State Requires Cleanup Plans for Half of 1% of Illegal Emissions During Accidents, Shutdowns, and Other Industrial “Upsets” Austin – Industries in Texas reported 21,769 incidents that released 409,575 tons…
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Advocates Plan to Urge Tighter Deadlines, Which Allow Some Plants to Continue Polluting until 2029 Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Integrity Project praised the Biden Administration EPA for proposing strong…
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EPA agrees to strengthen standards for the nation’s largest industrial source of phosphorus pollution—and second-largest industrial source of nitrogen pollution—by 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for clean water,…
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Richmond, Va. -- In an important step toward reducing sewage pollution to the James River and its tributaries, the Environmental Integrity Project and partner conservation groups have finalized a settlement…
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Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project File a Second Notice of Intent to Sue Plant for Smog-Forming Emissions Pittsburgh, PA — A pair of environmental organizations today sent a…
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With Unsafe Fecal Bacteria Levels in Susquehanna River, EPA Consent Decree Mandates Effective Control Plan by 2024 For a copy of the consent decree, click here. For copy of new…
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Notice of Intent to Sue Shell Chemical Appalachia Alleges Emissions Violations for Smog-Forming Pollutants Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of…
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EPA Must Strengthen Pollution Limits for Refineries, as Required by Federal Law, and Penalize Violations of Existing Law For a copy of the report, click here. For audio of the…
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Lack of Congressional Support Contributes to Two-Decade Low in Civil Cases Against Polluters in FY 2022 For the Environmental Integrity Project’s new analysis of 20 years of EPA enforcement data,…
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Monitoring at Residential Properties Downwind from US Steel Plants Reveals Benzene Levels that Pose Health Risks. Pittsburgh – In a letter to EPA today, EIP urged EPA to order US…
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