Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

A latinx woman in a black t-shirt reading "Allergic to Pendebrajas" stands in her suburban neighborhjood in West Dallas.

How Texas Commission On Environmental Quality Helps Polluters Evade Federal Law

Environmental lawyers say the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.

by Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski, and Alejandra Martinez

Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal

by Dylan Baddour

Texas Wants to Adopt Outdated Cancer Risk Standard Despite Concerns

by Dylan Baddour

How the ‘1-Mile Rule’ Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints

by Dylan Baddour

Harold Simmons Wins Another Favor from the Lege

by Forrest Wilder

Feb 27, 2013

In Landmark Criminal Case, Citgo Could Get Off Easy

by Forrest Wilder

Burying the Opposition

A plan for radioactive waste burial is so bad even some TCEQ staffers think it should be killed. Fat chance.

by Forrest Wilder