September 2022 E News from Across the Midwest
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This Month Across the Midwest
** ►SEPTEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTER
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** President Biden Signs the Inflation Reduction Act
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On August 16, the U.S. took a big step toward economic growth and combatting climate change when President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. The $370 billion package will accelerate deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency, boost electric vehicle markets, and provide more vital support for Great Lakes coastal resilience. It provides $2 billion for the Rural Energy for America Program, boosting clean energy opportunities for small and medium-sized farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses.
“Now the work begins to turn federal tax incentives into real climate solutions,” said ELPC’s Executive Director Howard Learner. “ELPC will work across the Midwest to effectively implement the ‘carrots’ in this important legislation while continuing our climate change solutions advocacy.”
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** News and Updates
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** WILD & NATURAL PLACES
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** Oral Arguments for Federal and State Court on Driftless Transmission Line ([link removed])
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ELPC staff are preparing for a double-whammy of oral arguments later this month in our fight to stop the unnecessary Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line through the scenic Driftless area of Southwest Wisconsin. On September 28th, the team will present oral arguments in person at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the NEPA case against building through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Then on September 29th, we will present Zoom oral arguments in Dane County Circuit Court on the merits of our challenge to the Wisconsin PSC’s decision to approve the transmission line.
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** CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
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** Improving Chicago’s Union Station is a Win for the Whole Midwest ([link removed])
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Local, state, and federal leaders came together this summer in support of the Union Station Access Project. The project is expected to expand passenger capacity, reduce delays, and ease connections both to and through Chicago. As a hub of Metra’s suburban rail network and Amtrak’s intercity and nationwide rail network, Union Station is a critical link for improving train travel across the Midwest.
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ELPC Thinks Webinar: Climate Impacts on Lake Michigan Shoreline Communities ([link removed])
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** ACTION CENTER
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** Tell Senator Stabenow: Be a Wilderness Champion for Michigan ([link removed])
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Michigan resident? Send a message asking Senator Stabenow to introduce legislation designating four areas in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as federal Wilderness areas.
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** Referendum on Funding the Forest Preserves of Cook County ([link removed])
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In the general election this November, Illinois’ Cook Co. voters will have an opportunity to weigh in on the financial future of the forest preserves with a new referendum.
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** WE'RE HIRING
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** CONVERSATIONS WE'RE FOLLOWING
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* Des Moines Register: Why a New Federal Law Could Mean the Reopening Newton Wind Turbine Blade Plant ([link removed])
* Great Lakes Now Leaking Landfills: Unregulated Coal Ash Poses a Buried, Brewing Threat to Lake Michigan and Beyond, New Lawsuit Says ([link removed])
* Daily Herald: ‘Innovative, Complicated, Promising’: Metra to Test Battery-Powered Locomotives ([link removed])
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Here are 5 Ways Wisconsin’s Environment Could be Impacted by Spending through the Inflation Reduction Act ([link removed])
* Energy News Network: Federal Electric Bus Program Leaves Chicago, Other School Districts Behind ([link removed])
* Financial Times: California Climate Rule to Halt Sales of New Petrol Cars by 2035 ([link removed])
* Utility Dive: Chicago Commits to 100% Renewable Energy at City Facilities by 2025 ([link removed])
* Wisconsin Public Radio: Crucial for Fighting Climate Change, Carbon-Storing Trees are on the Chopping Block in Wisconsin ([link removed])
** 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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