Run for Your Rivers at the Illinois Marathon April 25-26
Prairie Rivers Network is raising money through the Illinois Marathon, and we need your help. RUN (or walk) FOR YOUR RIVERS Take a beautiful, scenic tour of revitalized Champaign-Urbana downtown...
View ArticleConcerned about proposed Bulldog mine, area residents pack the room to learn...
Over two dozen concerned residents from Allerton, Broadlands, Catlin, Champaign/Urbana, Homer, Longview, Ogden, Sidell and St. Joseph met on January 8th in Homer to discuss Sunrise Coal’s proposed coal...
View ArticleOur Beef with the Livestock Industry: An Evening to Inspire Change
Factory farms house thousands of animals and can generate as much waste as a small city – waste that too often ends up in our rivers and lakes. Join Prairie Rivers Network and our partners to learn...
View ArticleSalt Fork and Copper Slough at risk in sale of water to Cronus; Prairie...
The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is seeking to sell water to Cronus Chemical for use in a proposed fertilizer plant. Under the agreement, the equivalent of 6.3 million gallons of effluent...
View ArticlePress 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...
View ArticlePress 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...
View ArticleWatch Out, World! Our River Action Team is Ready for Action!
On Saturday, January 25, Prairie Rivers Network held the first training session for our new River Action Team. Twenty-nine of our members and supporters attended the training on how to lobby local and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Catastrophe Warns of Coal Ash Hazards in Illinois
For Immediate Release Feb. 10, 2014 Environmental Catastrophe Warns of Coal Ash Hazards in Illinois CHICAGO — Last week a Duke Energy coal ash pit in North Carolina breached and released up to 27...
View ArticleTake Action: Tell the Corps to stop causing floods on the Mississippi River
The Army Corps of Engineers has been wrestling with the Mississippi River for over a century in an attempt to train and constrain the river to support commercial navigation. This practice is readily...
View ArticleFarm Bill Passes with Important Conservation Requirement
Finally, we have a federal Farm Bill! President Obama signed the long-awaited bill into law on February 7, bringing an end to a multi-year effort to pass the legislation. And fortunately, the...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Help prevent pollution from FACTORY FARMS
Prairie Rivers Network and our partners have introduced a bill that will improve the siting and management of factory farms in Illinois. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED – Please contact your state representative...
View ArticlePress Release: Illinois Residents Speak Out to State Officials on Coal Ash Rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Illinois Residents Speak Out to State Officials on Coal Ash Rule Coal Ash Disasters Across the Country Spark Fears for Illinois Residents About Toxic...
View ArticleHunter Dam: Tell the Springfield City Council we don’t need it!
UPDATE on 3/5/2014: Great news! The Hunter Dam resolution failed to pass the Springfield City Council. Thank you to all who spoke up to stop this wasteful, destructive project. The dam building era is...
View ArticleWater sale contract heavily favors Cronus Chemical, leaves District with few...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2014 Sanitary District set to approve contract this Thursday morning CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) will vote this Thursday, March 6th on...
View ArticleMiddle Fork River Advocates call on state officials to address failing toxic...
For Immediate Release Thursday, March 6, 2014 MIDDLE FORK RIVER ADVOCATES CALL ON STATE OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS FAILING TOXIC ASH PITS OAKWOOD, Ill. – Illinois residents and river advocates spoke out at a...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Clean Up Coal Ash Dumps on the Middle Fork
Last week a dozen residents and river advocates spoke out at a press conference to bring attention to failing coal ash storage pits which are polluting the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River. Two of...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE – Amendments to IL Livestock Law Seek to Curb Irresponsible...
Amendments to IL Livestock Law Seek to Curb Irresponsible Growth of Factory Farms Public health, pollution and rural lifestyle protection drive change to current pro-agribusiness regulations...
View ArticlePress Release: Permanent Solution to Invasive Species Crisis Needs to Remain...
Only viable solution is to physically separate Great Lakes, Mississippi River basins Chicago – Conservation groups are urging the Obama Administration and U.S. Congress to maintain their focus on a...
View ArticleCitizens Call on Quinn Administration to Reform Coal Mining Regulation
Time To Protect the Prairie State From Big Coal FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2014 SPRINGFIELD, IL— Illinois coalfield community residents joined environmental advocates today in calling on Governor...
View ArticleVICTORY – Illinois DNR will provide greater oversight of coal ash pits
Good news! In an effort to avoid a coal ash catastrophe like the massive spill in North Carolina, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has answered our call for greater oversight of coal ash...
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