Champaign County takes first step towards a one-year data center moratorium
The Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals passed a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers.
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Dynegy Agrees To Move Coal Ash From Detention Ponds Near Middle Fork
OAKWOOD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Vermilion County State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy announced on Tuesday they were suing Dynegy Midwest Generation over the disposal of coal ash at the shuttered Vermilion Power Station. That coal ash has been in retention ponds near the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River. Later that day, Raoul
Illinois EPA Developing Rules To Regulate Coal Ash Ponds
A new law passed last year requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to develop rules regulating the closure of ponds that store waste from coal-fired power plants. The agency released a draft rule in December, and stakeholders met Monday in Springfield to share their thoughts. Andrew Rehn with the clean water advocacy group Prairie Rivers