August 27, 2025 | Action Alert Tell USEPA to not register the new formulations of dicamba! Submit your public comment before September 6th.| Prairie Rivers Network
The US EPA is proposing a new registration for new over-the-top (OTT) dicamba uses on dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton. Their own Draft Ecological Risk Assessment acknowledges significant risks to non-target organisms, including listed species, yet relies on unproven, unenforceable, and entirely inadequate mitigations to justify these registrations. In short, EPA is proposing to register volatile […] The post Stop the Reregistration of Dicamba appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.| Prairie Rivers Network
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert Tell the USEPA not to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding! The post Stop the EPA’s Dangerous Rollback on Climate Protections! appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.| Prairie Rivers Network
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert Tell the USEPA not to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding! The post Stop the EPA’s Dangerous Rollback on Climate Protections! appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.| Prairie Rivers Network
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is accepting public comments on a dangerous proposal to eliminate all limits on climate pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants... The post August 7th Deadline to Submit Comment to USEPA to Protect Climate Pollution Standards for Power Plants appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.| Prairie Rivers Network
August 1, 2025 | Blog Post Today, Governor Pritzker has signed SB1723, the bill to protect the Mahomet Aquifer from carbon sequestration into law.| Prairie Rivers Network
Planet Earth is in a state of crisis in its ability to sustain human flourishing and the full diversity of life. Over the past several years, there has been an unprecedented war on environmental protection at the federal level. Meanwhile, Illinois agencies charged with protecting land, waters, and wildlife have suffered major declines in budget, […]| Prairie Rivers Network
September 13, 2024 | Press Release A recent leak at Archer Daniels Midland’s carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility underscores concerns for the safety of the Mahomet Aquifer, a critical drinking water source for nearly one million people ...| Prairie Rivers Network