Texas Gets Ticked With Feds Over Water Permit Spat
In another round of disagreements, the Environmental Protection Agency is asking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to take care of water permits that are expired and not in compliance.The...
View ArticleEPA Takes Over Greenhouse Gas Permiting in Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency has partly taken Texas' air permitting program. The EPA will issue greenhouse gas permits to facilities in Texas after today's announcement that states are now...
View ArticleLas Brisas Permit Approved
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an air permit for the $3 billion Las Brisaspetroleum coke-fired power plant in Corpus Christi against the recommendations of two state...
View ArticleOfficials Check For Groundwater Contamination Near Georgetown Fuel Spill
A 3,500 gallon gasoline spill in a residential neighborhood of Georgetown is being investigated by the state to see how deeply the fuel may have seeped into the ground. The Texas Commission on...
View ArticleTexas House To EPA: Don’t Regulate Our Greenhouse Gas
The Texas House approved a measure 107-34 today urging US Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the Lonestar State.House Concurrent...
View ArticleTexas Greens Cheer New EPA Mercury Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Wednesday aimed at reducing the amount of mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants. It is unlikely to improve Texas officials' low...
View ArticleAM Update: Cap Metro Readies Layoffs, Arts Patron Umlauf Dies, Grants for...
Cap Metro Preps Layoffs in Labor Transition; Says Most Employees Will Be Offered JobsCapital Metro is laying off more than 800 union employees as it prepares to outsource those jobs to two...
View ArticleOzone Watch Sees Central Texas Nearing Non-Compliance
Central Texas is under an Ozone Watch today and tomorrow.Watches are usually issued during the summer months when the temperatures are higher and humidity is lower. And so far this year the area is...
View ArticleEww... There's Too Much Fecal Bacteria in Four Austin Creeks
The City of Austin and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are asking the public to come out tonight to be involved in finding solutions for cleaning up four Austin streams.Walnut...
View ArticleBill Would Hold Tire Haulers Accountable for Illegal Dumping
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the TCEQ counted six illegal piles of tires in Travis County. In fact, the TCEQ has identified only one pile in Travis County with a...
View ArticleHow to Report Smoking Vehicles to the State
If you see a vehicle belching smoke, there’s a way to report it.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality encourages drivers to report vehicles they see that are emitting dirty smoke for more than...
View ArticleTCEQ Needs More Time to Examine LCRA Water Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is taking more time to review the Lower Colorado River Authority’s water management plan. The additional evaluation could take about a year.The water...
View ArticleCountry Troubadour Kevin Fowler Wants You to 'Take Care of Texas'
Today the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Texas Parks and Wildlife announced a new statewide public service campaign: “Take Care of Texas.”The campaign featuring a jingle written and...
View ArticleToday's an 'Ozone Action Day'– What You Need to Know
Update: Today's the third Ozone Action Day of the year. Austin remains dangerously close to falling out of attainment of the clean air standard of 75 parts of ozone per billion. At last check, Austin...
View ArticleWhy Are Texas Children Suing Environmental Regulators?
Texas children are suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, claiming the TCEQ should have to protect the quality of the air the same way it’s required to protect the quality of water.As...
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