The Obama administration recently announced a proposed rule to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The proposal will be the first of its kind to target existing coal and gas-fired power plants, building upon last year’s proposal that imposed stringent standards on the construction of new […]
Pollution
Press Release: EPA agrees to deadline for first-ever US coal ash regulations
Editor’s Note: Better late than never but too bad that it took a lawsuit and judge’s ruling to get us to where leadership at EPA should have had us years ago. Residents in Illinois communities such as Marion, Joliet, Venice, Oakwood, Havana, Alton , Powerton, Hennepin, Hutsonville, Canton, Wood River and Coffeen, have seen what […]
Press Release: 10 times too much pollution is way too much
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 28, 2014 10 TIMES TOO MUCH POLLUTION IS WAY TOO MUCH Clean Water Advocates Appeal Weak Permits for Chicagoland Treatment Plants CHICAGO (January 28, 2014) – Clean water advocates are challenging weak pollution permits awarded to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) that allow three sewage treatment plants […]
Illinois Residents Call for Strong Carbon Pollution Limits From Existing Power Plants
Midwest Communities Rally for Climate Action at Chicago EPA Listening Session Friday, November 8, 2013Contact: Emily Rosenwasser, Emily.Rosenwasser@sierraclub.org, 312-251-1680 x119 CHICAGO – Today hundreds of residents from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin testified at the regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in Chicago, calling on officials to enact the strongest possible limits on carbon pollution from […]
“Troubled Waters” to be shown in Champaign-Urbana
One of the goals of Prairie Rivers Network is to improve the health of Illinois’ rural rivers by reducing farm chemical pollution. The documentary Troubled Waters does a nice job of describing the issue. Thanks to the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center for publicly screening this film on Tuesday, October 22! Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story […]
