The 2009 record drought left the lower Colorado river basin stricken, but rains following the drought had made major inroads to recovery. Now as Texas sees more than half the state in an “exceptional” drought with no end in sight, the board of the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) could decide on Wednesday to sell [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’
Texas Legislature Fails to Protect Public Health or Achieve Clean Energy Jobs Potential in 82nd State Legislative Session
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Legislature on June 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today, several Texas environmental organizations spoke up on the recent Texas legislative session and their failure to protect public health or achieve clean energy jobs potential for the state. Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Public Citizen, and SEED Coalition hold Texas State Legislators accountable for missed opportunities to both protect public health from big energy [...]
More on radiation in Texas drinking water
Posted in Radiation, tagged drinking water, KHOU, radioactive water, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on May 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Back in November we blogged about a story that KHOU broke in Houston about radioactive contaminants in the Houston area drinking water. Revelations that came to light showed hundreds of water providers around the Gulf Coast region were providing their customers with drinking water that contains radioactive contaminants that raise health risks. State tests by [...]
Radioactive Waste? ‘No’ Vote on SB 1504
Posted in Global Warming, tagged HB 1504, radioactive waste, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, waste control specialists on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Senate Bill 1504 (by Seliger: R-Amarillo and Hinojosa: D-McAllen) the riskiest bill for the environment this session will be heard on the Texas house floor on Tuesday, May 17th. If passed in its current form, the risks include: Risk that we won’t have enough space for our own waste Risk of an unfunded taxpayer liability [...]
Chisum amendment could risk TCEQ losing permitting authority
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says if an amendment to HB 2694 remains on the TCEQ Sunset bill, undermining federal regulations at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ could risk losing its permitting authority and EPA might have to intervene directly in Texas permitting cases. Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Southside Place), whose sunset legislation for the [...]
TCEQ SUNSET BILL PASSES IN TEXAS SENATE
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged TCEQ Sunset, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas senate on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Texas Senate just unanimously approved House Bill 2694, the sunset bill for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Senate sponsors Huffman and Hegar fought to pass a clean TCEQ sunset bill and Senators Watson and Huffman clarified the intent of Senators to keep this bill clean in an anticipated House-Senate conference committee. In the months leading [...]
EPA takes over greenhouse gas permitting in Texas
Posted in Air Quality, tagged clean air act, greenhouse gas, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule allowing it to take over greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting authority in Texas . The agency said that EPA’s permitting authority to process Texas’ permit applications for GHGs was effective on May 1. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has indicated that 167 GHG-emitting sources [...]
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 [...]
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Sunset Bill up in the House tomorrow
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged clean air act, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HB 2694, the sunset bill for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will be heard on the house floor tomorrow and several dozen amendments have be prefiled. Of concern to any of you who have opposed a permit being granted is Representative Warren Chisum’s (R-Pampa) proposed floor amendment to HB 2694 which would completely undercut the Contested [...]
Bill of the Day – SB 655
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, tagged Oil and Gas Commission, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Railroad Commission, United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SB 655 by Hegar, or the Texas Railroad Commission Sunset Bill, suffered a setback in the Senate today.
Army Corps of Engineers should say no to White Stallion coal project
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Coal, environmental impact statement, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Army Corps of Engineers, white stallion power plant on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a reprint of an article that ran in the Houston Chronicle submitted by Air Alliance Houston, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, the No Coal Coalition, Public Citizen and Greenpeace. Here’s the situation: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has “go” or “no-go” decision- making power on a project that could greatly impact [...]
TCEQ and Railroad Commission Sunset Bills Filed
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged Public utilities commission, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas sunset on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Glenn Hegar (R-Katy) filed a bill (SB 655) to abolish the Texas Railroad Commission and eliminate the three statewide elected positions that govern it and rename the agency the Texas Oil and Gas Commission to be run by a single elected officer who would serve a four-year term. The bill has been referred to the Senate [...]
ACT Lobby Day is Tuesday, March 15th at the Capitol.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged austin texas, Legislative session, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On March 15th, Texans from all corners of the state will be in Austin, visiting our elected officials and letting them know that we want them to protect our land, our water, and our health. Sign up now!
A few house members defend EPA during a joint house committee hearing
Posted in Air Quality, Texas Legislature, tagged Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on February 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
John Moritz and Patrick Graves covered the joint hearing of the House Energy Resources and Environmental Regulation committees for the Texas Energy Report, which they say continued the long-running theme at the Texas Capitol that the feds are unfairly targeting Texas industries while ignoring progress made over the decades on clean air matters. But about a half-hour [...]
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