Stories from Illinois – Website Highlights Water Quality Issues in Rivers,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 18, 2012 CONTACTS: Katie Coleman, kcoleman@elpc.org, (312) 795-3710 David Jakubiak, djakubiak@elpc.org, (312) 795-3713 Print-quality photos and staff interviews available...
View ArticleGovernor Quinn Launches $1 Billion Clean Water Initiative
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Joins Governor on 40th Anniversary of Clean Water Act to Announce Major Water Infrastructure Overhaul FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2012 Read about it in the...
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Join Us for a Photo Opening Featuring Great Lakes Photographs by Scott Fortino
Please Join ELPC for a Reception to Celebrate a New Photography Exhibition “Lakeshore” by Scott Fortino Also on View: Sculptures by Terrence Karpowicz, Courtesy of Vedanta Gallery Opening Reception at...
View ArticleIllinois Coal Mine Violated Water Permit 624 Times, Pollution Control Board...
CHICAGO – The Illinois Pollution Control Board has ruled that Springfield Coal Company’s Industry Mine in McDonough and Schuyler Counties violated its water permit 624 times between 2004 and 2011. In a...
View ArticleHoward A. Learner Statement on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s Energy and...
November 28, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gov. Snyder Spot On: Energy and Environment Inseparably Integrated Energy Efficiency is Key; Governor Must Be Stronger on Renewables HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. –...
View ArticleIllinois Environmental, Health Advocates Commend Soot Standards
Illinois Environmental, Health Advocates Commend Soot Standards Cutting Soot Good for People, Good for Planet CHICAGO – Environmental and public health leaders from across Illinois joined Friday in...
View ArticleIowa Environmental, Health Advocates Commend Soot Standards
Iowa Environmental, Health Advocates Commend Soot Standards Cutting Soot Good for People, Good for Planet DES MOINES – Environmental and public health leaders from across Iowa joined Friday in...
View ArticleStatement on Midwest Generation’s Bankruptcy
STATEMENT OF HOWARD A. LEARNER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER ON MIDWEST GENERATION’S BANKRUPTCY FILING (DECEMBER 17, 2012) “Midwest Generation has failed to succeed in the...
View ArticleAmerican Electric Power Agrees to Three Retire Coal-Fired Power Plants in...
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. EPA announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) requiring AEP to stop burning coal by 2015 at...
View ArticleELPC Statement on Dynegy Corp’s Acquisition of Ameren’s Illinois Coal Fleet
On Thursday’s news that Dynegy Corp. has agreed to purchase Ameren’s merchant coal plant portfolio, Howard Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center released the...
View ArticleELPC Statement on New Fuel Pollution Standards
Today the US Environmental Protection Agency announced improved standards to cut the pollution from gasoline-fueled cars and trucks. Commending the standards, Howard Learner, Executive Director of the...
View ArticleSen. Dick Durbin Joined by Howard Learner, Others Calling for Clear End to...
April 8, 2013 DURBIN: TELL EPA ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ WHEN IT COMES TO S.S. BADGER Senator Urges Public to Submit Comments on Consent Decree Lodged Last Month [CHICAGO] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)...
View ArticleELPC Joins Federal Lawsuit Against Ameren for Illinois Coal Plant Pollution
More than 1,000 Clean Air Violations at E.D. Edwards Plant in Bartonville, Ill. Community Groups Demand Clean Air and Water in Central Illinois after Decades of Pollution from Outdated Coal Plant Read...
View ArticleELPC Leading Six Groups Filing Joint Comments on Proposed S.S. Badger Consent...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2013 Great Lakes Environmental Groups Ask U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Strengthen Proposed Consent Decree with Coal-Ash-Dumping...
View ArticleIllinois Pollution Control Board Denies Ameren’s and Dynegy’s Request to...
ELPC Calls the Decision “A Step in the Right Direction” Today the Illinois Pollution Control Board denied an attempt by Ameren to transfer its exemption from state pollution standards to Dynegy. The...
View ArticleELPC Statement on Supreme Court Taking on Clean Air Case
= FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOWARD LEARNER STATEMENT ON CSAPR HEADING FOR SCOTUS “The U.S. Supreme Court is likely taking this case in order to reverse the D.C. Circuit panel’s decision...
View ArticleStatement on the Confirmation of Gina McCarthy to EPA Administrator
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2013 Contact: Jill Geiger, 312-795-3703 Statement on the Confirmation of Gina McCarthy to EPA Administrator By Howard Learner, Executive Director Environmental Law &...
View ArticlePress Release: Midwest Communities Dominate EPA’s Sulfur Dioxide Pollution List
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2013 U.S. EPA Identifies More Midwest Communities...
View ArticlePublic Utilities Commission of Ohio Stands Up for Consumers, Affordable,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2013 FirstEnergy Renewable Energy Credit Case Shows Clean, Renewable Energy is Affordable, Working for Ohio Columbus, OH – The Public Utility Commission of Ohio on...
View ArticleS.S. Badger Consent Decree Released Over Coal Ash-Dumping Ferry Boat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Manny Gonzales, ELPC; (312) 795-3706, mgonzales@elpc.org While Step In Right Direction, Deal Does Not Go Far Enough to Protect Lake Michigan CHICAGO – Today, the...
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