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Energy & Environment

Texas’ environmental agency says Sunset Review recommendations would create a burden for the agency

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 23, 2022 · The Sunset Commission outlined several recommendations regarding the TCEQ's public perception and its perceived lack of transparency. 

Tags concrete batch plant sunset review tceq

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Texas’ environmental agency is undergoing a Sunset Review. Here’s why it matters

Katie Watkins

Posted on January 31, 2022 · Every 12 years, state agencies undergo a performance evaluation to make them more efficient.

Tags air permits air pollution cumulative impact sunset review tceq Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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State Senator From Houston Pushes Sunset Review For Harris County Department of Education

Ed Mayberry

Posted on April 18, 2017 · Senate Bill 1166 calls for a mandatory review of the Harris County Department of Education. State Senator Paul Bettencourt says the agency should welcome a sunset review, but the department's superintendent thinks this is just a method for ending the agency.

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A Houston Lawmaker is Putting Pressure on the Harris County Department of Education

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on March 30, 2017 · The Harris County Department of Education discussed an action that might dissolve their agency--- it’s in the form of a sunset review.

Tags bettencourt Harris County Department of Education Senate Bill 1166 sunset review

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Fifth Ward residents call on Union Pacific to do more to clean up the toxic contamination in their neighborhood

Katie Watkins

Posted on May 4, 2022 · State health officials have found higher than normal cancer rates in the area for both adults and children.

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EPA seeks more smog controls in Houston, Dallas after they fail to meet standards

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 14, 2022 · The Houston and Dallas regions may soon be designated as “severe” violators of federal smog rules, which would prompt more aggressive regulations.

Tags Environmental Protection Agency epa smog tceq Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Energy & Environment

A proposed East Aldine concrete batch plant would be built next to a park for people with disabilities

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on April 8, 2022 · Representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality heard testimony from several community members who were concerned about the potential pollution from the facility.

Tags aldine avant garde construction co. concrete batch plant Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia

Energy & Environment

A proposed concrete batch plant in East Aldine has community members concerned about dangerous pollution

Katie Watkins

Posted on April 5, 2022 · The proposed plant is near residential homes and a recently-built public park that accommodates kids and adults with disabilities.

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