Environmental groups win a round in the war on green slime
Photo of Lower Des Plaines River by Cindy Skrukrud For anyone despairing over the mats of pollution-fueled algae taking over our waters - and the steadfast...
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The uphill battle for a river that won't make us sick
Cleaning up the Chicago River feels a bit like kicking a rubber mattress up a hill - slow and maddening. That feeling is bolstered by the Chicago Tribune's...
Fixing what ain't broke II: Clean Air Act requirements survive with limited damage
A few weeks back, I blogged in this space about Illinois industry efforts to dismantle a Clean Air Act permitting system in the name of "streamlining" it...
Fixing a Clean Air Act program that ain't broke
For several decades now, Illinois has been administering a permitting program to make sure that big new sources of air pollution put on modern pollution...
Gulf Dead Zone pollution case: EPA can't dodge court scrutiny or the Clean Water Act
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday delivered a ruling in our lawsuit against EPA challenging its refusal to make a decision about how to...
Des Moines versus Goliath gets real: Water Works follows through on its lawsuit against Iowa drainage districts
In January, the Des Moines Water Works decided it had had enough of paying for costly treatment equipment to deal with an algae pollution mess it didn't make,...