After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations
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Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions Share Donate
Funding for Agricultural Conservation Programs Essential to Moving Country to Net-Zero Emissions
Mike Saccone
Apr 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. A broad coalition of 133 conservation, farmer and rancher, sportsmen, and wildlife groups urged the leadership of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate agriculture committees in a letter to ensure the forthcoming infrastructure package includes robust funding for Farm Bill conservation programs and farmer assistance. They specifically urged Congress to double the investment in Farm Bill conservation programs and to ramp up conservation technical assistance funding.
“Increasing baseline funding for the Farm Bill conservation programs and ramping up conservation technical assistance on the ground will enable landowners to mitigate the impacts of drought and flood, improve habitat, improve soil health and long-term food secur
Environmentalists cheer new Illinois safeguards on coal ash
April 18, 2021
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Environmentalists are cheering rules that Illinois regulators have adopted to govern toxic byproducts from burning coal.
The Illinois Pollution Control Board last week approved guidelines for detecting and cleaning up harmful coal ash contamination from groundwater. They are the first rules in Illinois directed at the residue from burning coal to produce electricity.
The action creates rules for cleaning up contamination but also improves the ability of taxpayers to participate in permitting and remediation decisions, according to a statement from Earthjustice, one of five major environmental groups to participate in creating the rules. They filed more than 200 pages of technical recommendations.
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Illinois has new regulations on how power plants can close coal ash ponds that contain toxic waste. Missouri officials also are addressing coal ash ponds like this one at the Meramec Energy Center in St. Louis County.
Illinois now has broad regulations for how power companies may close coal ash ponds.
The rules the Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted Thursday determine how to close more than 70 ash ponds across the state that contain toxic waste.
“These ponds have to close, they’re not safe,” said Andrew Rehn, a civil engineer at Prairie Rivers Network, an organization that works on pollution issues in Illinois.