Protect Clean Water from Factory Farms! Please contact your state Representative and state Senator immediately! Ask them to support the Clean Water Funding Fairness Bill (S.B. 1682 – Rep. Tryon) HOUSE VOTE MAY HAPPEN THURSDAY MAY 26, SENATE VOTE BY MAY 31! We need your help because Illinois Farm Bureau and the livestock assocations have been […]
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Prairie River Notes – Spring 2011 Newsletter
View Prairie River Notes – Spring 2011 Newsletter with the following articles. Innovative Paths to Cleaner Water: Prairie Rivers Network Uses Clean Water Law to Help Communities Reduce Pollution Greetings from Glynnis An Open Letter to Prairie Rivers Network Staff and Members: From Member Carol Wock Prairie Rivers Network Supports Bill to Make Factory Farms […]
Prairie Rivers Network Daylights Factory Farm Pollution During Environmental Lobby Day
Stacy James speaks about factory farms at a press conference in the Blue Room of the Capitol Building. Joining her were University of Missouri professor emeritus John Ikerd, and Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water member Cindy Bonnet. Prairie Rivers Network spent Environmental Lobby Day at the Capitol in Springfield. Working with Environment Illinois and members […]
Action Alert: Factory Farm Bill Needs Your Voice TODAY
We need your help today to pass a bill that will strengthen oversight of factory farms in Illinois ! Dairy cows inside a factory farm Prairie Rivers Network, Environment Illinois, and Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water are supporting a bill to establish a fee for water pollution permits issued to factory farms. Factory […]
New Factsheet on Illinois Factory Farms
Prairie Rivers Network, Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water, and Environment Illinois have created a new IL Factory Farm Factsheet. Also known as CAFOs, factory farms can pose a number of risks to the streams and lakes of Illinois. Please see the factsheet for more information, including solutions that citizens can implement to make a difference. […]
