Environmental Law and Policy Center

The Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy organization. We drive transformational policy changes with national impacts.

We show that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together by putting sustainability principles into practice. We advance climate solutions effectively by accelerating clean renewable energy alternatives to conventional power plants and advancing clean transportation solutions. We protect the Great Lakes and defend the Midwest’s wild and natural places, and we fight for safe, clean water and healthy clean air for all. We combine effective public interest litigation with strategic policy advocacy, sound science, and economic analysis. ELPC produces strong results for the environment in the courtrooms, boardrooms, and legislative hearing rooms across the pivotal Midwest states and in Washington D.C.

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Standing Up for Communities in Zoning and Land Use Decisions

CLC works alongside community partners to influence environmental regulations and promote policies that protect health and the environment in the Region.
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Supporting Research to Reduce Human–Wildlife Conflict in Tanzania

Conservation Law Center is partnering with the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), international NGOs, and academic collaborators to support research and policy development aimed at ...
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Commission Violates Transparency Laws in Little Calumet River Projects

Gary Lee v. Little Calumet River Development Commission
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Stopping More Industrial Pollution in Gary 

Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) v. IDEM, Fulcrum BioEnergy, LLC
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Success, Hazardous Waste Burn has been Denied

Essroc Cement Corp. v. Clark County Bd. of Zoning Appeals and  Sierra Club
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Victory: CLC wins at Indiana Supreme Court for the right for environmental orgs to represent their members in litigation

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