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The Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (TEJAS) was established in 1995 by Juan Parras and Ana Parras under its original name, Unidos Contra Environmental Racism. The organization was born out of a commitment to environmental justice, focusing on addressing environmental hazards that disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
Environmental certification is a form of environmental regulation and development where a company can voluntarily choose to comply with predefined processes or objectives set forth by the certification service. [1] Most certification services have a logo (commonly known as an ecolabel) which can be applied to products certified under their ...
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 ...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Texas Commission on Fire Protection ... Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities; Texas Council on Competitive ...
Around 65.6% of Fortune 500 companies (and 81% of Fortune 100 companies) include disability inclusion in their impact reporting, according to a new report from Disability:IN, an organization ...
Since its founding in 1989, Green Seal has developed environmental standards for hundreds of categories of products and services. [1] Green Seal published a series of buying guides for purchasers in the 1990s (the Choose Green Reports) and at that time began providing technical assistance to Federal, State, and local governments and other institutions' environmental purchasing, operations, and ...
On Sept. 1, 1999, Texas was the first state to require all new voting systems to be accessible to those with physical disabilities. The Lone Star State continues its commitment to provide ...
The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) was a Texas state agency that was part of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The agency worked with Texans with disabilities and children with developmental delays to improve the quality of their lives and to enable their full participation in society.