The Environmental Integrity Project’s examination of state and federal data reveals that Maryland’s municipal waste landfills release far more greenhouse gases than was previously thought, making these landfills the single…
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A 2015 federal Clean Air Act rule requires oil refineries to install air pollution monitors at their boundaries to identify benzene emissions escaping into surrounding neighborhoods. Whenever the monitoring results…
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New EPA data shows that greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants plummeted 38 percent from 2005 to 2020, even more rapidly than the goals in the Obama-era Clean Power…
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Although greenhouse gas pollution from oil and gas drilling is expected to decline in 2020 during the recession, emissions jumped 34 percent from 2016 to 2019, and are expected to…
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According to EIP's analysis, at least 10 proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects that have been approved for construction by regulators are now delayed by at least a year,…
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During a time of growing rainfall, flooding, and runoff pollution caused by climate change and increasing development, this report documents how Pennsylvania and Maryland have gone backwards in their efforts…
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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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