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Don’t strip away citizen rights to contested case hearings on air quality permits

Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, Chisum, Texas on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a quick update on the status of the Chisum assaults on the contested case hearing process (also known as the assault on your rights to protect your community and your family from pollution). HB 3251 – the bill to eliminate the contested case opportunity for air permit amendments to control hazardous air pollutants (mercury, [...]

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NRC 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Posted in Nuclear, tagged comanche peak, fort worth, japan, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

NRC WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS 2010 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF COMANCHE PEAK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet in Glen Rose, Texas, on Thursday, May 12, with representatives of Luminant Generation Co., to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. The plant [...]

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Texans’ right to protest the permits issued by TCEQ is under attack

Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged Chisum, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas House of Representatives, texas senate on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Contribution by the Alliance for Clean Texas. When the 82nd Legislature convened in January, we knew we were in for a fight. We knew that industry would try to weaken the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and make it easier to get permits and skirt enforcement. We knew that the odds were stacked in favor [...]

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