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ELPC Receives American Bar Association's Award for Excellence

Restoring Pure Michigan

New ELPC Report Tackles Livestock Pollution to Protect Clean Water

Conservation Groups Halt Transmission Line Construction in National Refuge

Swimming in the Chicago River: Advocacy Helped Make This Happen

We advocate, innovate, and litigate to protect the Midwest’s environment from the Great Lakes to the Great Plains.

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ELPC Receives American Bar Association Award

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ELPC 2024 Annual Gala: Join the Celebration on May 31st

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Stopping a Dredge Dump on Chicago’s Southeast Side Lakefront

STORY

Stepping up Post-Sackett: An Illinois Bill to Protect Wetlands

NEWS

ELPC Moves to Defend EPA Methane Standards

REPORT

Air Quality Chicago Report: Using Community Science to Reduce Particulate Pollution & Protect Public Health

In the News

Current Climate: Turning Shuttered Power Plants into Parkland

Forbes

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Plans for a Power Line in Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge

Associated Press

Campbell Soup is Facing Two Lawsuits for Violating Permits

WTOL 11

Emissions, Mishaps from Northwest Indiana BP Refinery Draw Ire of Residents and Activists

CBS News

Plan for Underwater Lakeside Dump Delayed Over Concerns

Chicago Sun-Times

Important Victory

DTE Case Settlement: “One of the Biggest Regulatory Wins I’ve Ever Seen”

How a “people powered” settlement with Detroit's DTE Energy sets a new standard for utilities

We’re all in to protect the Midwest’s environment.

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