Keeping the Midwest Wild
Protected public lands are protected for good reasons. We're working hard with national and local conservation group partners and clients to enforce protections on public, wild lands.
3/17/21
Northwoods, WI
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Protected public lands are protected for good reasons. We're working hard with national and local conservation group partners and clients to enforce protections on public, wild lands.
3/17/21
Everyone knows that accelerating solar energy has overwhelmingly strong public support. ELPC and our environmental partners know it. Politicians know it from their polling. Utilities know it from their polling, too. Ameren, which is Illinois’ second-largest electric utility, appears to have missed that memo.
2/25/21
Illinois and the Midwest stand to benefit as the Biden administration renews the federal government's commitment to climate issues.
1/27/21
The Biden administration is looking to work with the environmental community. They have the knowledge, skills and passion necessary to advance climate actions and solutions fully across the federal government. That’s a breakthrough.
1/27/21
Today’s Trump-inspired attack at the U.S. Capitol is an attack on our nation’s democracy. The American public deserves better, and we are stronger than this as a nation.
1/6/21
This past year will likely go down as one of the most difficult and extraordinary years of our lives. Despite the challenges, ELPC achieved strong results for the environment in the courtrooms, boardrooms, and legislative rooms across the Midwest.
12/17/20
The Paris Agreement targets are global, but the benefits to public health, the environment and the economy will be seen locally. Illinois will gain from adopting the goals set five years ago in Paris.
12/9/20
Learn how the 2020 election will impact the Midwest environment, Midwest Congressional delegation, governorships, state legislatures, and see state by state breakdowns.
11/16/20
Let’s vote. No excuses. Voting is our civic duty and responsibility.
10/22/20
ELPC has issued two new major reports over the past week that help tell the story of the Midwest environment.
10/7/20
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of my heroes – for her path-breaking public interest legal advocacy, for her leadership as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and for her values.
9/21/20
Public participation matters. Sadly, the Trump Administration is moving to constrain public participation, and some state agencies are also adopting manipulative techniques that restrict effective public participation.
9/15/20
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new June forecast paints a chilling picture of super-high water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, peaking in July and August even higher than the May forecast.
6/9/20
Public transit ridership and revenues have dropped like a rock during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
5/29/20
We’re facing the wettest May of the past 100 years. You’ve seen the photos and videos of Michigan and Ohio communities being evacuated, and Chicago’s downtown skyscrapers and Fox River area suburbs being flooded by the record rains.
5/21/20
Electric utility regulatory issues put many people to sleep. They can be legally dry and technically complicated. But that's where the magic can happen.
5/15/20
Oil prices have fallen so much that Exxon reported its first quarterly loss since 1988
5/6/20
While Americans are focused on dealing with COVID-19 pandemic challenges and stresses, the Trump EPA used that distraction as cover for publishing its final replacement of the 2015 Clean Water Rule.
4/30/20
Earth Day 1970 sounded an alarm that launched the modern environmental movement. We’ve made tremendous progress towards healthier air, safer water, and less toxic pollution in our communities.
4/22/20
In the the midst of a global public health crisis, most air quality news has been focused on the cleaner air from less vehicle traffic and industrial activity. Sadly, it’s not all good news.
4/16/20
Vital environmental standards depend on sound science in the regulatory process. The American people overwhelmingly support these sensible public health protections, but we’re seeing a “throw the spaghetti against the wall” attempt to defeat them left and right.
4/10/20
While most of the world’s leadership is laser-focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 31, 2020, the Trump Administration took time to roll back federal clean car standards.
4/2/20
In part due to climate change, Great Lakes water levels are experiencing extremes – mostly much higher, and sometimes lower. Amidst one crisis, worsened by the Trump Administration’s refusal to listen to science, we may soon be facing another.
3/27/20