Prairie Rivers Network and Friends Celebrate Protection of Mahomet Aquifer, Thank Legislators
September 12th, 2025 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network gathered community members, legislators, and other partners together September 9, 2025 for an early-evening event at Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery in Champaign, IL…
Trump’s Budget Bill Strikes a Blow to Clean Energy and Climate Progress; But Here’s What Communities in Illinois Can Still Do
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), or what we like to call the “Bad Budget Bill”, is more than just a budget overhaul…
How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Reshape Residential Solar in Illinois: What Homeowners and Policy Makers Should Do Now
September 8th, 2025 | Blog Post
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), or what we like to call the “Bad Budget Bill”, is more than just a budget overhaul…
Energy Democracy in Action: Inside a Rural Co-op Election
September 4, 2025 | Blog Post
Voting for the board of your local electric cooperative is a social affair, where voting is performed in-person at the co-op’s annual meeting…
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Dicamba Damages More Than Weeds — Tell USEPA to Say No
August 27, 2025 | Action Alert
Tell USEPA to not register the new formulations of dicamba! Submit your public comment before September 6th.
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Stop the EPA’s Dangerous Rollback on Climate Protections!
August 4, 2025 | Action Alert
Tell the USEPA not to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding!
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August 7th Deadline to Submit Comment to USEPA to Protect Climate Pollution Standards for Power Plants
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…
A win for water! Governor Pritzker signs Mahomet Aquifer protection bill.
August 1, 2025 | Blog Post
Today, Governor Pritzker has signed SB1723, the bill to protect the Mahomet Aquifer from carbon sequestration into law.
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A Hidden Gem at a Crossroads: The Fight to Protect Milan Bottoms
July 28, 2025 | Blog Post
Come along as we dive into a conservation effort that’s making waves in the Quad Cities.
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