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Weakening TCEQ

On April 25, 2011 By Lize Burr

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 [...]

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The push inside the Capitol this week is to get bills out of committee. With seven weeks left, there is still time for bills to make it through the legislative process, but not much! At this point, ACT is calling on committee members to vote in support of bills that would make Texas a cleaner, [...]

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It’s a busy week in the Capitol for ACT’s 2011 legislative agenda. Bills have started to move out of committee; many more are scheduled for committee hearings. Unfortunately, some of these bills would make it easier for industry to avoid meaningful environmental regulation and could open the door for changes that would make protecting our [...]

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