Midwest Forests at Risk

Why Protecting Our Last Roadless Forests Matters More Than Ever

Governor Whitmer Is Right: Michigan Must Consider Alternatives to Line 5

Re-Proposed Polluted Water Rule Threatens Great Lakes and Beyond

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

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UPDATE

MI Groups Commend Nessel & Whitmer Opposing Consumers’ Dams Sale to Private Equity

NEWS

Midwest Groups Seek More Time for Public Input on Roadless Rule Repeal

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Checking Up on Kirtland’s Warblers in Michigan

UNDERSTANDING CLEAN ENERGY

The Workers Powering the Midwest’s Clean Energy Future

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Celebrating 100 years of Electric Trains on Chicago’s Lakefront

TESTIMONY

There Shouldn’t be Microplastics in Our Drinking Water

In the News

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E.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Data Centers

New York Times

Editorial: EPA delay on nitrates is hazardous to Iowans’ health

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Environmental groups file petition against Cleveland-Cliffs air permit

Chicago Tribune

EPA Stalls Long-Planned Nitrate Cancer Review as Pollution Crisis Grows

Investigate Midwest

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.

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

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Climate Change

Clean Energy

Clean Air

Clean Water

Clean Transportation

Wild & Natural Places