Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance, Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network Highlight Path for Communities to Transition Away from Risky Coal View Full Report Here PEORIA – Today, the Central Illinois Healthy Community Alliance (CIHCA), Prairie Rivers Network and the Sierra Club released a report highlighting the risk posed by Dynegy’s coal-fired power plants on communities across […]
Pollution
Vermilion County passes resolutions on coal ash
As the Illinois Pollution Control Board considers statewide rules to regulate coal ash, Vermilion County groups have stepped up to encourage stronger rules at the state level and additional consideration for closure of ash pits at the Dynegy Vermilion facility. The Dynegy Vermilion power station currently stores coal ash – the toxic byproduct of coal […]
New CO2 emissions standards will protect water and public health
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 […]
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 […]