April 19, 2024 | Blog Post
If you were around Champaign-Urbana during the month of April, chances are you came across something from the Save Our Trees campaign. Together with the Save Our Trees Coalition…
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$30 Million Sports Complex to Revitalize Abandoned Coal Mine Site in Marion, Illinois
August 14, 2024 | Press Release
Thanks to federal funding aimed at land restoration, a new $30 million sports complex is being constructed on the site of an abandoned coal mine in Marion.
ILLINOIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS & DAYCARES MUST TEST WATER FOR LEAD
Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Initiated by Environmental Groups When the drinking water crisis and scandal in Flint, Michigan was exposed last winter, environmental groups in Illinois decided we needed to take action to discover potential lead water contamination problems at home. To that end, we banded together and started drafting a bill. In hindsight, the […]
University of Illinois Votes for Coal Divestment
University of Illinois Academic Senate votes to divest from coal companies This week, the University of Illinois Academic Senate (over 200 faculty and students) voted in overwhelming support of a resolution to divest from coal companies — shifting the University’s investments to socially responsible funds. The resolutions was pushed by Student Senators and the UIUC […]
IDOA approves factory farm over local objections
Save Our Sandy continues to fight this mega-hog operation. Despite local objections, another large hog operation has been approved for construction by the Illinois Department of Agriculture. Local Marshall County residents fear their new neighbor will pollute nearby beautiful Sandy Creek and foul the air with unbearable odors. For months Prairie Rivers Network has been […]
