ELPC Blog | Environmental Law & Policy Center

Update

Recommending Stronger Safeguards for Proposed Drilling in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

The Forest Service must conduct a more rigorous environmental review and enact stronger safeguards before additional exploratory drilling moves forward.

9/16/26

Elise Zaniker

Story

Northwoods Logging Project Puts Wisconsin Wildlife at Risk

Forest Service plans to clearcut over 45,000 acres of forest in West Zone project, without doing required analysis

6/18/26

Max Lopez

Brief

Don’t Pass on Gas: ELPC Lawsuit Targets Curtailing Methane

ELPC and Coalition Members Challenge EPA Rule Suspending Deadlines for Oil and Gas Producers to Implement Measures to Reduce Methane Emissions

6/5/26

Wendy Bloom

Testimony

Without Greenhouse Gas Reporting, There’s No Climate Accountability

ELPC testified on EPA's proposed rule to end its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which would remove reporting operations for virtually all large industrial facilities.

10/2/25

Max Lopez

Testimony

ELPC Challenges EPA’s Methane Rule Delay

Cutting methane pollution is one of the fastest, most effective ways to slow climate change. The EPA’s interim final rule allows more methane and hazardous emissions to harm the health and quality of life of Midwest communities.

9/10/25