EPA's "Dirty Water Rule" will threaten Texans' drinking water
The Dirty Water Rule would replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule, which restored federal protections to more than 143,000 miles of Texas streams, which help provide drinking water to over 11.5 million...
View ArticleClimate scientists to Gov. Abbott: It’s not “impossible” to see that global...
AUSTIN - Texas climate scientists delivered a letter to Gov. Abbott today in response to his comments that it is “impossible” for him to say whether man-made climate change is contributing to extreme...
View ArticleReports: EPA fails to make drinking water safe from toxic PFAS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not establish federal limits in drinking water for two prevalent toxic chemicals. The agency’s forthcoming management plan for combatting per- and...
View ArticleFast food and football: who scores, who fumbles?
With Super Bowl LIII coming up Sunday, Americans have foods such as hamburgers and pizza on their minds -- and many corporations (such as Budweiser) are touting their socially-responsible deeds in...
View ArticlePolluters spewed 63 million pounds of unauthorized air pollution in 2017, few...
AUSTIN -- Texas industrial facilities reported releasing more than 63 million pounds of air pollution without authorization in 2017, a 27 percent increase over the previous year, according to a new...
View ArticleNew Study: Multiple dangerous pesticides found in food made and sold by...
Testing released today found store and name-brand foods produced and sold by the top four U.S. food retailers contain residues of toxic pesticides linked to a range of serious health and environmental...
View ArticleNew report highlights how toxic “accidents waiting to happen” threaten U.S....
Facilities storing billions of gallons of toxic waste threaten America’s rivers and millions of people who live near them, according to a new report from the Environment Texas Research & Policy...
View ArticleRemembering John Dingell
A personal remembrance from Katie Murtha, who serves as vice president of federal government affairs for U.S. PIRG and Environment America, both members of The Public Interest Network. Katie was...
View ArticleClock starts on Dirty Water Rule 60-day comment period
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will publish its proposed replacement for the Clean Water Rule in the Federal Register on Feb. 14, initiating the 60-day public comment period. Considering the...
View ArticleStatement: PFAS management plan falls short
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a “PFAS Management Plan” today that fails to establish drinking water standards for toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
View ArticleStatement: EPA commits to PFAS drinking water standards
Following pressure from lawmakers and groups such as Environment America, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed today to begin setting enforceable drinking water standards on two toxic per-...
View ArticleStatement: EPA faces Dirty Water Rule backlash at public hearing
In Kansas City, Kansas, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold the first and only public hearing today for the Dirty Water Rule—the proposed replacement to the 2015 Clean Water Rule....
View ArticleUniversity of California, Berkeley, commits to 100% clean energy
The University of California, Berkeley, will transition to 100 percent clean, renewable sources for all of its energy, including heating, transportation and electricity by 2050. This announcement...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Energy’s proposed repeal of lighting efficiency standards...
The U.S. Department of Energy is holding a public meeting today on its plan to revoke Obama-era rules that required higher energy efficiency standards for lighting. The regulations, which had been...
View ArticleHouse approves public lands bill, permanently reauthorizing the Land and...
America’s most successful conservation and recreation program is now one step away from being law
View ArticleStatement: PFAS hearing elevates need for policy reform
Today, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on the risks of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Witnesses will include senior staff from the...
View ArticleStatement: Bipartisan water infrastructure effort could halt sewage pollution
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held a hearing today on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), highlighting the need for a new, bipartisan bill that would more than...
View ArticleLand & Water Conservation Fund Renewal Signed into Law
The Land & Water Conservation Fund has supported everything from the expansion and maintenance of local parks and recreation centers to national forests, national parks and historical sites.“This...
View ArticleTexas gets an F for efforts to address lead in school drinking water
AUSTIN– Reacting to pervasive lead contamination in schools’ drinking water, Environment Texas and TexPIRG gave Texas an F grade today for addressing the problem, according to a new national report....
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