The New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity has released a new report – The Regulatory Red Herring: The Role of Job Impact Analysis in Environmental Policy Debates. The study finds that claims of jobs that stand to be gained or lost due to environmental regulations require much closer scrutiny than they’re [...]
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New Report on the Role of Job Impact Analysis in Environmental Policy Debates
Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, Cost-benefit analysis, Institute for Policy Studies, United States Environmental Protection Agency on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tell TCEQ grading polluters on a curve doesn’t improve our air, our water or our health. And, oh yes, thanks for extending the comment period.
Posted in Air Quality, Coal Plants, Toxics, Water, tagged pollution, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Comment Period Extended to March 23rd The Texas Commission for Environmental Quality is the second largest environmental agency in the world—with a budget to match. Help hold TCEQ accountable for taxpayer’s interests and stop them from implementing rules that favor polluting businesses. TCEQ’s Mission Statement and Agency Philosophy includes a commitment to “ensure meaningful public [...]
Texas Pardons Pollution (Again!) – Public hearing next Tuesday and comments can be submitted before March 12th
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Sunset, TCEQ, Water, tagged Hearing (law), pollution, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Get tough on environmental crimes Texas law requires that the our state environmental agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), consider a facility’s past compliance when making decisions regarding permits or inspections. In fact, a facility’s Compliance History score affects every bit of its business with the TCEQ. New rules currently proposed by the [...]
Help us Protect Big Bend and the Guadalupe Mountains
Posted in Air Quality, tagged Big Bend National Park, clean air act, EPA, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Big Bend. The Guadalupe Mountains. Everything about them is iconic…everything but the air pollution that obscures the scenic viewscapes. Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Park are increasingly under attack from air pollution known as haze from coal plants and refineries. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to reduce and eliminate this haze. Under [...]
Even a few days of air pollution may trigger a heart attack or stroke
Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, Environmental Protection Agency on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
According to an MSNBC article, even short-term exposure to air pollution — just a day or a week in some cases — may kick off a heart attack or stroke according to two new studies. The studies reveal that the risk of heart attack or stroke can jump after high-pollution days, especially for people who [...]
RR Commission instituting “real” penalties for repeat offenders?
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, tagged penalties, repeat offenders, Texas Railroad Commission on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Chronic violators of Texas Railroad Commission safety rules may be looking at steeper fines if they don’t clean up their acts. In response to the agency’s Sunset review last session, the commissioners who regulate the state’s booming oil and gas industry are expected to approve penalty hikes in six major categories, taking special aim at repeat [...]
DFW Air Quality Standards – EPA Public Comments Sought
Posted in Air Quality, tagged Air Quality Standards, nonattainment, Public Citizen, United States Environmental Protection Agency on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The EPA has published a federal register notice to solicit public comments on their ozone designation recommendations to the states. This comment period closes on January 19th and we have included the notice for information on where and how to submit your comments. Public Citizen and Sierra Club believe the inclusion of Freestone, Limestone, McClennan, [...]
ERCOT says Luminant can shut two Monticello power units
Posted in Air Quality, Energy, tagged electric reliability council of texas, ercot, Luminant, Texas on December 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Planning for Texas’ energy future must include drought proofing our energy supply with energy efficiency and renewable energy, not propping up old dirty fossil fuel plants. To that end, we applaud the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT – the Texas electric grid operator) for calling Luminant’s bluff to shut down the aging Monticello coal [...]
Rerouting Keystone XL: From Poisoned Aquifers to Polluted Land
Posted in Air Quality, Water, tagged keystone, pipeline spills, tarsands on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is a guest blog by departing Public Citizen intern Chantelle B. In recent months, Nebraska’s government has taken a strong stand against the Keystone XL Pipeline’s route, which currently passes through the ecologically fragile Sandhills region and North America’s largest aquifer – the Ogallala – which, if polluted, could have disastrous effects. The majority of [...]
Polluters complain to Congress about new EPA rules, but tell SEC their bottom line will be fine.
Posted in Air Quality, tagged csapr, United States Environmental Protection Agency on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to the Associated Press, across the land, large and small polluters have regaled Republican-led congressional committees with dire predictions of plant closings and layoffs if the EPA succeeds with plans to further curb air and water pollution. But their message to financial regulators and investors conveys less gloom and uncertainty. The Associated Press compared [...]
Pipelines of Poison Sidestep Stalled State Department Signoff
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Tarsands, tagged Keystone Pipeline, Texas, transcanada, United States, United States Department of State on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Foreign Pipeline Owners Find a Way to Get Around Federal Permit Process TransCanada is attempting to outsmart the State Department and bypass federal blocks by using two existing pipelines of poison after the State Department and President Obama delayed approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline permit amidst concerns about bias, conflicts of interest, and environmental [...]
What is the state of your air? Check out the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2011″ Report
Posted in Air Quality on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The American Lung Association State of the Air 2011 report ranks the metropolitan areas based on ozone and particle pollution during 2007, 2008 and 2009. For particle pollution, they rank the areas separately with high year-round (annual average) levels and high short-term levels (24-hour) found in monitoring sites across the United States. They compile data from [...]
Effort to kill the CSAPR in the US Senate fails
Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, csapr, United States Environmental Protection Agency on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Senate killed Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Kentucky) effort last week to strike down the EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule regulating emissions that blow across state lines, thanks in part to your calls and emails. The measure died on a 41-56 vote with Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison voting for the [...]
NPR reports on how energy and environmental issues affect you
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Nuclear, Texas Legislature, Water on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
StateImpact is a collaboration among NPR and local public radio stations in eight pilot states to examine issues of local importance. The project seeks to inform and engage communities with broadcast and online news about how state government decisions affect people’s lives. In Texas, a collaboration between local public radio stations KUT Austin, KUHF Houston and [...]
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