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The banks of the Middle Fork River near Dynegy's coal ash ponds at the Vermilion Power Station are eroding at a rate of 2.3 feet per year. The company is applying for a permit to install more than 22,000 cubic years of rock to prevent the river from breaching the ash ponds.

Illinois EPA seeks public input on Dynegy plan to stabilize Middle Fork

Post author:Jack Brighton
Post published:March 19, 2019
Post category:Environment Events

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will have a public hearing on a proposal by Dynegy Midwest Generation, LLC to stabilize the Middle Fork River…

CU-CitizenAccess to host conversation on local impact of Affordable Care Act

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:April 25, 2017
Post category:Events

CU-CitizenAccess and the Knight Chair of Investigative Reporting, the Journalism Department at the College of Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with support from The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, are hosting a public conversation on the local impact of Obamacare on May 2 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m at the Champaign Public Library.

Read more about the article Central Illinois already seeing effects of climate change

Abigail Bobrow/For the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Julie Pryde, administrator of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, speaks at “Climate Change in Illinois: A community conversation”, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, on Tuesday, November 29, at the Champaign Public Library.

Central Illinois already seeing effects of climate change

Post author:Johnathan Hettinger
Post published:November 30, 2016
Post category:Agriculture Environment Events

“We’re actually at the warmest part for the historical record for Illinois,” said State Climatologist Jim Angel, speaking to a crowd of about 60 at the Champaign Public Library on Tuesday. “This is a different climate for what our parents, grandparents or great grandparents would’ve experienced in Illinois.”

Read more about the article Join our community conversation on climate change

Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

A storm hovers over an Illinois rural landscape on May 29, 2015. Extreme weather is likely to become more common in the Midwest under climate change conditions, according to researchers and federal reports.

Join our community conversation on climate change

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:November 21, 2016
Post category:Events

The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and CU-CitizenAccess are hosting a public discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 29 on the local, regional and agribusiness impacts from climate change — ranging from flooding and the water supply to changing weather patterns and agricultural techniques.

Screenshot of a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the University of Illinois to a requester.

Watchdog Training: Using FOIAs to get information you want

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 27, 2016
Post category:Events

In this free, two-hour session, learn how to keep an eye on government and find out what's happening in your community. Learn the ins and outs of the Freedom of Information Act and how to get the documents you want from your government. Register today!