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Rep. John Carter and Others Sided With Corporate Lobbyist To Threaten The...

By Jim MarstonSeeing a sonogram can be a powerful experience.  Witnessing the early, fragile stages of life can have a tremendous effect on a person.  No, we’re not talking about the debate in the...

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New Rule Expected to Dramatically Reduce Hazardous Power Plant Emissions

By Elena Craft, PhDPerhaps next week we’ll all be able to breathe just a little bit easier with the much- anticipated Wednesday, March 16 announcement of a new Air Toxics Rule. The Environmental...

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Texans to Benefit Even More From New Toxics Rule

By Elena Craft, PhDToday the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new Mercury and Air Toxics rule that will help clean up mercury pollution from our nation’s power plants. A new Environmental...

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Texas Officials Spreading Cow Pies

By Jim MarstonToday Texas Congressmen Joe Barton and John Carter along with a number of members of the Texas Legislature, Chairman Bryan Shaw (TCEQ) and others stood up for pollution. They announced...

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A Polluter Puppet Show In Houston

By Jim MarstonThe Texas EPA Task Force will be visiting Houston tomorrow to examine the environmental protections being employed and to “[talk] to industry representatives about the affect of over...

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Medical Community Responds to Ill-Worded Comments

By Elena Craft, PhDPerhaps you read about Representative Joe Barton last month criticizing Environmental Protection Agency scientific projections that stronger mercury and air toxics standards could...

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EPA (finally) releases toxics limits on power plants

By Jim Marston(credit: www.eoearth.org)  What a great holiday gift for America's kids. And other people who breathe and eat. On Wednesday, with sign-off from President Obama, EPA Administrator Lisa...

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If It Is So Clean, Why Is White Stallion Trying To Rollback Clean Air Rules?

By Jim Marston(Credit: www.houstontomorrow.org) White Stallion Energy wants to build a 1,320 MW power plant in Bay City, Texas and claims that its plant will not harm human health. Recently, White...

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ERCOT’s Three-card Monte Trick For Grid Reliability

By Jim Marston(Credit: Arnie Levin) First we have enough generating capacity, but next year is the problem; now that next year is upon us it’s really the next few years that are the issue. The Electric...

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The State of Texas And TCEQ Fight Against Cleaner Air For Texans

By Elena Craft, PhDThe State of Texas and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are once again fighting against clean air rules that will save Texans’ lives. This time, it is the...

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