Texas Officials Unmollified by Pollution Rule Changes
The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed scaling back some requirements of its cross-state rule for reducing air pollution — a rule that has incited the fury of Texas officials, including Gov. Rick Perry.
The EPA is "making certain technical adjustments to account for the updated information the agency recently received," the agency said in a statement. The EPA said the changes would "not have a major impact" on efforts to reduce pollution that crosses state lines. Slightly more than half the states, including Texas, are subject to the rule.
In Texas, the revision will mean increased allowance for pollution ...
Comments (6)
Joe The Pleb
I watch a lot TV commercials and the energy companies tell me they are concerned about our environment. So, Why do we need an EPA again?
Bill Eaves via Texas Tribune on Facebook
EPA job killers!
Bambi Clark via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kill the planet and more jobs will go poof.
BiffTannen
Any time a company says they care for the environment, they're being deceitful. Who cares if they don't the original proposition? Are they going to pay for the lives they destroy with their pollution? No, they'll just dodge the responsibility like they did before.
Polluters are murderers, plain and simple.
John Burton via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bill - Hope nobody in your family has asthma, and hopefully they enjoy bad air quality days. And you are sorta right about jobs -- pollution creates jobs in the medical industry.
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TEXAS to the WORLD
You downstream of us?
You downwind of us?
F**k you