pollution

Delayed Action: The Industry Mine

Scott Stuntz — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:15:30 +0000

The Illinois Pollution Control Board found that the coal mine near Industry violated its water pollution permit more than 600 times.

Tri States Public Radio's series, Delayed Action: The Industry Mine, examines the violations, why it took the state so long to take legal action, and why despite all the violations the state renewed the mine’s permit.

Syngenta Pays 105 Million for Contaminating Drinking Water

Scott Stuntz — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:29:24 +0000

Under a recent class-action lawsuit, agricultural chemical company Syngenta will have to pay cities and towns across the Midwest for contaminating water supplies with the herbicide atrazine. This includes several in Western Illinois.

US EPA OK's Missouri Rule Change on Pollution

Scott Stuntz — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:47:56 +0000

The US EPA has agreed to allow Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources to relax its rules when it comes water pollution enforcement.

Missouri has gotten the go-ahead to extend how long it gives those in violation of their water pollution permits to get into compliance.

Springfield Coal Drops Application for Mining Permit

Scott Stuntz — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:27:15 +0000

The company which operates the Industry Coal mine recently was found to have committed over six hundred water pollution violations. Springfield Coal also wanted to renew the mining permit for it’s mine near Industry.

The same day a press conference was to be held protesting the renewal of it’s mining permit, the company withdrew the application.