The Environmental Law & Policy Center is actively engaged in activities to reduce global warming. Our work focuses on environmental solutions that can dramatically reduce carbon pollution.

Midwest-focused solutions are critical. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin account for 20% of the nation’s carbon pollution, with only 5% of the world’s population. The Midwest alone is responsible for more global warming pollution than any country, except China, India, Russia and Japan. That’s because the Midwest has the largest concentration of old, dirty coal plants that produce large amounts of carbon dioxide which cause global warming, and because we ar the hub of the U.S. transportation industry.

Learn more about global warming and how you can take action at GlobalWarmingsolutions.org, our comprehensive website focused on climate change in the Midwest.

Watch Nobel Prize Winner’s Call for Action on Climate Change

ELPC recently hosted Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for a special visit to Chicago to meet with political, business and civic leaders. The IPCC was the co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, with Al Gore, for its instrumental work in documenting the real risks of climate change.

The scientific consensus on the causes and perils of climate change has produced an important and positive shift in public opinion. ELPC and Dr. Pachauri highlighted the necessary policy changes that are now needed to solve our global warming problems and protect our legacy for the future.

Watch video highlights from Dr. Pachauri’s visit:

We publish one of the Midwest’s most important online information hubs on global warming; visit us at GlobalWarmingSolutions.org