Environmental Protection Agency
Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?
Emissions from the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the U.S. were down slightly in 2022, but thousands of industrial facilities with substantial emissions remain, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently released Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data. Emissions from large industrial sources decreased by approximately 1 percent to 2.7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide […]
Read MoreCan the Latest $10 million in EPA Grants Make a Difference in Achieving Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals?
The Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, has provided almost $10 million in grants for watershed restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay aimed at improving water quality and enhancing climate resilience. The 10 grants, announced and awarded by the foundation earlier this month, will also go toward restoration of […]
Read MoreAnswers About Old Gas Sites Repurposed as Injection Wells for Fracking’s Toxic Wastewater May Never Be Fully Unearthed
A little over a month after Penneco Environmental Solutions received approval in May 2021 from the Environmental Protection Agency to dispose of an additional 2.16 million gallons of highly toxic fracking wastewater in its disposal well in Plum Borough, Pennsylvania, a pressure valve tripped and shut down the well. Penneco, which had submitted well schematics […]
Read MoreThe Danger Upstream: In Disposing Coal Ash, One of These States is Not Like the Others
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—At an EPA meeting in Montgomery, a cup of water took center stage. In a modest hotel a stone’s throw from the Alabama River, dozens of people shared their views on a serious threat to groundwater and drinking water safety with representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency. On the agenda was the EPA’s proposed […]
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