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Volunteers need to help with Ohio Riverbank cleanup

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Friday, May 31st, 2013, 11:51am
Volunteers need to help with Ohio Riverbank cleanup

River Sweep 2013 has been scheduled for Saturday, June 15, along the shoreline of the Ohio River and its many tributaries.  Volunteers are needed for this massive event.

River Sweep is a riverbank cleanup that extends the entire length of the Ohio River and beyond.  More than 3,000 miles of shoreline will be combed for trash and debris.  This is the largest environmental event of its kind and encompasses six states.

“We are so proud of the progress we have made cleaning up the Ohio River and some of its major tributaries but there is still work to be done,” said Jeanne Ison, Project Director.  “The Ohio is such a great natural resource and provides so much to so many.  We need your help.”

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Middle school students collect 17,000+ cans for recycling

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 3:56pm
Middle school students collect 17,000+ cans for recycling

 

Check out what the students at Carmi White County Middle School did on Monday.  

Better yet, here's what science teacher Sarah Haley told us about how they observed Earth Day with some fun and games before taking the above photo.  Pretty cool stuff!

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ORANSCO studying output of Wabash River

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013, 2:49pm
ORANSCO studying output of Wabash River

 

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is engaged in a study of the Wabash River to determine the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous the Wabash contributes to the Ohio River.

The Wabash River is 491 miles long and flows southwest, forming the southern Indiana-Illinois border before draining into the main stem of the Ohio River.

The Wabash has been identified as one of the largest contributors of nitrogen to the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico.  In addition, data has shown that the area where the Wabash enters the Ohio River (at the upstream end of the Smithland Pool) has lower dissolved oxygen levels and is designated as “impaired” in ORSANCO’s 2008 Assessment of Water Quality Conditions. 

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Big response to electronics recycling event

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Thursday, February 14th, 2013, 12:55pm
Big response to electronics recycling event

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, Southeastern Illinois College hosted a campus and community-wide electronics recycling event which brought in two trucks worth of unwanted electronic devices.

Sponsored by the college’s Environmental Services and Information Technology offices, the event was designed to provide a centralized and convenient depository for unwanted electronic items banned from landfills last year and to help promote environmental stewardship.

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Egyptian Health moves forward with recycling day plans after big response

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012, 12:18pm
Egyptian Health moves forward with recycling day plans after big response

Egyptian Health Department says it still plans to hold recycling events in White and Gallatin Counties next year.  The organization held its first Electronics Recycling Day in Harrisburg in late October and deemed it a success after two semi-trailers were filled.

A landfill ban on 17 electronic items was introduced by the Illinois State Legislature earlier this year.  The banned electronic items included TV’s, computers, laptops, monitors, printers and many other items common in nearly every home. With limited options for disposal of these items by homeowners, some were being dumped in ditches and illegal landfills.       

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Southern IL company wins Popular Mechanics award for skimmer tech

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer
Monday, October 1st, 2012, 11:21am
Southern IL company wins Popular Mechanics award for skimmer tech

On Monday morning's Today Show on 14WFIE and NBC, POPULAR MECHANICS awarded Elastec/American Marine of White County a 2012 Breakthrough Award for their patented Grooved Disc oil skimmer technology. The POPULAR MECHANICS Breakthrough Awards, now in their eighth year, recognize the innovators and products that have dramatically advanced the fields of technology, medicine, space exploration, automotive design, environmental engineering and more.

Elastec/American Marine and other winners will be honored at an invitation-only conference and gala awards ceremony in New York City on October 4, and in the November issue of POPULAR MECHANICS, available on newsstands October 16. 

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Burn bans still in effect for some Illinois counties

Submitted by ChadSewich on Tuesday, August 7th, 4:59 am
Burn bans still in effect for some Illinois counties

Despite recent rains, drought conditions continue for the tri-state.

Burn bans continue for White and Wabash Counties until further notice.  The burn ban for Lawrence County, however, has been lifted.

There is more rain in the forecast for Thursday and Friday of this week, although it is not expected to be a widespread event that will significantly change drought conditions.

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