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A worker can be seen in the foreground, while in the background is a chemical tank and smokestack of a refinery, with a small white plume emerging.

There Are ‘No Real Consequences’ for Toxic Emissions Events

In some cases, these “chemical releases” aren’t illegal. In others, state regulators give polluters the benefit of the doubt.

by Savanna Strott

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TCEQ is Finally Doing Something About an East Texas Polluter

by Christopher Collins

This Week: Texans’ Health Under Attack by Republican Lawmakers

by Kolten Parker and Ignacio Martinez

Getting Wise to Bad Air: North Texans Take Smog Monitoring Into Own Hands

by Naveena Sadasivam

July 2016 feature coal plant L Mar 01, 2017

Bill Would Reduce Opportunities for Texans to Protest Corporate Polluters, Critics Say

The measure takes aim at TCEQ’s permitting process, often the last chance for neighboring communities to oppose polluting plants.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Jan 13, 2017

Environmental Regulators Quietly Shrink Public Comment Period for Concrete Plants

Shortening the comment period by 15 days could burden citizens and reduce their opportunity to participate in the permitting process.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Apr 17, 2014

Studies: Links Between Fracking and Smog Pollution Stronger Than State Claims

by Forrest Wilder

A protestor hold's a sign that reads, ''Meatball Ron go home!'' at a demonstration condemning Ron DeSantis during a Republican fundraising even in Houston, Texas.

Inside this month's print issue

Tallahassee My Texas

Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State?

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