MDE Policy Change Favoring Environmental Protection
In response to EAC’s victory over Worcester County CAFO, MDE has removed a policy that delayed implementation of environmental protection requirements. Read more here: MDE Policy Change for Poultry...
read moreMDE Revokes Permit for Cecil County CAFO
Maryland Department of the Environment decided to revoke final approval of a poultry CAFO in Cecil County after the local community challenged the action through EAC representation. Zion CAFO Press...
read moreMaryland Wastewater Treatment Plant Permit Challenge: Settlement to Protect the Gunpowder River Watershed
BREAKING: The Gunpowder Riverkeeper, represented by Patrick DeArmey of the EAC, recently reached a settlement with MDE and Carroll County following GRK’s challenge to the Hampstead Waste Water Treatment Plant CWA NPDES permit. This is a big win for the...
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BREAKING: An Administrative Law Judge decided for EAC and REVERSED a permit approval for a proposed CAFO on the Eastern Shore because of inadequate environmental protection. MDE has never denied a permit under their CAFO program, and this is the first time a judge...
read moreCWA Enforcement UPDATE: Bill set to chill CWA citizen enforcement
Congressman Tom Rice’s ill-conceived, industry gift, dubbed HR 1179, remains in the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Please take a look at the details of this dangerous piece of “legislation” and how it would work damage to the CWA...
read morePRESS RELEASE: EAC Announces Election of New Board President, Captain Richard Hoffman
Washington, D.C., January 17, 2017 – The Environmental Action Center (EAC) is pleased to announce that Captain Richard Hoffman, founder of Orion Solutions, LLC, has been elected President of the EAC Board of Directors. We are excited to have Rick at the helm of our...
read moreCAFOs in Maryland
In a recent challenge to the Maryland Department of the Environment’s (MDE) approval of an industrial poultry facility (also known as a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO) in Worcester County, MDE stated that its review of these permits must meet...
read moreRadio Interview: EAC talks with Project Censored about California oil and gas issues, and the fracking ban in Monterey County
Radio Show (starts at 47 minutes)
read moreEAC Presents a Halt the Harm Webinar
The EAC is working with Halt the Harm to explore oil and gas litigation mapping and building institutional knowledge for attorneys and advocates in the fight against fracking. Halt the Harm Webinar
read morePress Release, November 2016
Press Release Study: Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Cannot Safely Continue in Monterey County A case study published by the Environmental Action Center (EAC) found that the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) – California’s regulatory agency...
read moreCalifornia’s Out of Control Underground Injection Well Program: EAC’s Petition for Rulemaking
The following is a fact sheet for our Petition to the Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) for Rulemaking to amend (1) the Well Stimulation Treatment (WST) regulations (14 C.C.R. §§ 1783.1 & 1784), and (2) regulations...
read moreCalifornia’s Out of Control Underground Injection Well Program: Case Studies in Monterey and Fresno
The following is a fact sheet for our “Case Study on Injection Well Projects in Monterey and Fresno Counties”. This case study examines failures in the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources’ (DOGGR) oversight of Class...
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Anacostia Riverkeeper acts to protect the River from heavy metals
Anacostia Riverkeeper, through their attorneys, filed a Notice of Intent to Sue (NOI) PEPCO for ongoing violations of the CWA at its Benning Road facility. Based on Anacostia Riverkeeper’s NOI, the federal government charged PEPCO with illegally discharging...
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The Big Chill Update: U.S. District Court Judge holds Idaho “Ag-gag” law to be Unconstitutional
In a decision released on Monday, August 3, Idaho US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill[i] held that Idaho Code § 18-7042 was unconstitutional.
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The Big Chill: Wyoming passes law that will have a chilling effect on citizen involvement in environmental stewardship
The Wyoming state legislature recently passed a data trespassing law that has many environmentalists concerned about the law’s scope, and also its motives
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California’s Out of Control Underground Injection Well Program
Who will protect California? Specifically, its increasingly precious drinking water?
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