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New EPA standards for coal plant emissions already working to clear our skies

Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged , , , on July 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Here’s some great news! With EPA tightening the standards for coal plant emissions, Energy Future Holdings, the parent company of Luminant (formerly TXU) and the major electric power provider for much of North and West Texas, is considering how to respond to new federal clean-air regulations.  Yesterday they announced they will mothball 3 coal plants [...]

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Flex permit companies moving toward compliance with federal standards

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that all `flexible permit’ companies in Texas have agreed to apply for approved air permits, helping to achieve clean air in the state and providing for regulatory certainty. Under the Texas flexible permit rule, certain industries were allowed an exemption from having to disclose pollution for each individual smokestack [...]

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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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Coal Ash Waste – Call the House Committee now

Posted in Coal, tagged , , on July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Tell them that the testimony being given is based upon false premises and they should not vote for HR 2273 when the Committee hearing resumes at 3 pm EST. According to the National Academy of Science (NAS) Coal Combustion Residues or waste (CCR’s) contain numerous hazardous metals and substances with hazardous characteristics including arsenic, lead, [...]

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Are we getting “fracked”?

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , on July 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »

What happens when you let Big Business regulate itself? – You get fracked. Hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — is a controversial method of natural gas extraction that involves injecting a toxic chemical sludge into the surface of the earth until it rips open. And it’s a case study in the dangers of [...]

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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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Chisum amendment could risk TCEQ losing permitting authority

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

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EPA takes over greenhouse gas permitting in Texas

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

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Sunset Bill up in the House tomorrow

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

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Bill of the Day – SB 655

Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, tagged , , , , 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.

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EPA’s Partial E15 Waiver: More ethanol?

Posted in Air Quality, Efficiency, Renewables, Transportation, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Over the past couple of years, there has been a heated debate involving the potential EPA implementation of allowing a greater percentage of ethanol in gasoline.  The current volume percentage of ethanol allowed is 10% for vehicles made between the years 2001 and 2006. Recently, the EPA has been discussing the approval of what is [...]

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US House Committee to hold hearings on EPA clash with Texas leadership

Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, tagged , , , , on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Energy and Power Subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to hold a hearing this Thursday on the clash between Texas officials and the EPA at the South Texas College of Law in Houston.  Click here for more information. A coalition called the Texas EPA Task Force, made up of federal [...]

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New EPA rules tougher than many anticipated

Posted in Coal, Energy, tagged , , , , , on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Texas coal-burning power plants – especially those fueled by lignite – could face closures under proposed national standards for coal emissions of mercury and other toxins unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency. The standards, which are far tougher than the electric power industry had anticipated, could lead to the shuttering of several coal units in [...]

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Encourage the EPA to issue strong New Source Performance Standards without delay

Posted in Air Quality, Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Repower America, wants to share an important piece of news with you. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to limit global warming pollution from big fossil fuel industries like power plants and petroleum refineries. These industries alone account for about 40% of the global warming pollution in the U.S. — making them the [...]

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