August 19, 2026 | Press Release
Alto Pekin (formerly Pacific Ethanol) must pay a $75,000 penalty and fund $125,000 in wetland restoration at Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Pollution
New Report: Illinois’ Coal to Solar Program Fell Short of Its Own Goals, Offers Lessons for What Comes Next
August 5, 2026 | Press Release
Five years after Illinois created the Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Initiative, a new report finds the program built only three of the solar projects it set out to support and none of its proposed stand-alone battery storage projects.
Recording Stories of Activism, Community, and Coal in Illinois
June 30, 2026 | Blog Post
Prairie Rivers Network has been a proud part of the Listening Project for a year, helping to ground the project in history and science, establish connections, and record oral histories in coal communities across the state…
Fighting for a Clean Community through a “Toxic Tour” & Fireside Chat
June 18, 2026 | Blog Post
PRN joined partners for a “toxic tour” of the Metro East to see how pollution affects people living there.
Community advocates celebrate legislation to ensure coal mine cleanup
May 28, 2026 | Press Release
“Zombie mines”—non-producing, unreclaimed, modern era coal mines—are scattered across the US. Three new bills have been introduced to help clean them up.
