Energy & Environment
Harris County Sues EPA Over Chemical Safety Rules
Posted on · The government overturned the rules in 2019, saying they were no longer “reasonable or practicable.”
Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2981: A Catalyst for Change
Posted on · Episode: 2981 Catalytic Converters: A Catalyst For Change. Today, we don’t go up in smoke.
News
‘Secrecy Provision’ Prevented Public Input On Houston’s $2 Billion Deal To Fix Sewers
Posted on · Councilmember Dwight Boykins told News 88.7 he plans to delay the vote for one week, so advocates have an opportunity to view the agreement.
City of Houston
Houston’s Sewers Could Soon Get A Multibillion-Dollar Upgrade
Posted on · The EPA has been working with the City of Houston to finalize a plan to reduce contamination.
Energy & Environment
ExxonMobil Reaches $600,000 Settlement With EPA, DOJ
Posted on · After a deadly accident, environmental advocates say the civil penalty is little more than a slap on the wrist.
News
Fear And Frustration Over EPA Move To Kill Chemical-Disaster Protections
Posted on · The EPA intends to block rules to prevent and respond to leaks, explosions and other disasters at chemical facilities and refineries around the U.S. That scares many people who live and work nearby.
News
EPA Chief Pruitt’s Senior Legal Counsel Resigns Amid Ethics Complaints
Posted on · In a statement announcing Greenwalt’s resignation, Pruitt called her a “tremendous leader” within the agency.
Energy & Environment
Report Says EPA Is Being Less Aggressive In Enforcing Rules
Posted on · The agency says the report ignores a longer-term decline in environmental enforcement cases
News
EPA Says Superfund Task Force Left Behind Little Paper Trail
Posted on · The task force in June issued a nearly three dozen-page report containing 42 detailed recommendations, all of which Pruitt immediately adopted
Houston Matters
ExxonMobil Settlement: Do Punishments Allow Companies To Drag Their Feet On Environmental Protections?
Posted on · Is the settlement between the oil giant and the EPA a victory for the environment -- or just business as usual? Energy writer Loren Steffy joins us to discuss the case.
News
Environmentalists Applaud EPA Decision On Waste Pits
Posted on · The EPA has ordered two companies to make more extensive repairs around a Superfund toxic waste site near Houston following Hurricane Harvey.
HURRICANE HARVEY
EPA orders more repairs at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits, following Harvey
Posted on · The companies say the protection offered by the cap now covering the site is sufficient, and are opposed to the expensive cleanup. The EPA's plan calls for ringing the site with a temporary dam and digging up 212,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments, enough to fill about 16,000 dump trucks.
News
Trump Administration To Terminate Obama’s Climate Plan
Posted on · Pruitt said the Trump administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming
Houston Matters
Harvey Damage At San Jacinto Waste Pits Illustrates Bigger Problems For EPA
Posted on · The Environmental Protection Agency confirms Harvey damaged a Harris County Superfund site. An environmental law expert helps us understand what it means.
Hurricane Harvey
EPA Removes Waste At Toxic Sites Flooded By Harvey, Won’t Say From Where
Posted on · At least a dozen Superfund sites in and around Houston were flooded in the days after Harvey's record-shattering rains stopped.