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Sunset legislation passed by the Texas Legislature in 2001 changed the agency's name to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and continued the agency until 2013. During the special session of the 81st Legislature (2009), legislation was adopted amending the 2013 date to 2011, [ 4 ] when the agency was continued for an additional 12 ...
The rule was promulgated after the EPA published a report noting that emissions in the industry were down by 44% nationwide in the top oil and natural gas producing basins, led by Texas, The ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
This article lists subnational environmental agencies in the United States, by state.Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns.
A decision by the highest court in the U.S. limits Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to shape state’s policy on fighting climate change. Exactly what does this ruling mean for Texas?
[282] [283] EPA staff emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund in 2018 show that, within days of Trump's announcement, EPA director Scott Pruitt directed EPA staff to remove much of the climate change information from the agency's website and "[modify] search results for 'Clean ...
One of the top targets of industry groups and Trump is the EPA's clean vehicle rules, which aim to cut tailpipe emissions by 50% from 2026 levels by 2032 and encourage the shift to more electric ...
1967 – California Air Resources Board established; set emissions standards predating EPA. 1967 – Air Quality Act (amendment to CAA) 1969 – Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act; 1969 – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive ...