The growing concentration of chickens, producing millions of pounds of manure, is contributing to poor water quality on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. This report summarizes the state of the poultry industry…
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The poultry industry in the Chesapeake Bay watershed is growing – especially in the hotspots of south central Pennsylania, the Shenandoah Valley, and parts of the Eastern Shore – and…
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This survey explores municipal governments and their authorities with respect to the zoning and approval of oil and gas uses in Pennsylvania. While there is a good deal of understanding…
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The Environmental Integrity Project analyzed emission data reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) in 2018, which tracks air releases from over 15,500 facilities, to determine…
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Beginning in January 2018, refineries across the U.S. were required to measure average benzene concentrations at locations around their perimeters using a network of monitors. After the first full year…
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In less than a decade, fracking and other new drilling techniques have turned the United States into the largest producer of oil and gas in the world. Historically a fossil…
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The Environmental Integrity Project examined the budgets of the environmental agencies in the lower 48 states (numbers for Alaska and Hawaii were not available). Our analysis surveyed annual expenditures and…
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In the wake of a series of fires, explosions, and pollution releases at chemical plants, a new report reveals that the Houston region’s rapidly growing plastics industry is significantly increasing…
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Sewage overflows from Pennsylvania’s capital have only increased since a 2015 consent decree meant to address the problem, with the amount of human waste mixed with stormwater released to the…
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The Chesapeake Bay region states are trying to make the Bay cleanup easier by encouraging polluters to trade with each other. In the abstract, what is called “nutrient trading” might…
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