The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comment on a proposal by Dynegy Energy Midwest to install a rock wall to prevent millions of gallons of coal ash from polluting the Middle Fork River in Vermilion County.
A federal judge in Urbana has dismissed a lawsuit filed in May by the Prairie Rivers Network against Dynegy Midwest Generation. The ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois said pollution of surface water through discharges in groundwater isn’t covered by the federal Clean Water Act.
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River needs protection--tune in to learn what you can do to help.
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River needs protection--tune in to learn what you can do to help.
The Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is the only river in Illinois protected under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. But the group American Rivers has placed the east central Illinois waterway on its annual list of Most Endangered Rivers.
