Pollution
on March 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm ×
The new loophole will exacerbate toxic pollution hazards in communities across the country WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Today, public health and environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit to protect communities against the risk of a new tidal wave of toxic pollution unleashed by the Trump Administration breaking with decades of precedent, the Environmental […]
Eramet / Good Neighbor Campaigns
on March 8, 2018 at 4:54 pm ×
PHILADELPHIA, PA — “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a proposed consent decree with S.H. Bell Company requiring the company to monitor and take measures to reduce manganese emissions from its 92-acre plant that spans the Pennsylvania-Ohio border in Ohioville, Pa. and East Liverpool, […]
Clean Power Plan / Coal / EPA
on October 17, 2017 at 5:22 pm ×
A collection of editorial cartoons about the “War on Coal” from newspapers across the U.S.
Coal
on August 10, 2017 at 4:47 pm ×
UTICA, NY — “Earlier this week, the Adirondack Council joined with the state of Maryland and a coalition of environmental and health organizations to file a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to require Midwest power plants to turn on already-installed pollution control […]
Ohio Citizen Action / Victory
on March 15, 2017 at 3:04 pm ×
Today we learned we have won our lawsuit against U.S. EPA for failure to update air pollution limits within an eight-year timeframe, as required by the federal Clean Air Act. We sued on behalf of two members and many other Ohio communities suffering from toxic air emissions from facilities including […]
Research & Reports
on February 7, 2017 at 8:26 pm ×
NEW YORK CITY, NY — “Back in 1970, Los Angeles was known as the smog capital of the world — a notorious example of industrialization largely unfettered by regard for health or the environment. Heavy pollution drove up respiratory and heart problems and shortened lives. But 1970 was also the […]