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KANKAKEE — Edwin “Ed” James Mullady, 94, of Kankakee, died peacefully on Sunday (Dec. 13, 2020) after a short illness. Loving husband, father, son, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather, Ed was a kind man whose life was devoted to preserving the environment, in particular the Kankakee River. In 2009, the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival committee asked him to be the grand marshal of their grand parade. At the time, local writer Mary Ann Kirsch wrote a lovely article about Ed, and she has graciously allowed his family to include portions of it here: “Selecting Ed Mullad...

Her doctors can't say. there have been two few studies to make any conclusions. but i wanted to see the water myself. this is the beautiful river and these waters travel from the foothills of the blue ridge mountains some 400 miles out to the coast of charleston, south carolina. all along the way you're going to see these coal-powered plants like the one behind mean and some call this the most electrified river as a result. with those plants, you see coal ash ponds and that is a concern because if there is seepage from the coal ash ponds into the river or the river becomes inundated because of...

River these waters travel from the foothills of the blue ridge mountains who 07 miles to the coast of south carolina along the way you see the coal power plants. . some have called this the most electrified river in america as a result. with the presidents plants you see the coal ash ponds. that's a concern because if there is seepage from the river or the river is inundated because of the breaks in the dam in the pond that would devastate the drinking water for 2 million people in this area. >> river keeper sam perkins gives me a tour of what he calls the capital of coal ash. >> you're lookin...

River. these waters travel from the foothills of the blue ridge mountains some 400 miles out to the coast of charleston, south carolina. all along the way, you're going to see these coal powered plants. as this one you see behind me. some have called this weather the most electrified river in america as a result. with those plants you see coal ash ponds. that's a concern because if there's seepage from these coal ash ponds into the river or the river becomes inundated with contaminates because of the break in the dam, that would devastate the drinking water for 2 million people living in this ...

Generation. we don't talk about that anymore because we don't emulate them. >> we're not investing in our community. >> well paul talks about spending, i talk about results. why are we measuring progress by how much money and power we're giving to government. i want to see results and i'm seeing results. epa is seeing results. that's even more important. >> the government of the state of new york has just worked with the city of albany to get them to spend $140 million that will take their water quality in the hudson from the worst to first. let's finish the job. >> i can drink this practicall...