Baltimore City Council passed the Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition 14-1 to protect Baltimoreans from dangerous crude oil shipments and climate change. BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Council made history tonight…
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Last week the Trump administration confirmed that environmental regulations are good for the economy. This may sound like “fake news,” but the numbers are unambiguous: According to Trump’s Office of…
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Owners Release Water Pollution Data as Trump’s EPA Announces Proposal to Weaken 2015 Coal Ash Rule Requiring Disclosure Washington, D.C. -- Today the owners of coal ash dumps across the…
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Coal Ash Waste Linked to Cancer, Heart Disease, Stroke, Brain Damage Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided yesterday afternoon that it will gut the critical protections afforded…
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U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, Republican from South Carolina, Demands to Know Cost and Justifications for Scott Pruitt’s First Class Flights Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy, Chair of the…
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After a Year in Office, Civil Cases for Pollution Violations Decline by 44 Percent and Penalties Down by 49 Percent For a copy of the full report, click here. For…
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Generation from Coal-Fired Power Plants Dropped Nearly 3 Percent from 2016 to 2017 as Utilities Continued Shift to Cleaner Sources Washington, D.C. – Despite President Trump’s efforts to boost “clean,…
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Environmental Integrity Project and Environment California Ask EPA Inspector General for Probe into Lack of EPA Action at Torrance Refining Company Los Angeles, Ca. – Environment California and the Environmental…
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New Report Concludes that Air Pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) is Twice as High as Estimated by EPA Washington, D.C. – A new report from the Environmental Integrity…
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Blue Water Baltimore, Environmental Integrity Project Enter into Settlement Agreement with Baltimore Scrap Corp. and the Maryland Department of the Environment that includes $50,000 Penalty Baltimore, Md. – In a…
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