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Texas Adds Tesla Model 3, Y, And S To Its $2,500 EV Rebate Program

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting applications for grant rebates until March 22, 2024, but only 2,000 grants will be awarded.

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How the ‘1-Mile Rule’ Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints

The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that the 1-mile rule exists.

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Alarm over toxic Ohio water — in Texas

Contaminated water used in East Palestine transported more than 1,300 miles to a Houston suburb for disposal

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Environmental advocates push feds to investigate Texas’ enforcement of water quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to investigate allegations that the state is failing to enforce the Clean Water Act. Environmentalists say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s system of issuing permits has made it too easy for industries to contaminate rivers, lakes and estuaries.

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A new bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers wants to highlight the state’s fragile water infrastructure

So far there has been an average of six boil-water notices a day across Texas in 2023.

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Texans affected by pollution from concrete plants push state agency to tighten regulations

As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly low-income neighborhoods.

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Equipment that's designed to cut methane emission is failing

Methane is the main ingredient in natural gas, and it packs about 80 times the climate-warming power of carbon dioxide

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Big Leaks, Little Regulation

Lax regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality means oil and gas facilities are able to pollute with impunity.

Texas Observer

EPA launches investigation into Texas environment agency’s permitting process for concrete batch plants

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that predominantly impact communities of color.

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Faces A Reckoning

Texans are calling out the Texas Commission For Environmental Quality for failing to address environmental injustices throughout the state.

Texas Observer

Texans tell environmental agency: Stop being reluctant to regulate industry

A report from the state Sunset Advisory Commission found that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioners have become “reluctant” regulators and often encourage industry to “self police.”

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Texas Excludes Tesla From Its Extensive New EV Rebate Program

Even though Tesla and Elon Musk now call Texas their official home, the state won't offer rebates to consumers buying Teslas due to old franchised dealer laws.

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