Environmental Integrity Project
Description
The Environmental Integrity Project is a nonprofit that pushes for stronger enforcement of environmental laws in the United States.
Its mission is to protect public health and natural resources by holding polluters and government agencies accountable, advocating for tough but fair standards, and helping communities fight for clean air and water. It works through legal enforcement action, data analysis and reporting, and direct support to frontline communities. Its Center for Applied Environmental Science gives local groups access to scientific and engineering expertise for permitting fights, legal challenges and rulemaking.
It focuses on pollution from coal-fired power plants, oil and gas facilities, factory farms, steel manufacturing, landfills and incinerators, with particular attention to the Gulf States, the Ohio River Valley and the Mid-Atlantic region. It runs Ashtracker.org, tracking groundwater contamination at coal ash sites, and Oil & Gas Watch, tracking new fossil fuel and petrochemical infrastructure.
The organization was founded in 2002 by Eric Schaeffer, a former director of the EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement, after he resigned in protest over political interference in pollution enforcement. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Austin, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Latest news
LAKE CHARLES, LA – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is taking years to respond to pollution violations and is failing to require petrochemical industries in the Lake Charles…
23 Sep 2026
SAN ANTONIO — Three environmental groups today filed a federal lawsuit against the developers of a pair of data center campuses with gas-fired power plants for building the massive projects without…
21 Sep 2026
For video of the press conference, click here; for audio, here or here. For a fact sheet, click here. DONALDSONVILLE, LA – In advance of a September 1 public hearing on an air pollution permit for a…
26 Aug 2026
SAN ANTONIO – Three environmental groups took legal action today against the developers of a pair of data center campuses, with two gas-fired power plants and 151 backup diesel generators…
22 Jul 2026
For a copy of the report, click here. For audio of the online press conference, click here and here. Washington, D.C. — At least 74 natural gas-fired power plants are planned across the U.S.
1 Jul 2026
Beaver County, PA – Today, the Environmental Integrity Project, Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Mountain Watershed, Clean Air Council, and Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community submitted a petition…
16 Oct 2024
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