Congress must demand a higher return for the environment in exchange for our more than $8 billion annual investment in agricultural subsidies. Maintaining the status quo is a risky over-reliance on largely voluntary measures that have and will fall short of keeping our waters clean.” Agricultural pollution is a top cause of degraded rivers and […]
In The News
Run for Your Rivers!
As the days get longer and the weather starts to warm, runners will hit the roads in Illinois, training for racing season. Many runners have been out there all along, slogging through snow and mud (though it has been a pretty mild winter!). Whether you have been training hard or taking it easy, Prairie Rivers Network […]
Army Corps Strategy Puts Great Lakes at Risk
Prairie Rivers Network board member Clark Bullard has written op-eds for the Detroit Free Press and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Bullard characterizes the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to deal with the threat of Asian carp as “playing biological Russian roulette with the Great Lakes.” From the Detroit Free Press, published July […]
Spreading the Word on Toxic Coal Ash
Illinois press covering our new report on coal ash pollution As Prairie Rivers Network and partners distribute press releases, publish reports, and rally concerned citizens regarding the dangers of coal ash to our drinking water supplies and rivers, the press is taking notice and helping to spread the word around the state. Joliet residents demanding their Representatives […]
Historic Leap Forward for Chicago River
Yesterday, eight members of a powerful board in Chicago promised to change business as usual and vote to disinfect billions of gallons of sewage that’s dumped into Chicago waters every day. After more than a decade of resisting public demands, eight of nine commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) publicly […]
