Just three months (and only 42 working days) after EPA signed its first-ever coal ash rule, Representative McKinley (R-WV) has introduced a bill that guts the new EPA rule and protects the polluters who finance his campaigns. The bill will permanently give polluters a free pass to dump coal ash (the second largest industrial waste stream […]
Legislation
Spring 2015 Legislative Update
The political process moves quickly sometimes and it can be hard to stay abreast of everything that’s happening. That’s where we come in! Below you’ll find a brief list of a few recently introduced legislative bills, both at the state and federal levels, that we believe our membership might be particularly interested in. If you’d […]
Join Prairie Rivers Network for Environmental Lobby Day!
YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED IN SPRINGFIELD ON MAY 2ND Prairie Rivers Network and our partners will be talking to legislators about important environmental initiatives during Environmental Lobby Day on May 2nd. Please join us! This is a great chance to meet the staff of Prairie Rivers Network, learn about lobbying, and network with other activists. Most importantly, our […]
Illinois Livestock Industry Subject to Pollution Permit Fees
An end to unfair fee exemption for “CAFOs” (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) Today the Illinois Senate passed the Clean Water Funding Fairness Act (HB 5642), ending the livestock industry’s unique exemption from paying fees for their Clean Water Act permits. We are grateful to Representative Tryon (Crystal Lake) and Senator Frerichs (Champaign), who became the bill’s […]
Your Tax Dollars and the Army Corps of Engineers
With spring’s longer and warmer days, many of us are getting out to enjoy Illinois’ multitude of diverse rivers and streams. These winding waterways are often the closest, perhaps the only, bit of natural landscape that many Illinois residents have for recreation and rejuvenation. A few of us might still be stuck inside, scrambling to finish our […]
