FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2013 After 30 Years of Inaction, EPA Finally Proposes Plans for Power Plant Water Pollution Includes options protecting waters from toxic pollution as well as weaker standards that maintain the status quo Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a number of regulatory options late last Friday night, known […]
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Study shows cost savings from allowing rivers to be rivers, not barge highways
On April 15th and 16th in Chicago, Illinois, the America’s WETLAND Foundation – a non-profit working with industry and other NGO’s to restore wetlands on the Gulf Coast – will hold a conference with Governor Quinn on maintaining waterway commerce on the Mississippi River. The Chicago location makes this event an ideal occasion for Governor […]
Homer Village Board rejects contract to sell water to coal mine
Vote is a stunning victory for local residents, farmers, and clean water advocates Homer, IL – After nearly one year of deliberation, resident organizing, and public meetings, the Homer Village Board voted to reject a contract to provide treated water and sewer services to Sunrise Coal LLC’s proposed Bulldog coal mine. Residents seeking to protect […]
Residents Ask I.E.P.A. to Deny Water Permit for Prairie State Power Plant
Coal ash landfill, water pollution, and nuisance dust top list of concerns Marissa, Il. – At an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency public hearing in Marissa on Thursday, local residents and environmental advocates called on the Agency to deny the permit to discharge water pollution for the Prairie State coal fired power plant in Washington County. […]
Press Release: Conservation Groups File Lawsuit To Protect Starved Rock State Park
Suit Asserts Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Mines and Minerals Failed to Comply with Legal Requirements in Permit Review Process Springfield, IL – On December 12th, the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and Openlands filed a complaint in Circuit Court in Springfield, Illinois demanding judicial review of a massive open pit silica sand […]
