Perry Blocking Climate Justice in Texas
The EPA announced two items within the first week of 2011- let’s get them straight. 1) The New Source Performance Standards that the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to issue for Electric...
View ArticleEPA to TCEQ: Don’t issue the Las Brisas Air Permit
Las Brisas EPA R6 Comments (Letter from EPA to TCEQ asking them not to issue the Las Brisas air permit) Oh, it’s true. EPA, like the rest of us, knows that the broken TCEQ is 99.9% sure to issue an air...
View ArticleBetter Mercury Standards? It’s a no brainer.
The EPA Safeguard: Currently the EPA is considering increasing protections on various air toxics, including mercury. The safeguard proposed will prevent 91% of the mercury in coal from being released...
View ArticleCELEBRATE! Clean Air Coming to Noses and Lungs Near You!
Texas Environmental Community Welcomes EPA Cross StateAir Pollution Rule announced today — New EPA Safeguard will Improve Health & Lives of Millions of Americans Austin, TX – Today, Texas...
View ArticleClean Air Rules!
The EPA released the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) today protecting the health of millions of Americans. The new rule helps 27 states to lower air pollution and improve air quality for all...
View ArticleSierra Club Welcomes Safeguards on Oil and Gas Drilling
TexasRailroad Commission and U.S. EPA Implementing New Rules 'Gas Flare Arlington' by Wesley Miller Today the Railroad Commission of Texas proposed a new rule for implementing HB 3328, the mandatory...
View ArticleHaze? No Way-ze!
Do you love Big Bend and the Guadalupe Mountains? They need your help. We have a critical window to clean up air pollution in our National Parks. Join the Sierra Club in encouraging the EPA to protect...
View ArticleWeather Forcast at Big Bend: 100% Chance of Haze!
If you’re like most born-and-raised Texans, you’ve visited Big Bend National Park at least once in your lifetime. My first experience with Big Bend was at five years old, when my parents took me over...
View Article“Save Big Bend” Retreat
As you may or may not know, Texas’s iconic and beloved Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains are being obstructed with Haze. You may be wondering, “Who is causing this Haze?” Coal plants and...
View ArticleHaze, Haze, Go Away!!
Have you ever stepped outside and felt like it was hard to breathe? Or as you entered the city, have noticed a blanket of “fog” covering it? Well what you are feeling and seeing is haze. Haze is caused...
View ArticleSpeak out at the EPA Hearing in Dallas!
Tired of not having a say about the carbon emissions companies are putting into the air that’s affecting our climate? Frustrated because you never have opportunities to tell the government how you...
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