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Mississippi River | Environmental Law & Policy Center
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Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. The 2,340-mile Mississippi River flows from the Great Lakes through ten states Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, it provides drinking water for more than 18 million people as well as vital cultural, recreational, economic and wildlife resources to the entire country. What is ELPC Doing?
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Diesel | Environmental Law & Policy Center
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-air/diesel
Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. Diesel exhaust is a complex mixture composed of thousands of substances, including more than 40 toxic air pollutants. These microscopic particles can become lodged in the lungs, posing serious health risks related to premature death, cancer, heart disease, neurological problems and respiratory illness. Technology exists to reduce diesel pollution up to 90%, and stronger diesel pollution controls would provide job...
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Clean Air | Environmental Law & Policy Center
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Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. What is ELPC Doing? ELPC is a solutions-oriented organization that focuses a lot of attention on saying yes to clean energy. Policies that make economic and environmental sense. But we must also say no to some of our region’s worse sources of air pollution, which ought to be cleaned up or shut down:. Old, Dirty Coal. Pollution from Trucks and Trains. Our work to enforce clean air standards involves concurrent sci...
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Clean Energy | Environmental Law & Policy Center
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Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. About one-third of our nation’s carbon pollution comes from generating electric power. How we produce that power, and how much we generate, has a profound impact on our environment and our economy. In the last 20 years, wind. Power development has taken off, solar. What is ELPC Doing? Creating Markets for Wind. Producing energy from biofuels, biogas, wind power and solar energy can create jobs in America’s heartl...
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Farm Energy | Environmental Law & Policy Center
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-energy/farm-energy
Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. A key to America’s clean energy future lies in the promise of our rural communities. Wind power, solar power and energy efficiency, as well as technologies like anaerobic digesters, are creating new revenue for farmers and ranchers, making rural businesses more competitive, and cutting greenhouse gas pollution from our nation’s agricultural production centers. What is ELPC Doing? ELPC plays a critical role in ens...
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Chicago River | Environmental Law & Policy Center
http://elpc.org/issues/special-places/chicago-river
Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. What is ELPC Doing? ELPC and our colleagues are very proud of our 2011 victory securing disinfection standards for the Chicago River, but our work continues on several fronts:. Second, the same legal classification that allowed non-disinfected water to reach the Chicago River also allows coal-fired power plants to discharge very hot water that can disrupt aquatic ecosystems and fry the fish. ELPC’s clean wate...
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Highway Alternatives | Environmental Law & Policy Center
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-transportation/highways
Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. There is a quiet revolution in car use as driving patterns and car technologies are fundamentally changing our transportation needs. Gas tax revenues are on the decline, and our government leaders need to prioritize better and make smarter choices about where to spend our dwindling transportation funds. What is ELPC Doing? July 20, 2016. ABC7: Visitors welcome after Midewin prairies see baby bison boom.
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Clean Transportation | Environmental Law & Policy Center
http://elpc.org/issues/clean-transportation
Midwest Lakes & Rivers. Washington, D.C. ELPC in the News. Support ELPC's win-win solutions. Transportation is the second leading source of climate change pollution, but cleaner cars, cleaner fuels, better transit and more sustainable planning present huge opportunities to reduce pollution while creating jobs and economic development. The Midwest is at the crossroads of the nation’s rail, road and air traffic and can be central to a sustainable transportation future. What is ELPC Doing? Under new federal...
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