ELPC a Leader in Iowa Campaign to Clean Up MidAmerican Energy
MidAmerican Energy runs one of the nation’s largest coal fleets and is the single largest carbon polluter in Iowa. ELPC teamed up with the Iowa Environmental Council, Sierra Club, Clean Energy Districts of Iowa, and Iowa Interfaith Power & Light to call on MidAmerican to shut down its coal plants by 2030.
Recent analysis shows that MidAmerican could save Iowans nearly $1.2 billion over 20 years by retiring all of its coal plants and replacing their production with reliable renewable resources. Not to mention the billions saved in health, crop, and climate impact costs. MidAmerican advertises a 100% renewable energy vision, it is time they live up to that promise for the long-term health of the state.
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 CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
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We are glad to see the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) resetting more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for model years 2024-26 cars and light trucks. This is one more step in undoing the Trump administration’s damage to the program. But, we are disappointed that NHTSA did not finalize the strictest option it proposed. Fuel efficiency standards (along with EPA’s greenhouse gas tailpipe standards) are critical for reducing the transportation pollution driving the climate crisis and helping consumers save money at the pump.
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 CLEAN ENERGY
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Senior Policy Advocate Andy Olsen testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives, Agriculture Committee in support of the Rural Energy for America Program. The 2023 Farm Bill is an opportunity to expand and strengthen REAP. Increased funding is needed to reach more agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Watch his testimony here.
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 CLEAN WATER
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Back in September, ELPC and Lucas County, Ohio came to a tentative agreement with the Federal Government to help alleviate the toxic algae blooms that have been plaguing Lake Erie for years, but the process stalled before finalizing. Now, things are moving again, and Ohio EPA will be required to establish a total maximum daily load program to reduce the pollution that feeds algae growth.
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 UPCOMING EVENTS
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ELPC Thinks Webinar:
Keeping Michigan's U.P. Wild
Wednesday, April 20
10:00am CT / 11:00am ET
REGISTER
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Join us at this year’s Great Lakes Economic Forum, as we tackle the most pressing socio-economic and environmental issues facing the Great Lakes region’s companies, policymakers, and communities.
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CONVERSATIONS WE'RE FOLLOWING
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Conservation Groups Ask DNR to Revoke Permits for Controversial Transmission Line
- ELPC Press Release: ELPC Calls for USPS to Electrify its Postal Service Delivery Fleet
- Columbus Dispatch: FirstEnergy Says It Turned Over a New Leaf But It’s Still Fighting for Secrecy, Records Show
- ELPC Press Release: Statement on President Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
- Michigan Nature Video: Keep the UP Wild
- ELPC Blog: Restoring Reason in Air Quality Regulations
- ProPublica: Lights Out: Profitable Utility Company Shut Off Electricity to Homes Hundreds of Thousands of Times
- ELPC Testimony: ELPC Supports Full $400 Million Funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Wall Street Journal: EPA Aims to Cut Toxic Emissions from Commercial Trucks
- ELPC Press Release: ELPC Welcomes EPA Proposed Rule to Strengthen Truck Emissions Standards
- MLive: State-Level Line 5 Tunnel Decision Expected as Climate Considered
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We're all in to protect the Midwest's environment.
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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