Yesterday the TCEQ remanded the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas petroleum-coke plant back to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. What they didn’t do is require the facility to do what’s called a case-by-case analysis of MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) for Hazardous Air Pollutants. In effect, TCEQ (the agency tasked with protecting [...]
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TCEQ Decides That Regulating Pollution Isn’t Their Job
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Good Government, TCEQ, Toxics, tagged Global Warming, Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, climate change, Carbon Dioxide, solar power, public citizen texas on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
EPA Hearing in Dallas on New Ozone Standard
Posted in Global Warming, TCEQ, tagged Global Warming, Coal, Clean Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, climate change, clean air, ozone on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Video footage of a public meeting back in March for the Dallas, TX region. EPA has proposed a new NOx attainment standard, and this meeting was held during the comment period. Though an official EPA meeting had been held in Houston, there was no official meeting for Dallas (where Region 6 offices of EPA are [...]
Texas’ Political Culture Protects ‘Economic’ Interest Over Environment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Renewables, TCEQ, Toxics, green jobs, tagged Global Warming, TCEQ, Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, climate change on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was a bit surprising that the EPA finally has taken a stand against the TCEQ’s practices of giving “flexible permits.” Prominent Texas politicians including the governor criticized the action taken by the EPA and once again, Gov Perry used a very important local issue to launch his attacks on the Federal government as part [...]
EPA Approves Tougher Pollution Emission Limits
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, climate change, Coal, coal plant, emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Public Citizen, SO2, sulfur dioxide on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Federal environmental regulators set new limits on sulfur dioxide emissions for the first time in 40 years. A move that could prevent thousands of asthma attacks and premature deaths while reducing health care costs.. The new rules, which take effect under court order, will prohibit short-term spikes of sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is primarily emitted [...]
On global warming, the science is solid
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Global Warming, Coal, oil, Environmental Protection Agency, Texas, natural gas, climate change, Carbon Dioxide, National Academy of Sciences, ipcc, Agriculture, science, methane, university of east anglia, scientists, greg abbott, professors, climate research, intergovernmental panel on climate change, nasa, noaa, national oceanic and atomspheric administration, melting ice sheets, rising sea levels, heat-trapping gases, nitrous oxide, waste disposal on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend professors and scientists from four major Texas universities joined forces to write an editorial in the Houston Chronicle defending the science of global warming from skeptics and deniers. Check it out! On global warming, the science is solid In recent months, e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in [...]
North Texas Public Hearing on Ozone Pollution — Have Your Voice Be Heard!
Posted in Coal, Energy, Toxics, tagged TCEQ, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, clean air act, dallas, ozone, governor perry, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, patrick cox, al armendariz, north texas, arlington, mayor cluck on March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Support the EPA’s proposal for a stricter ozone pollution standard Join us for an important public hearing at Arlington City Hall, 101 W. Abram St, Arlington, TX. For more info check out http://www.cleanairtexas.org Texas has the potential to be at the forefront of the green economy and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed new ozone [...]
City’s smog concerns may choke power plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air permit, air pollution, ana hernandez, asthma, bay city, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, harris county, houston, houston chronicle, jessica farrar, kristi thibaut, matagorda county, ozone, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smog, south texas, state office of administrative hearings, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, white stallion on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anybody catch this article last week in the Houston Chronicle? An important issue to think about: how coal plants will not only affect the surrounding air quality, but that of communities down wind. If the White Stallion coal plant is allowed to be built: Houston, we will have an even worse smog problem. Look for [...]
Gov. Perry at it again with EPA lawsuit
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate, climate change, endangerment finding, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, forrest wilder, Global Warming, governor perry, greg abbott, lawsuit, texas observer, Todd Staples on February 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
If I had a nickel every time we put out a statement saying something along the lines of “Governor Perry is blowing hot air about climate change”…I could probably only really buy a candy bar. Or a coke — a Mexican coke in a bottle, preferably, to be drunk as I eat a fried avocado [...]
Texas State Climatologist Disagrees with Gov Perry, AG Abbott, and Ag Comm Staples on climate science
Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy dessler, brad johnson, Carbon Dioxide, cia, climate change, co2, endangerment finding, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, George W. Bush, Global Warming, governor perry, greg abbott, ipcc, john nielsen-gammon, National Academy of Sciences, state climatologist, texas a&m, Todd Staples, USDA, wonk room on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You may have seen the political bloviating earlier this week when Governor Perry announced he would sue the EPA over their endangerment finding on CO2. Or that Attorney General Greg Abbott signed on, as did Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples, who all ended up calling the science behind climate change flawed, saying: The state’s legal action [...]
Public Citizen and Sierra Club Issue Citation to Governor Perry for “Endangering” Texans
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Global Warming, Coal, Public Citizen, TCEQ, Coal Plants, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Sierra Club, climate change, Carbon Dioxide, greenhouse gas emissions, governor perry, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, air contaminant, public health, climate, coal rush, endangerment on February 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Perry Flaunts State, Federal Law in EPA Lawsuit Statement from Tom “Smitty” Smith, director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office and Ken Kramer, director of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club This morning Governor Perry attempted to show Texas voters that he is bigger than both Texas and federal law by enacting a lawsuit [...]
Houston’s Ozone Compliance Threatened by White Stallion Coal Plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, TCEQ, Air Quality, houston, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, environment, Texas Legislature, coal plant, state office of administrative hearings, clean air act, white stallion, jessica farrar, ozone, bay city, matagorda county, ryan rittenhouse, colorado river, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, galveston, ttc, asthma, beaumont, al armendariz, health, sunset review, smog, nox, compliance, ozone standards, ana hernandez, kristi thibaut, parish coal plant on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Public Citizen and Area Legislators Urge State to Deny Air Pollution Permit HOUSTON – Area legislators joined Public Citizen this week in urging environmental agencies to deny the White Stallion coal plant its air permit because if built, the facility would degrade air quality in Houston. The emissions from this proposed power plant would exacerbate [...]
Texans Speak Up for Clean Air at Houston EPA Hearing
Posted in Toxics, tagged Public Citizen, Air Quality, houston, SEED Coalition, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Sierra Club, clean air, environmental defense fund, public citizen texas, matthew tejada, ghasp, white stallion, ozone, matagorda county, ryan rittenhouse, american lung association, mothers for clean air, Texas Campaign for the Environment, no coal coalition, Health Professionals for Clean Air, public health, asthma, republican party, clean air texas, public hearing, Wendi Hammond, Kids for Clean Air, Bob Malina, janice nolen, respiratory disease, aaron smith, dr. bonnie new, galveston-houston alliance for smog prevention, dr neil carman on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on a newly proposed rule to strengthen federal ozone standards. A coalition of environmental and public health advocates called Clean Air Texas rallied in support of the new rule, which would improve air quality across the state and make our communities healthier. Over a [...]
It’s Time to Weigh in on Smog Limits
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Air Quality, houston, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Sierra Club, environmental defense fund, matthew tejada, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ozone, american lung association, public health, asthma, smog, clean air texas, ozone levels, emergency room visits, bronchitis, emphysema on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the video and op-ed below by some of our Clean Air Texas coalition partners about the hearing in Houston tomorrow on the EPA’s new proposed rule to strengthen ozone standards. I’ll be at the hearing tomorrow, along with Ryan Rittenhouse, to represent Public Citizen and interview folks from around the state who’ve come [...]
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