February 18, 2011 Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants rose 5.56% in 2010 over the year before, the biggest annual increase since the Environmental Protection Agency began tracking emissions in…
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Potential Seen for Loss of Life in Indiana and Major Polluting of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Should Dams Fail; Indiana is Home to Two-Thirds of Coal Ash Dump Sites Rated…
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February 1, 2011 Hexavalent chromium (or Chromium-6) is a cancer-causing pollutant which, after recently being detected in municipal drinking water, has been on EPA’s radar – as studies by the…
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January 26, 2011 U.S. power plants reported over 72,000 pounds of mercury air emissions released in 2009, despite the availability of new pollution control technologies. Texas is home to the…
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January 21, 2011 Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice released information debunking Rep. John Carter’s (R-TX) claim that important health protections will cost the cement industry too much. In…
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December 29, 2010 Two years after the Kingston, TN coal ash spill, federal action to regulate coal ash dumps is being held up by concerns that stricter standards would depress…
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December 15, 2010 The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), Earthjustice and Sierra Club submitted comments and extensive expert testimony to the US EPA on November 19, making the case for regulation…
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November 16, 2010 The Louisiana Bucket Brigade, the Environmental Integrity Project, and refinery neighbors are calling on Governor Bobby Jindal to make major polluters in the state pay their fair share…
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November 9, 2010 In response to action by leading U.S. environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to keep pollution from coal plant smokestacks out of…
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September 2, 2010 Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project filed a lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings and its subsidiary Luminant Corp. (formerly TXU) in federal court. The lawsuit, filed…
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