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News & Press

ELPC works regularly with local, regional, and national journalists on stories across all media. See our recent media coverage and publications below.

If you are a reporter interested in learning more about one of our campaigns or interviewing one of our public interest attorneys, policy advocates, analysists, or scientific colleagues, please contact:

Media Relations Specialist

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Priority Issues: Water, Transportation, & Natural Places

Media Relations Specialist

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Priority Issues: Clean Energy & Climate Change

Featured Resources

Report

Rising Waters: Climate Change Impacts and Toxic Risks to Lake Michigan’s Shoreline Communities

This report identifies twelve areas where high lake levels and strong storms could impact industrial facilities, contaminated sites, and communities along Lake Michigan.

Report

Beyond Wires: Using Advanced Transmission Technologies to Accelerate the Transition to Clean Energy

By enhancing the performance of our existing transmission system with smart technology, we can maximize clean energy investments, save money, and reduce carbon pollution.

Report

Iowa Clean Energy Supply Chain Report

ELPC identified 110+ Iowa clean energy companies engaged in the solar and wind industry supply chains. There are 9,800+ Iowans employed in those industries.

In the News

Clean Water U.S. EPA Nears Court-set Deadline for Pivotal Lake Erie Decision

Toledo Blade

Wild & Natural Places Conservation Groups Seek to Halt Trump-approved Logging Project in Wisconsin Northwoods

Wisconsin Examiner

Climate Change A Win-Win-Win for the Environment

Classic Chicago Magazine

Climate Change Climate Change Brings More Floods. Which Great Lakes States are Best Prepared? Hint: Not Wisconsin.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Clean Water Why isn’t Ohio’s Congressional Delegation Raising Cain over State’s Fumble of Toxic Algae Plan? Editorial

cleveland.com

Climate Change Popular Rural Energy Program Faces Political Uncertainty

Scripps News

Climate Change National Permitting Discussion Could Have Impact in North Dakota

Bismarck Tribune

Climate Change Youth Climate Activists Scored a Major Win in Montana. Could Illinois be Next?

WBEZ

Climate Change Chicago Looks to Overhaul Its Zoning and Land Use Policies to Address Environmental Discrimination

Inside Climate News

Clean Water Inundation and Injustice: Flooding Presents a Formidable Threat to the Great Lakes Region

Inside Climate News

Clean Transportation Activists: CDOT’s Next Leader Must ‘Enact Transformational Change’

NBC 5 Chicago

Clean Water It’s Time for the State to Really Take the Problem of Algal Blooms Seriously: Editorial

cleveland.com

Climate Change Howard Learner: Let’s Get Serious about Climate Change Solutions for Chicagoland

Chicago Tribune

Clean Air NHTSA Proposes Cutting Fuel Use Almost in Half by 2035

Detroit News

Clean Water Party that Sued EPA Over Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie Blasts Maumee River Cleanup Plan

Cleveland.com

Clean Water Environmental Advocates Don’t Think New State Lake Erie Nutrient Guidelines Go Far Enough

13 Action News Toledo

Press Release

Clean Energy Conservation Groups Call on Federal Agencies to Deny Transmission Companies’ Request to Cross Upper Mississippi River Nat’l Wildlife Refuge

Wild & Natural Places Forest Service Must Reconsider Approval of Fourmile Logging in NE Wisconsin

Clean Water ELPC Welcomes U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur Letter to US EPA

Clean Energy Iowa Utilities Board’s Study to Examine Power Company Regulations for Cost-Effectiveness, Reliability

Clean Water US EPA & US Army Corps Issue Final ‘Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”‘

Clean Air Gary Citizen Group Fights Back Against Fulcrum Harassment

Clean Transportation ELPC Appreciates NHTSA Strengthening Fuel Economy Standards for Cars, Light Trucks

Climate Change Biden’s Council on Environmental Quality Releases Phase II NEPA Regulations

Clean Energy Rural Energy for American (REAP) Modernization Act a “Good First Step”

Climate Change More Than 500K Call on Forest Service to Protect Mature & Old-growth Forests

Climate Change SomerCor CEO Manny Flores Becomes Chair of ELPC’s Board of Directors

Clean Energy Clean Energy Advocates Negotiate Banner Agreement with DTE Energy

Clean Water ELPC Slams Ohio EPA’s Insufficient Plan to Clean Up Lake Erie

Clean Transportation Michigan Passes Historic Funding for School Bus Electrification

Clean Water New Report Analyzes Expansion of CAFOs in Iowa’s Floodplains

Climate Change House Committee Vote Would Raid REAP

Clean Energy Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Acknowledges Need for Energy Justice in Utility Ratemaking

Clean Water ELPC Reaction to U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Sackett v. EPA

Clean Air ELPC Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Indiana Environmental Agency

Clean Water U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affirms States’ Rights to Regulate CAFOs to Protect Animal Welfare and Supports States Advancing Innovative Climate Solutions

Clean Air ELPC Supports EPA’s Plan to Cut Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Power Plants

Clean Energy Conservation Groups React after Wisconsin Court Upholds Approval of Driftless Transmission Line, Federal Case Still Pending

Clean Air ELPC Urges Stronger Permit for Gary, Indiana Air Polluter

Clean Water Federal Judge Approves Consent Decree to Limit Lake Erie Nutrient & Algae Pollution