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New meeting location, for early 2008 at least:
(mostly) 7 PM, 2nd Tuesday of the month, January - March 2008
Bondurant Room (2nd floor), Illinois Disciples Foundation 610 E Springfield, Champaign (NW corner Springfield & Wright)
Monday, May 5th, 2008, 6 PM (rescheduled from March 25th original)
EPA Public Hearing on Andersons Ethanol Plant
Building D (South side of campus), room D244
Parkland College, Champaign
The Andersons' proposed ethanol plant, to be built just west of
Champaign, will draw something like 1.8 million gallons of water
per day from the Mahomet aquifer. Much of that is to be evaporated
in cooling towers, but about 720,000 gallons per day of variously
processed water will be discharged into the Kaskaskia Ditch, the
upper reach of the Kaskaskia River.
At 6pm on the evening of May 5th, in Parkland College's Room D244 (in building D, on the south side of campus),
the Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing on the draft water-discharge permit.
Details here:
The IEPA has made a tentative determination to issue this five-year discharge
permit. The draft of it can be found at:
The IEPA will accept comments from the public, either at the above hearing,
or in writing until June 4th. (See the Hearing Announcement for details.)
EPA May 5th Public Hearing Announcement (PDF)
http://www.epa.state.il.us/public-notices/2007/andersons-ethanol/index.pdf
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008, 7 PM
Marie Streenz, Horizon Wind Energy
Marie Streenz of Horizon Wind Energy in Bloomington will talk about
the McLean County Twin Groves Wind Farm and its environmental impact.
Coming up: interviews and call-in shows with local environmental leaders
about the issues affecting Central Illinois.
So listen each week on your radio to WEFT, 90.1 FM on Tuesdays at 5:30pm as
Sierra Club turns the airwaves green.
Sierra Club Radio
Sierra Club Radio is now on local community radio station WEFT, 90.1 FM in
Champaign, every Tuesday afternoon from 5:30 to 6:00pm. Sierra Club Radio
is a nationally produced half-hour radio show about the environment with a
focus on what each of us can do to make our world better. Each week host
Orli Cotel has in-depth interviews with politicians, authors, celebrities,
artists, businesspeople, and activists inspired by nature. There is advice
from "Mr. Green", lifestyle tips, and occasional commentary from Sierra Club
executive director Carl Pope.
WEFT, 90.1 FM, Tuesdays 5:30-6:00pm
Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club
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