September 2021 ENews

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This Month Across the Midwest


** ► SEPTEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER
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** Calling on Congress to Invest in Public Transit & High-Speed Rail
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ELPC joined a coalition of 45+ groups calling on Congress to invest in clean transportation solutions. The coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and other nationwide groups called for more investment in public transit and high-speed rail in the Reconciliation Bill. Transportation is the leading source of carbon emissions, primarily from personal cars and trucks. Public transit and passenger rail are critical to reducing pollution, improving affordable mobility, and enhancing public safety. Congress must take the climate crisis seriously, support workers, and invest in the public good.
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** News and Updates
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** CLEAN AIR
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** New Partners Help Monitor Air Quality in Chicago ([link removed])
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ELPC is partnering with Microsoft Research’s Urban Innovation team, the Array of Things, City Tech Collaborative, JCDecaux, and the City of Chicago to deploy a network of stationary air quality sensors on 100 bus shelters throughout Chicago. In addition to our mobile monitoring program, the data from this effort, Project Eclipse, will help illustrate citywide air quality and particulate matter patterns over time, making it possible to compare pollution conditions by neighborhood and find opportunities for advocacy.
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** WILD AND NATURAL PLACES
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** Protecting the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin ([link removed])
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In our ongoing advocacy to protect the Northwoods, this week, ELPC led a coalition calling on the U.S. Forest Service to suspend and review the Trump Administration’s Fourmile Vegetation Management Project. The Fourmile project would rapidly increase logging ([link removed]) in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin.

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** CLEAN ENERGY
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** REAP Funding Brings Climate Solutions to Rural America ([link removed])
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The Congressional Agriculture Committee released a new Budget Reconciliation bill that would add $2.556 billion over 10 years to the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Increased funds would create jobs and open opportunities for individual farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses to invest in climate solutions and benefit from the renewable energy economy

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** Summer Update Video: Our Impact Across the Midwest ([link removed])
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As summer comes to a close, please take a look at our impact so far.

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** UPCOMING EVENTS
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**
ELPC Thinks:
Climate Change and the Great Lakes

A Discussion with Dan Egan
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When: September 14, 2021
Time: 12:00 pm CT
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** ELPC Gala: Together Again! Outdoors!
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Wednesday, September 22, 2021
5:30 pm CT
Offshore Rooftop on Navy Pier

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** CONVERSATIONS WE'RE FOLLOWING
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* ELPC Blog ([link removed]) : Let’s Keep the U.P. Wild
* Commonwealth Magazine: ([link removed]) Ida Renews Calls for Decentralizing Grid
* ELPC Blog ([link removed]) : Listening to the Data: An Intern Perspective on Air Quality Monitoring
* Chicago Tribune: ([link removed]) Environmental Racism, Unregulated Chemicals, Staffing Shortages Among the Many Challenges Facing Whomever Biden Picks to Lead the EPA in the Midwest
* Reuters ([link removed]) : Minn. Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Line 3 Approval
* ELPC Blog ([link removed]) : Resetting Clean Car Standards to Act on Climate
* Toledo Blade: ([link removed]) Council Goes on Record Calling for CAFO Ban; Advocacy Group Ups its Anti-CAFO Campaign
* Cincinnati Enquirer: ([link removed]) After Partisan Energy Fights, New Ohio Bill Could Save Customers Money While Cutting Energy Use
* Energy News Network: ([link removed]) FirstEnergy’s Admissions Feed Critics’ Call for Big-Picture Regulatory Oversight and Review


** We're all in to protect the Midwest's environment.
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Founded in 1993, the Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest's leading environmental legal advocacy organization. We advocate, innovate, and litigate to protect the Midwest's environment from the Great Lakes to the Great Plains.
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