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Public Information Meeting Follow-Up
On September 3, 43 community members attended a public information meeting regarding the Bulldog Mine proposed by Sunrise Coal. The meeting was hosted by Stand Up To Coal and Prairie Rivers Network. The evening started off viewing a video of … Continue reading
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Bulldog Mine Public Informational Meeting in Georgetown
Stand Up to Coal and Prairie Rivers Network Present on Coal and Water Issues Wednesday, July 17th 2013 at 6:00 pm What: Members of Stand Up to Coal and Prairie Rivers Network are holding a public informational meeting to address … Continue reading
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Tagged coal, georgetown, hallador energy, prairie rivers, public information, public meeting, sunrise coal, Vermilion County, Water
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UCSD Public Meeting: Proposed Water Sale to Fertilizer Plant & Coal Mine
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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Tagged champaign county, cronos, prairie rivers, public meeting, sale, salt fork, sunrise coal, ucsd, Water
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Sunrise Coal Faces More Hurdles to Open Mine
Here’s the text of a commentary that appeared in the News-Gazette on June 29. It was written by Tyler Roche, a water policy specialist with Prairie Rivers Network. The original article is here. Stakeholders in Champaign and Vermilion County have … Continue reading →