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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The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is a “pollution diet” for the Chesapeake Bay, which has long been impaired by excessive levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment. The…
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This report gathers research on the greenhouse gas emissions of plastic at each stage of the plastic lifecycle—from its birth as fossil fuels through refining and manufacture to the massive…
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Illegal air pollution from the booming oil and gas industry in the Permian Basin is causing unhealthy air pollution levels in West Texas, but the state has not installed enough…
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For many years, one of the most important, unanswered questions in the Chesapeake Bay cleanup has been: To what extent are farmers actually implementing pollution control practices, such as fencing…
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