Freeport Residents To Be Tested For Toxic Metals
Environment Texas KTRH News Radio Friday, April 13, 2012Joe Gomez Officials say Metals may be located in the soil and the air It may seem like something out of a movie, but hundreds of Freeport...
View ArticleEarthquake Dilemma
Environment Texas KTRH News Radio Monday, April 16, 2012Scott Crowder Are recent earthquakes the result of drilling for more oil and gas? The oil and gas industry process of fracking is not new. But...
View ArticleRegional Haze Rule hopes to improve smoky park views
Environment Texas The Daily Texan Wednesday, April 18, 2012Rachel ThompsonLuke Metzger, director of Environment Texas, said the issue extends beyond state lines and requires national focus. “We could...
View ArticleObama Administration Takes Needed First Step to Protect Our Health and...
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 18, 2012Luke MetzgerAUSTIN-Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new national standards to curb dangerous air pollution from...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Life-Saving Soot Pollution Standards
For Immediate Release Friday, June 15, 2012Luke MetzgerAUSTIN—Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in response to a court order, proposed updated air quality standards for particulate...
View ArticleSenators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn Side with Polluters Over...
For immediate Release Wednesday, June 20, 2012Luke MetzgerSenators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn Side with Polluters Over Texans’ Health, But Senate Rejects Rollback of Mercury StandardsAUSTIN,...
View ArticleTexas AG hails court 'victory' against EPA
Environment Texas San Antonio Express-News Tuesday, August 21, 2012Paul WeberThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that regulations adopted last year by the EPA were too strict,...
View ArticleAustin Ozone Reaching Dangerous Level
Environment Texas KXAN Wednesday, September 5, 2012David Yeomans Central Texas barely meets EPA limits Air quality is not usually a large concern for most people in Austin, but new numbers show that...
View ArticleNew Obama Admin. Pollution Standards Will Save Lives
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 14, 2012Luke MetzgerAUSTIN—Today the Obama administration will strengthen air quality standards for particulate matter or “soot” pollution. Soot pollution is...
View ArticleFracking on Film: As Promised Land opens, group warns of dirty drilling...
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 4, 2013Luke MetzgerAUSTIN - As the new Matt Damon movie, Promised Land, opened in theaters today, Environment Texas sounded the alarm about the very real damage...
View ArticleSenate panel votes to weaken citizen rights to protect communities from...
AUSTIN – This afternoon, the Senate Natural Resources committee voted 6-3 in favor of legislation to weaken the rights of Texans to protect their communities by challenging the permits of polluters. SB...
View ArticleProposal limits citizen challenges to polluters
"The deck is already stacked against residents when a powerful polluter applies for a permit to discharge chemicals in to our air, water and land. The contested case hearing process has played a...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Climate Plan a Clear Victory for Texas, Future Generations
Austin, TX – Today, President Obama announced a climate plan that will set limits on carbon pollution from power plants, advance energy efficiency and increase the nation’s commitment to renewable...
View ArticleWho pays the costs of fracking?
AUSTIN - Raising new concerns on a little-examined dimension of the fracking debate, Environment Texas Research & Policy Center today released a report analyzing Texas’s financial assurance...
View ArticleWho Pays the Costs of Fracking?
Fracking” operations pose a staggering array of threats to our environment and health – contaminating drinking water, harming the health of nearby residents, marring forests and landscapes, and...
View ArticleRefinery will face emissions lawsuit
A federal judge has declined to throw out a 2010 environmental lawsuit against ExxonMobil Corp. over emissions from its Baytown oil refineryLuke Metzger with Environment Texas says the ruling...
View ArticleShell to spend millions to reduce pollution
Shell to spend millions to reduce pollution By Matthew Tresaugue Shell Oil Co. on Wednesday agreed to spend about $160 million to settle legal complaints about chronic pollution problems at its...
View ArticleState remains lax when it comes to regulating refineries
Environment Texas and Sierra Club are bringing a Clean Air Act lawsuit to force Exxon to do a better job at preventing incidents, a part ofthe TCEQ mission that has been left unfulfilled
View ArticleCouncilman Cris Medina Files Environmental Policy Proposal
San Antonio – Today District 7 City Councilman Cris Medina filed a Council Consideration Request (CCR) that will update three aspects of the City of San Antonio's environmental policies. The proposal...
View ArticleDallas effectively bans fracking
DALLAS – The Dallas City Council approved a tough new ordinance today which effectively bans drilling within city limits. The new standards require drilling rigs and compressor stations to be set back...
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