Will Texas Limit Its Pollution?

The state has begun to consider imposing limits on emissions, but some are concerned that they will not meet EPA standards, let alone surpass them.

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March 14, 2006, 10:00 AM PST

By David Gest

"Taking a small but significant step toward ending Texas' reign as the nation's No. 1 power-plant emitter of toxic mercury and heat-trapping carbon dioxide pollution, not to mention the country's No. 4 emitter of sulfur and nitrogen oxide, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality took up two federal EPA air quality measures at its meeting last Wednesday: the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Clean Air Mercury Rule."

Read the full story: New Pollution Rules for Coal-Crazed Texas

Friday, March 10, 2006 in The Austin Chronicle

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