The much anticipated hearing between the Environmental Protection Agency and Texas regarding the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will occur this morning in Dallas, Texas. The hearing is set to begin at 10:00 AM and is expected to continue through 7:00 PM this evening. The hearing will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the Market Center and will assemble both the public and concerned citizens of Texas for dissent and opinion on the issue. Many members of the community will be in attendance, as well as other battlemen fighting for justice, including the Sierra Club and of course, Public Citizen, represented by our very own pirate coal activist Ryan Rittenhouse! We will be making our voice heard this morning in Dallas in hopes of changing the current regulations concerning emission standards. Businessweek has quoted Neil Carman of Sierra Club on the issue, who has assessed that the new rules of the EPA will not in fact be costly to implement whatsoever.
The latest controversy involves the decision made late last year that the EPA would in fact be taking over the permitting process regarding emission regulation in Texas. In response, Texas is now currently suing the EPA to try and halt their implementation plan which would essentially call for more rigid regulation standards in either new or existing power plant and/or oil facilities.
EPA vs. Texas: Emissions Shootout
Texas claims that the EPA is overstepping the state’s authority with respect to emission setting standards. The EPA’s justification for taking over the permitting process is related to Texas rejecting to comply with the EPA’s new greenhouse gas rules issued earlier this year. The EPA claims that Texas has left them no other choice but to take over, not only because of the hot-headed letter we sent to EPA refusing to comply with the Clean Air Act, but also since Texas is also the leading nation in greenhouse gas emissions as well as industrial pollution. By holding this hearing, the EPA is allowing both environmental advocacy groups as well as the public to voice their opinion before the final decision is rendered concerning emission standards.
Will the outcome of this battle prove to be victorious? Tune in next time to find out!
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Go, Texas!
[...] reviews the showdown over greenhouse gas permits at an EPA public meeting in Dallas on Friday where over 100 local residents showed up to support the EPA and the Clean Air Act, demanding action [...]
It is strange to know that you are the leading nation in greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution and despite of this fact you do anything about it. If people suffer from fatal diseases and the mortality is increasing it should be alarming for everybody. No doubt that many of the locals’ residents support EPA and the Clean Air Act. Well, probably you are right that EPA is not the right institution to raise people´s awareness in your area but who else then?
[...] reviews the showdown over greenhouse gas permits at an EPA public meeting in Dallas on Friday where over 100 local residents showed up to support the EPA and the Clean Air Act, demanding action [...]
Sadly, our leadership is replete with “climate change deniers.” You are right however in your assumption that local residents acknowledge the problems with greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. In an EPA public hearing in Dallas just last week, scores of Texans showed up and said to the EPA, YES – take over our permitting, help clean up our air. Noticably missing were any industry representatives and representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the state agency that regulates air quality permits and is supposed to, under Texas’ clean air act, regulate greenhouse gas emissions in this state.
This is what we are up against in this state and there are rumblings at the federal level that the new majority will make a move to hobble the EPA.
Notably: Canada, which it appears you are from, is harnessing your vast areas of tarsands “crude” and making every effort to push a pipeline forward so that this dirty, nasty fossil fuel source can be refined in Texas. Ya’ll won’t refine it in Canada, but are happy to send it someplace that you feel is happy to pollute its air with gusto. The joke, however, is on you because the greenhouse gases from those refineries will still impact your climate. So how about a little help from Canada!
[...] reviews the showdown over greenhouse gas permits at an EPA public meeting in Dallas. Over 100 local residents showed up to support the EPA and the Clean Air Act, demanding action on [...]
[...] reviews the showdown over greenhouse gas permits at an EPA public meeting in Dallas on Friday where over 100 local residents showed up to support the EPA and the Clean Air Act, demanding action [...]
[...] reviews the showdown over greenhouse gas permits at an EPA public meeting in Dallas on Friday where over 100 local residents showed up to support the EPA and the Clean Air Act, demanding action [...]