June 21, 2017 | Blog Post
Dynegy now states that they released an estimated 12 million gallons of water over the spillway of their cooling lake dam on April 25th. That day, hikers noticed what was usually a small creek flowing full from bank to bank with cloudy white water. Canoers saw this small tributary flow into the Middle Fork and turn the entire stream white. Both the hikers and the canoers noted that the color and flow rate of the stream was unusual and striking; not your typical brown sediment runoff but cloudy, white, and flowing fast.