TPPF’s Long Love Affair with Ken Paxton
The attorney general’s close ties to Texas’ right-wing think tank and its large network of uber-wealthy donors and special interests
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Can Texas Oil Money Stop a Blue Gusher?
The PACs responsible for defending GOP majorities in the U.S. House and Senate are already gushing with money from Lone Star energy giants.
In New Rule, Trump EPA Allows Texas Coal Plants to Pollute Even More Than They Already Do
Past administrations aimed to use the regulation to reduce haze-causing pollution in the Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains national parks.
Getting Wise to Bad Air: North Texans Take Smog Monitoring Into Own Hands
After TCEQ refused to place smog monitors in Wise County, a local environmental group decided to take action.
Facing Tougher Pollution Regulations, Texas Coal Plants Want Old EPA Rule Back
In 2011, Texas sued to block an EPA rule. Now nine Texas coal plants are facing more stringent regulations as a result.
Six Texas Lawsuits Trump Could Impact (or Not) in 2017
Trump could quickly take action that would render some of them obsolete, while others could see several more years of litigation.
Texas Environmentalists: Kathleen Hartnett White Would be ‘Disaster’ as EPA Chief
White has a long record of siding with industrial polluters in Texas and holds some extreme views on matters of science.
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Oil and Gas Smog Projected to Cause 140,000 Asthma Attacks in Kids
Emissions from the oil and gas industry will be responsible for a number of negative health effects in 2025, according to the environmental group Clean Air Task Force.
In the Name of Our Ancestors
Against the odds, indigenous activists take on an international coal mining firm.
TCEQ Chairman: Reducing Smog Will Make Texans Sick
The head of the state’s environmental agency told lawmakers that lowering ozone levels will harm, rather than help, Texans.