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The amended lawsuit is the latest in a five-year legal battle over Trump International's violations of the Clean Water Act.

The Illinois attorney general accuses Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago of significantly lowballing how many millions of gallons of Chicago River water it circulates each day.

The Joliet Public Utilities Dept. proposes revamping the city's water billing structure to finance the new pipeline to Lake Michigan, which is necessitated by the depletion of local reservoirs that threaten universal access to clean drinking water.

As one state has declined a request from a CO2 pipeline that would also come through Illinois, the local opposition to the idea remains strong.

Environmental groups are commending Gov. Pritzker for vetoing bills that would have expanded nuclear power, given a utility first dibs on new transmission line projects, and advanced a controversial highway expansion project.

Governor JB Pritzker issued an amendatory veto on HB3445—legislation that would have given Ameren a “Right of First Refusal” to build regional transmission lines in Southern Illinois.

Governor JB Pritzker vetoed SB76—a bill that would have lifted Illinois’ decades-old moratorium on new nuclear power plants. 

Sangamon County has once again voted to shut down a carbon dioxide pipeline proposal from Navigator CO2 Ventures.

Residents and consumer advocates urged the Illinois Commerce Commission to reject a proposed $402 million rate hike sought by Peoples Gas.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against Williamson Energy for violations of their NPDES permit under the federal Clean Water Act.