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Eco-Business

Mission

At the Environmental Law & Policy Center, we are helping to build growing markets for recycled paper, environmentally preferable building products and products that combat global warming. ELPC finds solutions that demonstrate how environmental preservation and economic development can be achieved together. In doing so, we continue to work with our colleagues around the Midwest to preserve our ecological treasures for future generations. We are public interest entrepreneurs who engage in creative business deal-making that puts into practice our belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together.

 

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Urge your lawmakers to support clean car legislation in Illinois

May 12, 2008 - Illinois has the opportunity to lead the Midwest in ensuring all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks will emit lower levels of global warming and other air pollutants while improving public health, and saving Illinois consumers money at the pump. Write a letter today to your Illinois state legislators to support Clean Cars in Illinois. Learn more about the Illinois Campaign at www.CleanCarsIllinois.org.

 
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Arizona Adopts Clean Cars Standard

May 6, 2008 - Arizona has become the fourteenth state in the country to adopt "Clean Car" standards. Arizona joined four western/southwestern states and nine states on the East Coast to adopt California's stricter vehicle emissions standards, including the regulation that limits carbon dioxide pollution. ELPC is a lead supporter of Illinois' proposed clean cars bill that is currently pending in the state legislature. Minnesota is also considering the standards.

 
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Chicago Public Radio Quiz Show Highlights E-Waste Recycling Bill

April 22, 2008 - Check your knowledge of current environmental issues by listening to the annual Earth Day quiz on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview with ELPC Executive Director Howard Learner. This year's quiz featured questions and answers about the electronic waste recycling bill that recently passed the Illinois Senate, as well as a few upcoming environmental events. Listen to the show.

 

Program Description

ELPC has taken a leading role in promoting sustainable business strategies and practices in the Midwest.  ELPC has consistently demonstrated that environmnetal progress and economic development go hand in hand.  Some of ELPC's key initiatives on this front include building support for low-emission vehicle legislation, passing legislation requiring recycling or reuse of electronic waste, promoting energy efficient building code legislation and educating the restaurant industry on how to reduce their environmental footprint.