August 18, 2011 EIP and citizens groups put EPA on notice today that the agency’s four-year delay responding to a 2007 petition constitutes unreasonable delay, a violation of federal…
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August 17, 2011 In a new report released today titled "Illinois at Risk: Lax Safeguards and No Enforcement Endanger the Water, Air & Lives of Residents Near State’s Numerous…
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August 4, 2011 U.S. EPA’s proposed new rule will greatly reduce the amount of toxic air pollution from coal fired power plants, and the rule will have both health and…
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August 1, 2011 Despite the U.S. EPA’s disapproval of Texas’s rules, the state proposed giving a weak air pollution permit to Total Petrochemical USA, Inc.’s Port Arthur, Texas refinery. …
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July 13, 2011 Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) discovered that the developers behind Las Brisas Energy Center, a new 1,320 megawatt petroleum coke-fired…
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July 12, 2011 Energy and Commerce voted to approve a bill to weaken coal ash standards, and to effectively prevent their enforcement by EPA. FEC data shows big coal/power industry…
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June 23, 2011 A large number of active coal ash disposal sites in 19 states may be violating a federal ban on open dumping, according to a major new analysis…
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April 6, 2011 More than 20 national, state, and local organizations representing millions of Americans are filing an extensive petition today with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), laying…
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March 9, 2011 Recently released EPA data shows that factory farms emit hazardous air pollutants on an industrial scale, yet have escaped regulation under the Clean Air Act and pollution…
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March 7, 2011 The Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Campaign for the Environment, and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit against the Lower Colorado River Authority for thousands of ongoing violations of…
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