Trump Tower Sued For Clean Water Act Violations Identified by Abrams Environmental Law Clinic

Madigan sues Trump Tower for violating clean water laws intended to protect Chicago River fish

Trump International Hotel & Tower is endangering fish and other aquatic life in the Chicago River, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleges in a new lawsuit targeting the president’s skyscraper for multiple violations of clean water laws.

The glass-and-steel tower, emblazoned with a sign spelling "TRUMP” in letters more than 20 feet high, is one of the city’s largest users of river water for its cooling systems. It siphons nearly 20 million gallons a day through intakes so powerful the machines could fill an Olympic swimming pool in less than an hour, then pumps the water back into the river up to 35 degrees hotter.

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The Illinois EPA pulled back from renewing Trump Tower’s permit after the Sierra Club, Friends of the Chicago River and the University of Chicago’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic threatened to sue.

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