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New Report on the Role of Job Impact Analysis in Environmental Policy Debates

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Even a few days of air pollution may trigger a heart attack or stroke

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , 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 [...]

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Effort to kill the CSAPR in the US Senate fails

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , 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 [...]

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Call your Senator and ask them to not block CSAPR!

Posted in Coal, tagged , , on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The U.S. Senate is set to take a vote to stop the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rules affecting downwind communities.  This single vote – tomorrow at noon – will be an up or down vote in the U.S. Senate and will dramatically affect the EPA’s work on clean air issues from stationary sources like coal plants. S.J. [...]

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North Texas beats Houston for worst air quality in the State

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , , , , on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In the 2011 ozone season, North Texas pushed ahead of Houston in the battle for the worst air quality in the state. Both metro areas have significant pollution problems, and both continue to exceed federal ozone limits. Dallas-Fort Worth now has the distinction of beating the Bayou City as the former longtime state champ, and [...]

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Public Citizen, Sierra Club and SEED Coalition Fear Luminant Will Simply Run Units Next Summer Without Cleaning Up the Air Emissions

Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Public Citizen, Sierra Club and SEED Coalition are calling on Luminant to come clean and retire, rather than idle, the old dirty coal plant, Monticello 1 and 2. After receiving notice that Luminant Generation Company, LLC, has filed a Notification of Suspension of Operations for Monticello Units 1 and 2 with the Electric Reliability Council [...]

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Texas Politics weigh in on the cross state pollution rule once again

Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, Coal, Efficiency, Global Warming, tagged , , , , on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The States Attorney general is leaping into the environmental fray once again with a filing with the federal appeals court to review the new EPA regulations while the Texas house state affairs hold hearings today, but Governors Perry’s attorney and chief is taking it one step farther filing against  four different rules according to the [...]

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All the world’s a “fracking” stage, and all the men and women merely players

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Seems like everyone is jumping onto the “Fracking” bandwagon.  In an earlier blog we talked about the US Department of Energy’s entrance into the “Fracking” fray with Secretary Steven Chu appointing an Energy Advisory Board subcommittee on natural gas, led by former CIA director John Deutch, who plan to have recommendations on the table in [...]

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New Modeling Shows Air Pollution Violations Are Caused by TXU-Luminant Coal Plants

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , on July 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Data on Dangerous TXU-Luminant Pollution Underscores Need for Strengthened Environmental Safeguards The Sierra Club released new reports indicating that three large, North East Texas coal-fired power plants owned by Luminant, formerly TXU, are single-handedly causing violations of federal air quality standards.  The three East Texas coal plants addressed in the reports — Big Brown, located [...]

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Texas Environmental Community Welcomes EPA Cross State Air Pollution Rule

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

New EPA Safeguard will Improve Health & Lives of Millions of Americans Earlier today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  announced a new Cross State Air Pollution Rule designed to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The new protections will reduce power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) [...]

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Air pollution: An environmental justice issue for Hispanics

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , on June 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

There are two main causes of air pollution—diesel engines and coal-fired power plants—both of which are prevalent in Texas.  And these neighborhood contaminants are having grave consequences, particularly on Hispanics in Texas and the rest of the country.  Because of work or housing availability, Hispanics across the country tend to live near some of the [...]

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

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , 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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GOP’s secret EPA love

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As the administration and Congress get down to brass tacks in slashing the federal budget, one would think that President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut $1.3 billion from EPA’s budget would be well-received by Republicans who have spent a lot of time this year criticizing the agency.  In fact, according to a story by Politico, that is in [...]

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DFW designated a “serious” violator of federal air-quality standards

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , , on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The Dallas-Fort Worth area has long been recognized as among the most traffic-congested areas in America, and immediately following the MLK holiday, it will be recognized by the federal government as having some of the most polluted air as well. The region will become known as a “serious” violator of air-quality standards set by the U.S. [...]

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E.P.A. delaying tougher rules on emissions. Are global warming gases next?

Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged , , , , , , , on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In the face of the changes in the political dynamic in Washington, the Obama administration is retreating on long-delayed environmental regulations.  The new rules were set to take effect over the next several weeks, but this move will leave in place policies set by President George W. Bush while it pushes back deadlines to  July [...]

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