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Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee to Vote on Resolution to Protect Salt Fork from Coal Mine

Posted on May 8, 2013 by sutc

Please join us for the ELUC meeting at 6:00 pm Thursday May 9th, 2013 in the Lyle Shields Meeting Room, Brookens Administrative Center, Urbana At its upcoming meeting the Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC) of the Champaign County Board will … Continue reading →

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UCSD Public Meeting: Proposed Water Sale to Fertilizer Plant & Coal Mine

Posted on April 30, 2013 by sutc

PLEASE JOIN US AT THE PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 8TH AT 6:30 PM AT THE UCSD URBANA PLANT, 1100 E. UNIVERSITY AVE. The Urbana Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) is considering selling large amounts of water from its Urbana and Savoy sewage treatment plants … Continue reading →

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Homer Votes “No” To Raw Water Sale

Posted on April 20, 2013 by sutc

By now you’ve probably heard the good news. At its April meeting, the Homer Village Board voted unanimously 5-0 to decline to sell raw water to Sunrise Coal and Hallador Energy for use in washing coal at their proposed mine.  (Read the News-Gazette … Continue reading →

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Homer to Reconsider Raw Water Sale to Mine Tonight 4/8/2013

Posted on April 8, 2013 by sutc

We received word on Friday that the agenda for tonight’s Homer Village Board Meeting includes reviewing Sunrise Coal’s request to supply raw water for washing coal at the proposed mine. After nearly a year of public debate, a majority of … Continue reading →

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The Vermilion River: Embracing the Future

Posted on March 27, 2013 by sutc

Thursday, March 28, 2013 7-9pm @Kickapoo Landing We’ll have a series of talks bring together PRN, IDNR and INHS staff to talk about some of the big picture challenges and opportunities facing the Vermilion River system, including the coal mine. … Continue reading →

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