Environmental Integrity Project (2002, Washington and Austin, TX, 30 staff; https://environmentalintegrity.org)
Advocates for effective enforcement of environmental laws and staffed by former EPA enforcement attorneys, public interest lawyers, analysts, investigators, and community organizers.
Activities
- Chesapeake Bay and Factory Farms: addressing runoff from agriculture, cities and town, industry and sewage treatment plants
- Pollution from 400 coal-fired power plants
- Environmental Justice: engages with residents, makes air and water pollution data accessible, and reduces pollution through environmental permit reviews
- Fracking: Addressed through advocacy, regulatory work, and litigation
- Wood Bioenergy: Challenging the growth of the industry
- Fighting deregulation in air, water and waste
Publications
- featured in 3,500+ news articles in 2019
- 100+ reports, including:
- Troubled Waters for LNG (October 2020, 31p)
- Stormwater Backup in the Chesapeake Region (August, 2020, 56p)
- Poultry Industry Pollution in the Chesapeake Region (April, 2020, 46p)
Leadership:
- Eric Schaeffer, Founder and Executive Director
