Lauren Lantry, lauren.lantry@sierraclub.org
Today, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit claiming the Chicago Trump Tower is violating the Clean Water Act. Earlier this year, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Chicago River and the University of Chicago’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic threatened to sue over these Clean Water Act violations.
In response Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter Director released the following statement:
"Over and over we've heard Donald Trump say ‘we want crystal-clean water, and we want clean air -- the cleanest ever’ but his actions say otherwise. For years, Trump's tower on the Chicago River has been violating the Clean Water Act. It's disappointing that the Rauner administration turned a blind eye to these violations for years, but we are now hopeful that they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We will work with the Attorney General to ensure that justice is served and the Chicago River is fully protected."
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