Media Center

The ELPC Media Center provides a convenient one-stop location where you can find all our recent press releases, op-eds, news clips, videos and public service announcements.

Press Contact

ELPC works regularly with regional and national journalists on stories for newspapers, television, radio and the Internet. If you are a reporter interested in interviewing one of our attorneys or policy analysts, please contact:

Jill Geiger
ELPC Director of Communications and Marketing
jgeiger@elpc.org
(312) 795-3703

Press Releases

Statement from Howard Learner: Separating the Chicago Area Waterway System is an Important Step to Protect the Great Lakes’ Ecology and Economy, January 31, 2012.
$1 Billion Transmission Proposal Should Receive More Thorough Review of Costs and Alternatives, Not Fast-Tracked Special Treatment, January 20, 2012.
PlugInChicagoMetro.org – New Electric Car Online Tool Helps Educate Chicago-Area Consumers, January 18, 2012.
ELPC Ranked Among Top 10 Highest-Rated Charities in America According to New MainStreet Analysis of Charity Navigator Data, January 13, 2012.
USDOT Awards $186 Million for High-Speed Rail in Illinois, January 5, 2012.

more press releases

Op-Ed Articles

Chicago Tribune Editorial by Howard Learner: Mercury Pollution Reduction Standards Protect Children’s Health and the Great Lakes, December 29, 2011.
“Incinerate this, Governor” – Chicago Tribune Editorial Cites ELPC, August 25, 2011.
Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat in the Supreme Court AEP Decision, June 28, 2011.
ELPC to Rockford: Trains the Way to Go, June 27, 2011.
ELPC’s Brubaker to Detroit News: Beckmann column on Michigan rail plans misleading, June 23, 2011.

more op-ed articles

News Clips

CBS Chicago: Environmental Groups: Close Sanitary And Ship Canal To Stop Asian Carp, January 31, 2012.
Illinois Gets Charged-Up for Electric Cars, January 23, 2012.
Milwaukee J-S: Groups oppose rush toward northern Wisconsin power lines, January 23, 2012.
Chicago Tribune: Coal plants dominate list of Chicago’s biggest polluters, January 23, 2012.
ELPC Ranked in Top 10 Highest-Rated Charities in U.S., January 11, 2012.

more news clips

Videos

INourwater.org - Fishing the East Fork of the White River, January 6, 2012. YouTube
INourwater.org - Protecting Wildlife and Recreation on the Tippecanoe, January 6, 2012. YouTube
INourwater.org - Phosphorus Pollution and Algae Blooms in the Geist Reservoir, January 6, 2012. YouTube
INourwater.org - Clean Water Means Business on Sugar Creek, January 6, 2012. YouTube
INourwater.org - Factory Farms Threaten Kosciusko County Lakes and Streams, January 6, 2012. YouTube
INourwater.org - Damaging Johnson County Creeks and Streams, January 6, 2012. YouTube
Senator Kirk and Congressman Dold on Protecting Clean Air and the Environment, December 5, 2011. YouTube

Public Service Ads

Print

How Many People
Does It Take

Water Doesn’t Come
from a Faucet

Same Treatment
as our Forests

Radio

Earth Day: What do you get the planet that has everything? (mp3)

Fight global warming: How you can help (mp3)

Energy efficiency for farmers (mp3)

Reducing pollution in the Great Lakes (mp3)

Video

Global Warming: Rick Bayless (quicktime) (watch on youtube)

Global Warming: Redwalls Unplugged (quicktime) (watch on youtube)