Illinois' advocate for clean water and healthy rivers.
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Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
This consent order is an important step that will protect the Illinois River. I'm committed to continuing to hold companies accountable when they break environmental laws and risk the public’s health: tinyurl.com/3j9x8pyj
@ILEPA @SierraClubIL @PrairieRivers
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Thank you to everyone who spent their Saturday in Springfield urging our legislators to pass the POWER Act and hold data centers accountable!! Illinois can pass nation-leading legislation that protects our communities from data center harms. It’s time to #StandUpToBigTech!
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Rallying with 600 fellow advocates from across Illinois at #POWERActLobbyDay!📣 We’re calling on lawmakers to urgently pass the POWER Act to stand UP to Big Tech and stand FOR our communities. #ClimateActionNow #POWERtothePeople
@ILCleanJobs @ilenviro @PrairieRivers @cubillinois
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Headed to Springfield this morning for #POWERActLobbyDay! 📣 I’m joining advocates from across IL to urge lawmakers to pass the POWER Act to hold data centers accountable and protect our water, power, and communities. @ilenviro @ILCleanJobs @PrairieRivers @cubillinois
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
"Illinois is dangerously dry. Decades of policy negligence have left the state unprepared, and the crisis is only beginning," writes Robert Hirschfeld, director of water policy at the nonprofit Prairie Rivers Network. chicago.suntimes.com/other-v…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
I testified at the Sangamon County Board on the massive proposed data center.
Yes, we should worry about energy use, electricity rates, water.
But we should also step back & ask whether we even want—or like—the future of technological alienation and job loss we’re building.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
“The vast majority of Illinois wetlands do not have federal protection,” said Robert Hirschfeld, director of water policy at @PrairieRivers.
“The loss of the federal Clean Water Act means it is open season on wetlands.”
story by @__juanpab wbez.org/environment/2025/11…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
The Trump administration proposed stricter definitions for federally protected waterways this week, potentially removing protections from seasonal wetlands and streams across Illinois and the Midwest under the 1972 Clean Water Act. wbez.org/environment/2025/11…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Thank you @theresamah4rep for meeting with your constituents about fixing and funding transit, winning a clean grid, and addressing foam foodware waste. Thank you for championing all these issues! #ActonClimate #twill
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Put on your rally caps! Happening now in Springfield - hundreds gathering to support the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (#CRGA) to fight rising electric costs and climate rollbacks. #twill #ElectrifyIL #ActOnClimate #ClimateDayAtTheCapitol facebook.com/share/v/161kgbL…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
NEW: The Chicago Tribune's Editorial Board is urging legislators to pass the CRGA Act during veto session!
"The measure, as it’s shaping up, looks to us in many respects to meet the moment." bit.ly/46Kaknb
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
A new study finds over 70% of Illinois wetlands lost protection after the Supreme Court’s rollback of the Clean Water Act.
Floodplain forests—vital for flood control, water quality, and climate resilience—are most at risk.
Illinois needs to pass a state law protecting wetlands.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
“It’s remarkable that we have turned a state that was prairie into a state where you can have dust bowls, but it is also the logical consequence of farming in this way,” said @PrairieRivers Director of Water Policy Robert Hirschfeld.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
“The loss of wetlands in this region and along the river is only going to exacerbate [flooding]. And not only are we losing federal protection for water and wetlands, but under the current administration, they are also massively cutting disaster aid and relief,” Hirschfeld said.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
On Wednesday, May 21, Prairie Rivers Network and our partners will be heading to the Illinois state capitol for Climate Action Lobby Day, and we urge you to join us!
This spring, we have the opportunity to advance climate action in Illinois despite federal rollbacks.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
.@GovPritzker is emerging as a leading voice against Trump. But if IL is going to be a real bulwark against the madness, that has to include protecting our drinking water and keeping our communities from flooding.
Tell your legislator to protect wetlands prairierivers.org/front-page…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Trump’s EPA is set to further gut the Clean Water Act—putting up to 970,000 acres of Illinois wetlands at risk. These wetlands protect IL communities from flooding.
With no federal protections, and cuts to FEMA, Illinois must act now and pass the Wetlands Protection Act.
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
If you're in Illinois, you should come work for @PrairieRivers--we have two job openings!
1. Communications Director
2. Clean Water Advocate
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
Illinois unlawfully restricts your right to paddle rivers. Federal law sets a floor—states can expand access, not restrict it
Iowa & Indiana offer more freedom than IL, something every Illinoisan should find embarrassing!
Tell your legislator to fix this prairierivers.org/keeprivers…
Prairie Rivers Network retweeted
‘At least we're not Iowa/Indiana!’ Wrong.
Illinois unlawfully restricts your right to paddle its rivers. Federal law sets a floor—states can expand access, not restrict it.
Iowa & Indiana get it right; Illinois does not.
Tell your legislator to fix this prairierivers.org/action-ite…
