Cap Metro’s hearing at the Sunset Advisory Commission on Tuesday wasn’t the public flogging many might have expected, given the mass transit authority’s myriad problems over the past several years. It came as a shock to no one as Sunset staff delivered testimony that centered on the financial crisis the transit authority faces. Several commissioners, [...]
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Cap Metro’s debut at the Sunset Commission
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Renewables, Transportation, tagged Austinites for Action, Cap Metro, Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, Dennis Bonnen, eddie rodriguez, Jim Skaggs, John Whitmire, kirk watson, light rail, mass transit, mike martinez, Pedernales, SB 2015, StarTran, sunset commission on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
EPA taking over permitting of Texas facilities: TCEQ’s permitting process doesn’t follow Clean Air Act
Posted in Toxics, tagged clean air act, Dr. Al Armendariz, EPA, flex permits, TCEQ, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The other shoe has finally dropped. Back in September 2009, we let you know how the EPA had issued rulings that condemned TCEQ’s air quality permitting practices. And today, the EPA stopped asking nicely and took some action. From the Houston Chronicle: Objecting to how Texas regulates air pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said [...]
Texans Written Out of the Process by Supreme Court of Texas Rule Changes
Posted in Good Government, tagged Rule, TCEQ, texas supreme court on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Take a look at this op-ed submitted by Public Citizen, EDF, and Sierra Club as commented upon by Burnt Orange Report File under “hugely important issue to everyday Texans that most of us know nothing about.” Three prominent pro-citizen activists have been working hard to draw attention to a proposed rule change by the Supreme [...]
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