The Texas House chooses to make protecting our health and our environment even more difficult Last Tuesday, when the Texas House of Representatives took up the TCEQ Sunset bill, our state representatives had the opportunity to show us where they stand. This legislation, which will “continue” TCEQ for the next twelve years, has been in [...]
Continue Reading →Who’s the toughest enforcer of clean-air laws in Texas? Oddly, the answer appears to be “nonprofit groups.” Houston Chronicle, May 5, 2009 Yesterday, The Houston Chronicle published “The Short Arm of the Law.” Normally, the ACT website does not comment on the articles listed in the left column of the homepage. However, this editorial describes [...]
Continue Reading →The House Committee on Environmental Regulation will hear important clean air bills today including SB 16 – Senator Averitt’s omnibus clean air and energy efficiency bill. Several address flaws in the TCEQ permitting process. (TCEQ was already in the news this week when Senators Shapleigh, Davis, Ellis and Watson held a press conference on “cleaning [...]
Continue Reading →2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.
