Illinois Nutrient Pollution Assessment and Reduction Plan efforts continue to bounce forward slowly
As discussed in the following memo to Illinois EPA, IEPA continues work to develop National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...
Supreme Court decision will make much more work for NPDES permit writers and others trying to protect water quality.
As a result of the recent Supreme Court decision in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, (March 4, 2025) it is clear that U.S. EPA...
More work needed on Illinois Nutrient Assessment and Reduction Plans - We filed the following informal comment with IEPA.
To: Joey Logan-Pugh, Darin LeCrone, Brant Fleming From: Albert Ettinger, Mila Marshall, Rob Michaels Re: Informal comments on nutrient...
Trump Tower found to be public nuisance
What follows is Press Release by Friends of Chicago River. I am pleased to have been one of those who blew the whistle on these...
A lot of presentations this month and more on Trump Tower
I spoke to the Illinois State Bar Association Environmental Law conference yesterday and I present at the River Rally next week in Grand...
Bell Bowl Prairie Bulldozed
There is nothing nice to say about the unnecessary destruction of a rare natural area. https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2023-...
Current Caseload - 2-24-2023
1. Sierra Club, ELPC, PRN, CARE v. Midwest Generation PCB 2013-015 - I represent Environmental Law and Policy Center in a case to get MWG...
Illinois Attorney General has filed suit against Sugar Camp PFAS
Illinois Attorney General has filed against Sugar Camp Energy for dumping PFAS in its mine in an unsuccessful attempt to put out fire in...
Prairie State Generation coal-fired plant poses water threats as well as creating greenhouse gas.
12/1/21 - As stated in comments to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency filed last week by me and Andrew Rehn on behalf of Sierra...
Fire in the Mine - PFAS in the water
12/1/21 - Another project has been to try to stop Sugar Camp Energy (Murray Energy) from dumping toxic foam in an effort to put out a...
