The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to vote in March on a deal that environmental advocates, the Esto'k Gna Tribal Nation of Texas and local officials oppose.
Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.
By Dylan Baddour and Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune
Sandoval — who holds graduate degrees in public health and environmental engineering — advocated for issues including public health, climate readiness and affordable housing.
CPS discharged 72,494 pounds of toxic chemicals, including chromium compounds, into Calaveras Lake and stormwater in 2020, according to data it filed with federal regulators.
Thousands of 'emissions events' from chemical plants each year exceed permitted limits, but only a small fraction result in penalties from the state’s environmental agency.
Despite the high levels of smog, state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid.
The study also identified eight other Valero refineries as having average benzene emission levels that could harm the health of those with long-term exposure.
“I want to validate what you said about the birds,” an assistant city manager said. “We wrote [the project description] ourselves. It was our mistake. But we have to own it.”