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.
"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."
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More than a century ago, San Francisco mobilized to house thousands of residents displaced by the 1906 earthquake. Could their strategy offer a model for the present?

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Voters approved a corporate tax to fund the city’s housing authority despite an opposition campaign funded by Amazon and Microsoft.

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A ranking of population change, home values, and jobs highlights the nation’s most dynamic and most stagnant regions.

USDOT Repeals Emissions Monitoring Rule
A Biden-era regulation required states to report and plan to reduce transportation-related emissions.
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