Dallas-Ft. Worth
North Texas Sunset Town Hall – Reform of TCEQ and Railroad Commission
DATE: Monday, November 8th
TIME: Registration: 6:30 pm – Town Hall: 7:00 pm
PLACE: Sheraton Arlington at 1500 Convention Center Rd. (next to the Ballpark – map)
Please join North Texas elected state officials for a public dialogue regarding the 2011 Legislative “Sunset” process of two critical agencies that affect environmental regulation in our great state: the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Railroad Commission.
PANELISTS:
Senator John Carona
Representative Lon Burnam
Former TCEQ Commissioner Larry SowardThis event is sponsored by the Alliance for a Clean Texas (ACT), which is a coalition of over 20 statewide and DFW area environmental, public interest, consumer rights and religious organizations. Including: Dallas & Fort Worth Sierra Club; Arlington, Dallas & Richardson League of Women Voters; Physicians for Social Responsibility; Interfaith Environmental Alliance; TX Public Citizen; Texas Campaign for the Environment.
News Articles:
Dallas-Fort Worth Residents Voice Frustration with Gas Regulation, Bill Hanna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (November 8, 2010)
Questions: Rita Beving (214.557.2271) or Peter Wilson (214.454.6879)
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.
