TheVoice-Lawsuit

Prairie Rivers Network is holding polluters accountable when the EPA fails to enforce the law. A coal mine near Industry, Illinois, has violated its permit by discharging pollution (such as iron, manganese, and sulfates) at levels several times higher than allowed. Prairie Rivers Network and partners launched a lawsuit against the two coal companies that have owned the mine. The case caught the attention of Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who is now taking the case against the mine to the Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Read press coverege here from McDonough County The Voice.