► NOVEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTER
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Midwest Awarded nearly 400 Electric School Buses in 1st Round EPA Funding
The U.S. EPA’s new Clean School Bus Program is rolling out across the country. On October 26, the agency announced the school district recipients of the first round of funding, which will bring 384 new electric school buses to 80 school districts in seven states in the Midwest. ELPC has been a leader since 2017, building support for electric school buses, and we are thrilled with the expansion and adoption of this effort.
“We’re proud that school districts in the Midwest submitted more applications for electric school bus funding than any other region of the country,” said Susan Mudd, ELPC Senior Policy Advocate. “These federal dollars awarded will help get more children riding to and from school on quiet zero emissions buses that are good for their health and for their communities.”
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 CLEAN ENERGY
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In a new report from ELPC, former ACLS Leading Edge Fellow Eric Sippert, explores innovative ownership models for community solar projects. The report draws on research and interviews with representatives from groups in the Midwest and nationwide who are pursuing a more equitable, distributed clean energy transition.
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 CLEAN WATER
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The Clean Water Act was inspired by the Midwest, and it has been a success story for the Midwest. Over the past 50 years, we’ve seen cleaner rivers and lakes, and safer drinking water across the region. But the work is not done.
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ELPC and the Michigan Climate Action Network (MiCAN) filed formal comments urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider alternatives to Enbridge’s proposed Line 5 tunnel project. “There is a lot of evidence that we don’t need Line 5,” said ELPC Senior Attorney Scott Strand, “and existing oil transport capacity that avoids the Great Lakes altogether can meet the needs of downstream customers both now and in the future.”
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 CLEAN TRANSPORATION
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ELPC joined other groups to collectively gather over 100,000 comments in support of the Department of Transportation’s proposed greenhouse gas rule. The rule will tie a mix of data from across the country into unified standards so states can make informed decisions about how to invest taxpayer dollars and reduce climate emissions.
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 UPCOMING ELPC THINKS WEBINAR
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CONVERSATIONS WE'RE FOLLOWING
- WOUB: Columbia Gas of Ohio Reaches Preliminary Agreement for Rate Raise in 2023
- ELPC Blog: Better Transmission: Ensuring Renewables & Nature Aren’t at Odds
- Energy News Network: Wisconsin Regulators Should Look to Iowa for Third-Party Solar Model, Advocates Say
- MLive: Michigan to Get 138 New Electric School Buses with $50M in Federal Cash
- Wane 15: Indiana Receives Federal Funding for 13 Electric School Buses
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin is Awarded 65 Electric School Buses. They Could Reduce Costs, CO2, and Asthma
- Toledo Blade: Which Will Come First: Thanksgiving or End of Algal Bloom?
- The Guardian: US Lawmakers Call for More Measures to Protect Against Toxic Lead in Tap Water
- WTTW: What is a Wetland? SCOTUS Review of Clean Water Act Hinges on Semantics
- Railway Age: Amtrak OIG Identifies Opportunities to Reduce Locomotive Idling
- WBOI: U.S. Supreme Court Decision Could Lead to Even Fewer Protections for Indiana Wetlands
- Des Moines Register: Environmentalists: Rules Proposal for Livestock Operations not Enough to Protect Iowa Water
- Indiana Environmental Reporter: 12 Organizations and Individuals Honored for Environmental Efforts at Greening the Statehouse Event
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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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