Victory — In response to lawsuits, EPA begins process of mandating pollution reductions. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new water pollution control standards for…
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New Report: EPA’s Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Plans Fail to Ensure Safe and Long-Term Carbon Storage Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rules for monitoring and verifying that…
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Court Sends Permit Back to the Drawing Board to Consider Issues Raised By Community Austin, Tex.—A Texas district court reversed Max Midstream’s air permit for a massive oil export terminal,…
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New Report Shows Latino, Black, and Low-Income Neighborhoods Suffer Most as 2023 is Worst Year for Ozone Since 2011 For audio of the press conference, click here for part 1…
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Environmental groups seek to force agency to act on chemical facility pollution Pittsburgh, PA -- The national advocacy group Food & Water Watch, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project, filed…
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In a Victory for Clean Air Advocates in Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals Halts Sempra Energy Natural Gas Export Facility Port Arthur, TX -- A federal court yesterday halted the…
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Alcoa Warrick Aluminum Smelting Plant Near Evansville, IN, Hit with Notice of Intent to Sue for Repeatedly Violating Legal Limits for Toxic Metals Evansville, Indiana -- The Sierra Club and…
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Pittsburgh, PA -- After years of community opposition to building a dirty fossil-fuel-burning power plant and litigation by a team of environmental groups to challenge its permit’s weak pollution controls,…
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State Regulators Must Allow More Public Input Before Permitting More Pollution from Century Mount Holly Aluminum Smelter, north of Charleston Washington, D.C. - In a major win for clean…
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Lower Rainfall and Less Farm Runoff This Year Contributed to Fewer Locations Exceeding EPA’s Recommendations for Safe Swimming Washington, D.C. – Water quality monitoring at 40 percent of the…
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