MWRD and Environmental Groups Bury the Litigation Hatchet
Environmental advocates and Chicagoland's sewage treatment authority have agreed to settle their litigation over algae pollution and move forward together to de...
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One More Nasty Consequence of Factory Farming: Runaway Algae
Photo by Amy Goerwitz Chicago Tribune investigative reporters have put together an excellent series detailing the social and environmental damage being wrought...
Denial River: Court Orders Trial on Algae-Fouled Waterways, District Responds by Pretending They Don’t Exist
North Shore Channel Sue Lannin Illinois' algae-polluted waterways are finally going to get their day in court—twice now. Following on the heels of the recent...
The uphill battle for a river that won't make us sick
Caution Sign at Kayak Launch Metropolitan Planning Council, via Flickr Cleaning up the Chicago River feels a bit like kicking a rubber mattress up a hill -...
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,...