The Champaign County Forest Preserve District is a week away from learning if voters will support its plea for an increase in taxes to support catchi
Read MoreOn-going flooding still plagues the Champaign area, despite multi-million-dollar changes made to local water areas over a decade ago. Steady
Read MoreThe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will have a public hearing on a proposal by Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC to stabilize the Middle Fork
Read MoreA new report published by several state environmental groups shows severe pollution of groundwater at nearly every known coal ash storage site in Illi
Read MoreThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comment on a proposal by Dynegy Energy Midwest, LLC to install a rock wall to prevent millions of gallons
Read MoreEnvironmentalists and community members in Vermilion County have expressed deep concern over the pollution from toxic chemicals seeping from large coa
Read MoreEach year thousands of families boat down the Middle Fork branch of the Illinois Vermilion River below an embankment that holds back 3.3 million cubic
Read MoreA former Vermilion County coal plant heavily criticized for contaminating groundwater has received a violation notice for alleged contamination of the
Read MoreThe Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has slashed its staff almost in half over the past 15 years, resulting in less monitoring of environmenta
Read MoreNearly 50 years ago, Illinois became the first state in the nation to adopt a comprehensive Environmental Protection Act. The act, passed in 1970,
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