Topic: Texas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five U.S. senators urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to reject Republican efforts to make approval of the Keystone XL pipeline part of a payroll tax cut bill expected to pass through Congress in the next two weeks.Last week ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Small changes made to a federal smog pollution rule last week have not allayed fears of Texas regulators who worry the new rule could lead to increased rolling blackouts, Donna Nelson, chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission said ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday said two environmental groups' could sue for enforcement of federal pollution standards at Exxon Mobil Corp's Baytown, Texas, refinery, the nation's largest.Exxon, the largest U.S. refiner, had asked federal Judge David Hitner to throw ...
Texas, EPA fight over regulations grows fierce despite agreement that environment at riskA longstanding tit-for-tat between Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how to regulate pollution has grown fierce in recent months, leaving industry frustrated and allowing some plants and ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a federal lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp for five years of excess pollution at the nation's largest refinery, the Sierra Club said on Tuesday.The lawsuit alleges Exxon's refinery and chemical plant in ...
EPA: Gas driller contaminated Texas aquifer, 48 hours to give clean water to affected familiesThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency order accusing a Texas gas driller of contaminating an aquifer.The EPA's letter Tuesday gave Range Resources of Forth Worth ...
Texas commission to release review of state environmental agency blasted in 2 auditsIn the decade that Texas' environmental regulatory agency has received two scathing audits, it has changed its name, increased collection of fines and gone head-to-head with oil giant BP.It is ...
Sixteen areas, including Los Angeles, Tampa and Cleveland, have unhealthful amounts of lead in the air that violate national standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.. A national health standard for lead originally was set in 1978, but research in recent ...
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In Texas, city sanitation departments collect trash and recyclable items, such as paper, glass and plastic, from individual residences and businesses on a scheduled basis. State Recycling Law Texas law says that the state must have a mandatory paper recycling program. What ...
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