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Protecting Communities, Groups Defeat Dirty Gas-Fired Allegheny Energy Center

November 13, 2023

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,… Read more

EPA Strikes Down South Carolina Permit That Allows More Air Pollution from Aluminum Plant

November 7, 2023

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… Read more

40 Percent of Shenandoah Waters Sampled Found Unsafe for Swimming Because of Fecal Bacteria

October 10, 2023

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… Read more

Clean Air Victory! GASP, Enviros Win EPA’s Objection to Clairton Coke Works Air Pollution Permit

October 5, 2023

Environmental Groups Win EPA’s Objection to U.S. Steel Clairton’s Air Pollution Permit Environmental Protection Agency sides with Environmental Integrity Project, PennFuture, Clean Air Council, and Group Against Smog and Pollution… Read more

Growth of Aluminum Industry, Key to Clean Energy, Puts Climate, Air, Water, and Health at Risk

September 27, 2023

New Report: Increases in U.S. Aluminum Production Should Include Cleaning Up a Pollution-Heavy Industry Washington, D.C. – Aluminum is a key component in solar panels and wind turbines, more efficient… Read more

14 Groups Petition EPA for Stronger Controls on Climate-Warming Methane from Landfills

June 22, 2023

Environmentalists Urge More Air Pollution Control Systems at Municipal Dumps, Which Have the Greenhouse Impact of 66 Million Cars and Trucks Washington, D.C. – A coalition of 14 environmental and… Read more

Groups Sue EPA to Hold Texas Accountable for Coal’s Year-Round Haze Pollution

June 15, 2023

Austin, Texas – Just days after wildfire haze plagued much of North America, a coalition of organizations is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address another kind of traveling… Read more

Methane from Landfills is a Major Source of Climate Pollution That EPA is Failing to Adequately Control

May 18, 2023

New Report Details Need for Stronger Regulations and Methane Capture Systems at Municipal Landfills. Worst Polluters in NC, GA, OH, FL, MI and AL. Washington, D.C. – More than 1,100… Read more

Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Plastics Plant in PA for Air Pollution Violations

May 11, 2023

Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council Sue Shell Polymers Monaca Plant Near Pittsburgh to Halt Illegal Emissions of Smog-Forming Pollutants Pittsburgh — The Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air… Read more

Fueled by Cheap Natural Gas and War, U.S. Production of Nitrogen Fertilizer is Booming

April 17, 2023

New Report Details Threats to Climate, and Clean Water and Air, on 10th Anniversary of Deadly West, Texas, Fertilizer Explosion Washington, D.C. – Today marks the anniversary of one of… Read more

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