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2022: What a Year!
Our public interest attorneys and policy experts were hard at work across the Midwest advocating, litigating, and innovating to protect our environment. Here are just a handful of things we worked on this year.
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** IT'S GIVING SEASON
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Your support helps power ELPC’s work to hold polluters accountable and protect the Midwest’s environment. We hope you'll close out the year with a gift ([link removed]) that will have double the impact thanks to our $25,000 Match.
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** PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES & SAFE CLEAN WATER
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** Ohio Must Create Cleanup Plan ([link removed])
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Thanks to ELPC’s lawsuit, a new consent decree will force the state of Ohio to develop a clean-up plan to remedy Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms.
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** Holding Polluters Accountable ([link removed])
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After an Indiana steel mill polluted Lake Michigan, ELPC filed a lawsuit to hold the owners accountable. Cleveland-Cliffs must now pay massive fines, fix operational deficiencies, and create local environmentally beneficial projects.
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** Rising Waters Report Examines Climate Risks Around Lake Michigan ([link removed])
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ELPC’s Rising Waters report mapped hotspots around Lake Michigan at risk of flooding and extreme weather impacts fueled by climate change.
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** ADVANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY ACROSS THE REGION
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** Big Win in Wisconsin Solar Case ([link removed])
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Just as you can finance a car or a fridge, you should be able to finance rooftop solar. ELPC and partners broke down a barrier to clean energy in Wisconsin when the Public Service Commission agreed that “third-party ownership” is legal to finance rooftop solar.
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** Grid Planning: What's at Stake for Communities ([link removed])
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Equity and decarbonization are inseparable twin goals. Both require planning for a more decentralized and transparent power grid.
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** DTE Rate Case Order Sends Clear Message on Energy Equity ([link removed])
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The Michigan Public Service Commission rejected new fees for solar customers, greenlit low-income EV rebates, and launched an innovative new way to get electric buses into communities across the state.
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** Transmission & Nature Don’t Have to be at Odds ([link removed])
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ELPC is working to connect renewables to the grid quickly without sacrificing habitats and communities. The key is to select transmission projects with better siting plans in the first place.
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** PRESERVING OUR WILD & NATURAL PLACES
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** Expanding Wilderness Across Midwest ([link removed])
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We’re working with strong coalitions in Michigan and Illinois to expand Federal Wilderness areas in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ([link removed]) and the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois.
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** Protecting the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge ([link removed])
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A federal District Court stopped the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line from running through Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
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** ACCELERATING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION
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** Improving Chicago’s Union Station ([link removed])
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The Union Station Access Project launched this year with broad coalition support. The $418 million proposal will strengthen the Midwest’s passenger rail hub and improve regional service.
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** Electric School Buses Rollout Across Region ([link removed])
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Thanks to ELPC & allies advocacy, Midwest school districts won nearly 400 Electric School Buses in the first round of the EPA’s historic Clean School Bus Program.
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** VIRTUALLY-HOSTED THOUGHT LEADERS & EXPERTS
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** 2022 Post-Election Analysis: What Did the Election Results Mean for the Midwest Environment?
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From U.S. Senators, scientists, authors, and advocates, we had ELPC Thinks throughout the year to dive deeper into the issues. ([link removed])
And that’s just a bit of what we’ve done together. We hope you'll close out the year with a gift ([link removed]) that will have double the impact thanks to our year-end match.
Your generosity ensures ELPC’s work to protect the environment in the Midwest will thrive in 2022 and beyond!
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** 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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