Midlothian’s pollution: Asking the right questions
I reported today that the woefully named Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (blame Congress for that) is taking another, more detailed look at the possible effects of air pollution from...
View ArticleIs EPA bulking up against Texas pollution?
With a new crew in the White House and running the Environmental Protection Agency, the federal folks are talking tough about how Texas regulates emissions from big industrial plants. They’ve suggested...
View ArticleIn print: Groups target possible EPA regional chief
A number of grassroots groups are out to scuttle the application of John Hall, a former top Texas environmental official, to be regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s...
View ArticleEPA starts cracking down on Texas regs
When new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson came to Dallas this spring on a getting-to-know-you trip, she signaled that she had problems with the way Texas was handling air...
View ArticleLawsuit says Texas must regulate CO2
Public Citizen’s lawsuit against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, filed Tuesday in Travis County District Court, cites arguments identical to those that the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed in...
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Hot Links: Frisco, company battles over emissions
Here is a look at some of the interesting public-interest stories from over the weekend: 1. Frisco officials worry that expansion of Exide Technologies’ battery recycling plant visit site to read more]
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Hot Links: Gas drilling spews cancer-causing chemical near Denton County...
The air near a North Texas natural gas drilling operation had over five times more benzene than the state considers safe for short-term exposure, the Fort Worth … [visit site to read more]
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One-man votes form districts that give developers millions in taxing power
Inside this mobile home in Collin County supposedly resides the lone voter who empowered developers to sell $63 million in bonds for roads and infrastructure, and to tax future homeowners to repay...
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Explosion debris dumped in West wasn’t hazardous, report finds
Investigators move and look through the debris of the destroyed fertilizer plant in West, Texas, on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press) Debris from the West fertilizer explosion was not hazardous and did...
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Texas lawmaker wants to make federal chemical reports more useful for...
AUSTIN – What’s the value of Big Data if it flows like molasses to first responders and may be badly outdated? Those are among the issues that the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee...
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