June 20, 2018
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June 14, 2018
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January 19, 2017
It took over five years and got down to a few days before the trial was to begin, but we reached a settlement with the MWRD regarding discharges of phosphorus from its Calumet, O'Brien, and Stickney treatment plants. Some limits assured and others will come depending o...
May 10, 2016
I am part of two workshops this year at River Rally. For information on River Network's River Rally see
https://www.rivernetwork.org/events-learning/river-rally/about/
May 6, 2016
Plaintiffs I represent scored a major legal victory as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois at the end of March held that NRDC, Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club could sue the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for discharges of phos...
February 28, 2016
We got a very good decision from the Illinois Court of Appeals Friday. The Court overturned an Illinois Pollution Control Board decision that left in place an ill considered decision of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency that did not place appropriate limits...
December 18, 2015
The law is quite clear that National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits are supposed to have the more stringent limit of what can be done by every discharger of that class (the technology-based limit= TBEL) and what is necessary to protect the particular w...
April 28, 2015
I will be attending the River Rally in New Mexico this year. I will be speaking on three panels.
For information on River Rally see http://www.rivernetwork.org/programs/river-rally.
March 26, 2015
You may have heard that we’re proposing a rule to clarify which streams and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act. Right now, 60 percent of our streams and millions of acres of wetlands lack clear protection from pollution and destruction.
You might n...
December 14, 2012
Three environmental groups have sued the state of Illinois in a last-ditch effort to stop a controversial frac sand mine from being built near Illinois’ most-visited state park.
In their lawsuit, the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network and Openlands demanded that the...
January 19, 2017
May 10, 2016
February 28, 2016
April 28, 2015