February 20, 2024 | Blog Post
Waukegan residents turn out to call on the Illinois Pollution Control Board to make NRG Energy clean up its coal ash.
Pollution
Connecting the Dots to Protect Our Water
December 22, 2023 | Blog Post
For decades, Prairie Rivers Network has protected the rivers and streams of Illinois.
PRN & Sierra Club Move to Block Coal Mine Pollution From the Big Muddy River
May 10, 2022 | Press Release
Today, PRN and Sierra Club Illinois announced they are appealing the IEPA’s decision to grant a NPDES to the owner of the Pond Creek coal mine.
EPA Says Let Polluters Pollute
April 27, 2020 | Blog Post
A new EPA policy gives polluters the green light to forgo monitoring of emissions and regular testing of equipment vital to worker and public safety.
Affordable Clean Energy Rule Would Increase Pollution & Illness
August 22, 2018 | Blog Post
The EPA has announced the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule as a replacement for the 2015 Obama era Clean Power Plan (CPP). The resulting change will mean more harmful pollution released into our atmosphere.