Environmental Law & Policy Center

Iowa Water Crisis

ELPC Sues to Protect Waters Impaired by Cancer-Linked Nitrates

ELPC Defends the Future of Passenger Rail

Wisconsin’s Data Centers and the Risk of Gas Buildout

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

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TESTIMONY

ELPC Testifies to Protect Midwest Communities from Coal Ash

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Environmental Litigators Conference Brings Together Midwest Defenders

UPDATE

Why Consumer's Proposed Dam Sale is Bad for Michigan

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ELPC Receives American Bar Association Award

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Minnesota Order Encourages Affordable, Clean Energy

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Why EPA’s Vessel Rule Falls Short for Lakers

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Important Victory

From Toxic Dump to Future Park: A Landmark Victory for Chicago’s Southeast Side

This is a victory for protecting environmental justice communities, for protecting Lake Michigan and our clean drinking water, and for transforming industrial sites into new lakefront parks.

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

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