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Coalition Sues EPA Over Unregulated Water Pollution from Oil Refineries, Plastics Plants, and Other Industries

April 11, 2023

Groups Demand that EPA Crack Down on Billions of Gallons of Industrial Wastewater by Updating Effluent Limits, as Required by Clean Water Act To listen to audio of the online… Read more

Report Documents Systemic Failure of Texas to Correct Repeat Offenders for Air Pollution Violations

March 23, 2023

State Requires Cleanup Plans for Half of 1% of Illegal Emissions During Accidents, Shutdowns, and Other Industrial “Upsets” Austin – Industries in Texas reported 21,769 incidents that released 409,575 tons… Read more

Environmentalists Praise Biden for Proposing Sharp Reductions in Water Pollution from Coal Power Plants

March 8, 2023

Advocates Plan to Urge Tighter Deadlines, Which Allow Some Plants to Continue Polluting until 2029 Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Integrity Project praised the Biden Administration EPA for proposing strong… Read more

In Response to Lawsuit, EPA Announces Timeline for First Revisions to Slaughterhouse Water Pollution Standards in Nearly Twenty Years

March 1, 2023

EPA agrees to strengthen standards for the nation’s largest industrial source of phosphorus pollution—and second-largest industrial source of nitrogen pollution—by 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for clean water,… Read more

Henrico County, VA, and Conservation Groups Finalize Settlement to Reduce Sewage Pollution

March 1, 2023

Richmond, Va. -- In an important step toward reducing sewage pollution to the James River and its tributaries, the Environmental Integrity Project and partner conservation groups have finalized a settlement… Read more

Groups Urge PA to Temporarily Halt Operations at Shell Chemical Plant for Ongoing Air Pollution Violations

February 17, 2023

Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project File a Second Notice of Intent to Sue Plant for Smog-Forming Emissions Pittsburgh, PA — A pair of environmental organizations today sent a… Read more

Feds Give Harrisburg PA a Deadline for Solution to Chronic Sewage Overflows

February 13, 2023

With Unsafe Fecal Bacteria Levels in Susquehanna River, EPA Consent Decree Mandates Effective Control Plan by 2024 For a copy of the consent decree, click here. For copy of new… Read more

Environmental Groups Take Legal Action Against PA Chemical Plant for Air Pollution Violations

February 2, 2023

Notice of Intent to Sue Shell Chemical Appalachia Alleges Emissions Violations for Smog-Forming Pollutants Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of… Read more

Report Exposes Vast Amounts of Unregulated Water Pollution from Oil Refineries

January 26, 2023

EPA Must Strengthen Pollution Limits for Refineries, as Required by Federal Law, and Penalize Violations of Existing Law For a copy of the report, click here. For audio of the… Read more

EPA Enforcement Plummets to New Low Under Biden in Key Areas

December 16, 2022

Lack of Congressional Support Contributes to Two-Decade Low in Civil Cases Against Polluters in FY 2022 For the Environmental Integrity Project’s new analysis of 20 years of EPA enforcement data,… Read more

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