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Environmental laws that guarantee clean air and water, protect human exposure to toxic waste, and preserve natural resources are viewed as a birthright by most Americans. On paper, these laws are impressive in scope; in practice, they are often ignored. The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) works closely with local communities to protect the public's health and resources by promoting better enforcement of federal environmental laws. EIP also seeks to protect these laws from political interference.
D.C. Areas's Mirant Chalk Point Power Plant Sued For Clean Air Act Violations
Jun 29, 2009
EPA Responds to Letter from 109 Groups, Pledges National Coal Ash Rule This Year
May 27, 2009
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has responded to the request by over 100 environmental groups for meaningful coal ash regulations. On March 2, 2009, the Environmental Integrity Project, on behalf of 109 environmental groups, sent a letter to the EPA Administrator urging her to act quickly, and with certain key principles in mind, to regulate the disposal of coal ash. The Administrator says proposed regulations will reflect careful consideration of the principles of our letter.
For a copy of Administrator Jacksons letter, click here.
Report: Coming Clean: What EPA Knows About the Dangers of Coal Ash
May 7, 2009
The Calm Before The Storm?
Apr 6, 2009
EIP Petitions EPA to Set Strict Emission Limits for a Major Source of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Maryland
Mar 5, 2009
109 Environmental Groups Call for Regulation of Coal Ash
The Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice, joined by NRDC, the Sierra Club, Environmental Defense, and 104 other environmental groups, have asked U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to move quickly to regulate coal ash, also known as coal combustion waste (CCW). A letter signed by the groups and delivered to EPA on March 3, 2009, identifies twelve principles to guide the development of federal standards. These include the phaseout of surface impoundments, locating disposal sites away from groundwater or surface water, requiring liners, leachate collection systems and adequate monitoring, and requiring industry to assume long term liability for cleanup.
Mar 3, 2009
EIP and Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Ban Routine Flaring of Dangerous Air Pollution and Set Strict Standards for Refineries
Feb 10, 2009
ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY PROJECT AND SIERRA CLUB SUE EPA FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY REGULATE AIR POLLUTION FROM NITRIC ACID PLANTS
Feb 5, 2009
EIP Data Reveals Significant Heavy Metal Contamination in Water Samples Downstream of TVA Kingston Disaster Site
The Environmental Integrity Project's (EIP) preliminary analysis of water samples collected in the weeks following the coal ash spill at TVA's Kingston power plant on December 22, 2008 has revealed levels of toxic substances that greatly exceed both National Drinking Water Standards and Tennessee's Water Quality Criteria (TN WQC). Samples collected by United Mountain Defense within the spill-impacted area or down river thereof were submitted to EIP for analysis and have been found to contain high levels of several heavy metals typically associated with contamination from coal ash, including arsenic, lead, beryllium, antimony, copper, cadmium, and selenium.
Feb 4, 2009
Maryland Department of Environment Failing to Address Clean Air Act Violations
Jan 22, 2009
The Environmental Integrity Project, the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, Clean Water Action, and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network will take legal action to address serious pollution problems at the Wheelabrator Incinerator in Baltimore and the Mirant Chalk Point power plant in Prince George's County in light of Maryland Department of the Environment's (MDE) failure to act. EIP's review of Maryland's Clean Air program uncovered major deficiencies, including the failure to issue Clean Air Act operating permits, inclusion of illegal provisions in permits, and a reluctance to enforce the law and hold polluters accountable.
Press Release: EIP: LATEST TVA ASH SPILL SITE IN ALABAMA CONTAINS EVEN MORE TOXIC METALS THAN HARRIMAN, TENNESEE SPILL SITE FROM DECEMBER
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) apparently has reported a new spill at the Widows Creek Fossil Plant in northeast Alabama. According to TVA's own data, the Widows Creek plant disposed of even more toxic metals in its coal ash ponds than the TVA Kingston plant, which was the site of a widely publicized pre-Christmas coal ash spill.
Jan 9, 2009
Disaster in Waiting: Toxic Coal Ash Disposal in Impoundments at Power Plants. USEPA data shows power plants disposing of high volumes of toxic metals in open lagoons.
Jan 7, 2009
The massive spill of coal ash from TVA's Kingston plant in Tennessee in December dramatized the cost of unsafe disposal practices. EIP's report identifies those facilities that dispose of toxic metals in surface impoundments in high volumes, in some cases greater than amounts reported by Kingston.
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