Texas regulators grapple with a growing problem: old oil wells leaking polluted water
Two years after lawmakers created a $10 million program to address leaking wells in rural counties, none of the money has ...
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Fort Bend residents, advocates renew calls to close W.A. Parish power plant
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality held a public hearing Thursday about renewing the plant's operating permits.
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Texas Residents Urged To Stop Drinking Water in One County
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said all Trinity Bay Conservation ... Galveston Bay is about a 53-minute ...
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Report claims officials failed to warn residents of health hazard impacting community: 'They didn't want people to see these numbers'
"This is a lack of oversight. This is industry in the wild west within a major city of the country." Report claims officials ...
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Vinson & Elkins Expands Environmental Team with Chair of Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Vinson & Elkins has hired the chief of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as an environmental partner in Austin. Jon Niermann also previously worked as chief of the Environmental ...
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The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards. Only four may face consequences.
In its proposal to exclude eight counties from stricter federal pollution rules, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cited ... Harris (which includes Houston), Tarrant (Fort Worth ...
Boil water notice in effect for Chambers County community
The notice is in effect for people in Smith Point served by Trinity Bay Conservation District.
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A Texas teenager helped his border community win a $13 million grant to improve the environment
Air Alliance Houston, an environmental advocacy group, won $2.9 million to bolster a program that tracks industrial permits submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Meanwhile ...
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Air in Dallas and Tarrant counties exceeds federal soot standards
In its proposal to exclude eight counties from stricter federal pollution rules, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cited ... Harris (which includes Houston), Tarrant (Fort Worth ...
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Fort Bend County is fighting a proposed concrete crushing plant. They won their first battle.
County representatives on Thursday stood before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Austin ... according to Air Alliance Houston, a clean air advocacy group. Despite these concerns ...
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Laredo requests TCEQ backing for air quality program
The city of Laredo will launch its air monitoring program this summer following a meeting this week with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The city delegation discussed the need for ...
The Air in 12 Texas Counties Exceeded Federal Soot Standards. Only Four May Face Consequences.
Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot ...