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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:

Judith Nemes

Senior Media Relations Specialist

[email protected]
(773) 892-7494

Priority Issues: Water, Transportation, Conservation

Tom McFeeley

Media Relations Specialist

[email protected]
(219) 213-0402

Priority Issues: Energy, Climate Change

Recent

Press Releases

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Clean Water

EPA Finalizes Delisting of Impaired Iowa Waterways, Enviro Groups’ Lawsuit Moves Forward

Clean Water

ELPC Satellite Technology Tool Offers New Way to Combat Ag Water Pollution

Clean Water

New ELPC Technology Tool Reveals Massive Winter Manure Spreads in Wisconsin

Clean Energy

MPSC Holds DTE Accountable For Google Data Center Cost Forecasts

Clean Energy

New USDA Rule “Plainly Unlawful” And Shuts Farmers Out of Solar and Wind, Abandons Applicants Who Played By The Rules

In The News

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Clean Energy DTE Hints at New Data Center Development, Stirs Fight on Energy Sources

The Detroit News

Clean Energy USDA Turns The Light Off On Solar For Farms and Rural Businesses

Iowa Public Radio

Wild & Natural Places Trump Plan Would Remove Protections for National Forests like Shawnee: ‘We Stand to Lose our Solitude’

Chicago Tribune

Featured Resources

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Climate Change

The Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes

Leading scientists and experts from Midwestern U.S. and Canadian universities and research institutions released a report update highlighting the climate change impacts on the Great Lakes region.

Clean Water

Restoring Pure Michigan: Tackling Livestock Pollution to Protect Clean Water

A comprehensive analysis of how the largest livestock operations pollute Michigan's waters, and how the state can fix it.

Clean Energy

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.

Archive

Press Release

Clean Water Senate Bill Would Codify Worst of Trump Administration Rollbacks of Water Protections
Wild & Natural Places ELPC Commends Senate for Advancing Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Reauthorization
Clean Transportation New Fuel Economy Standards Will Force Americans to Pay More at the Pump, Increase Emissions
Clean Energy ELPC Sues USDA Over New Rules Blocking Solar Funding for Rural America
Clean Water North Dakota Rural Landowners Take Fight Over Wahpeton Water Sale to District Court
Climate Change A Double-Barrel Threat to Public Health: EPA Rolls Back Standards While Data Centers Fuel a Midwest Gas Plant Boom
Clean Energy D.C. Circuit Rules Trump’s DOE Illegally Forced J.H. Campbell Coal Plant to Keep Running
Clean Water Enviro Groups Ask EGLE to Reverse Permit Approval for Enbridge’s Line 5 Tunnel Project
Wild & Natural Places Governor Whitmer Is Right: Michigan Must Consider Alternatives to Line 5
Wild & Natural Places Midwest Groups Seek More Time for Public Input on Roadless Rule Repeal
Clean Water EPA & Army Corps’ Re-Proposed “Polluted Water Rule” will Gut Federal Protections in Great Lakes Region and Beyond
Clean Energy Consumers Energy Plans Fall Short on Clean Energy Commitments in Michigan
Clean Air Groups Urge EPA not to Weaken Air Pollution Protections for Heavy-duty Trucks, Buses
Clean Energy Michigan Regulators Order I&M to Address Data Center Reliability Risks But Fail to Fill the Gap in Regulation
Clean Water MI Public Service Commission Hears Broader Opposition to Consumers Energy’s Misguided Proposed Dams Sale to Private Equity Firm in Maryland
Clean Air Indiana Agency Fails to Hold Cleveland-Cliffs to Clean Air Act Basic Standards
Wild & Natural Places Roadless Rule Rollback Threatens Remaining Midwest Wildlands
Clean Water MI Groups Commend Whitmer Opposing Consumers’ Dams Sale to Private Equity
Clean Water Landowners Ask ND Agency to Reconsider Challenge to Massive Water Sale Approval
Clean Water Michigan Supreme Court Orders More Rigorous Review of Line 5 Tunnel Case
Clean Energy Xcel’s Approved IDP Signals a Significant Step Toward a Reliable, More Affordable Energy System
Clean Energy Environmental Groups Sue to Stop Discharge of Toxic Metals from Coal Ash
Clean Energy ELPC & Ohio Environmental Council Join AES Ohio Rate Case Settlement
Clean Water Groups Urge Senate Committee to Protect States’, Tribes’ Clean Water Authority

In the News

Clean Energy Michigan Regulators OK DTE Contracts for Google Data Center

Michigan Public

Clean Water North Dakota Rural Landowners Take Wahpeton Water Sale Dispute to Court

The Jamestown Sun

Clean Energy Iowa Farmers Say USDA Reneged on Solar Funding, Leaving Them The Bill

DesMoines Register

Clean Energy DTE Pitches 2 Major New Gas Power Plants, More Renewables As Coal Goes Offline

mLive

Clean Energy DTE Seeks Two New Natural Gas Plants, More Nuclear in Energy Plan

The Detroit News

Clean Energy Experts: Federal Energy Regulatory Actions Will Impact NWI

Post-Tribune

Clean Energy As Power Demand Rises, a Clean-Energy State Falls Back on Coal

Inside Climate News

Clean Water Line 5 Returns to Service after 1.3 Million-gallon Spill in Wisconsin, but Scrutiny of Great Lakes Pipeline Plan Intensifies

Chicago Tribune

Wild & Natural Places The ‘Roadless Rule’ Could be Repealed by the USDA

Fox 9 Minneapolis St. Paul

Clean Energy Chicago Ranked World’s Most Climate-Resilient City, But Risks Remain

Axios Chicago

Clean Water Water Quality and Cancer are Top of Mind for Many Iowa Voters. This New Coalition is Calling for Change

Iowa Public Radio

Wild & Natural Places Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness

Inside Climate News

Clean Energy Michigan Coal Plant Set to Close Was Illegally Kept Open, Court Rules

Detroit Free Press

Clean Water Line 5 Opponents Challenge State Environmental Department Permits, Calling Them ‘Legally Deficient’

Energy Mix

Clean Energy Court Rejects Trump Administration Order That Stalled Michigan Coal Plant Closure

mLive

Clean Energy Attorney General Reaches Settlement to Reduce Nicor Gas Request by 63%

Capitol News Illinois

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