Texas Will Not Meet New Greenhouse Gas Rules
HOUSTON (AP) – Texas is the only state that hasn’t taken steps to meet new federal greenhouse gas emission rules that go into effect in January — a move that leaves its energy industry vulnerable to...
View ArticleEPA Taking Over More Texas Air Permits
DALLAS (CBSDFW.com) - Texas refuses to regulate greenhouse gases, so the federal Environmental Protection Agency will do it for the state. On Thursday the EPA said it will take over issuing Clean Air...
View ArticleTexas Loses A Round To The EPA
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – A Washington DC federal court rules against an emergency order stopping the EPA from taking over part of the air pollution permitting program in Texas. Attorney General Greg...
View ArticleEPA Says DFW Violates Air Quality Standards
DALLAS (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says the DFW area has some of the nation’s most polluted air. EPA says the area on Tuesday will be designated a “serious” violator of federal air...
View ArticleEPA Says All Texas Plants Will Get New Air Permits
HOUSTON (AP) – Nearly 140 Texas plants, including some of the nation’s largest refineries, have reached a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive new permits even though a...
View ArticleTexas Wins Latest Round With EPA In Federal Court
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A federal appeals court scolded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday for rejecting a series of state pollution control projects in Texas that federal regulators said...
View ArticleLead Texas Power Provider Loses Appeal Of EPA Rule
DALLAS (AP) — The largest power generator in Texas has lost its federal appeals court challenge of a new federal clean-air rule. Dallas-based Luminant had threatened to close two units and cut 500 jobs...
View Article6 Arlington Men Sentenced In Emission-Testing Scheme
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - A federal judge has sentenced six North Texas men for their role in a scheme to overcharge for auto emission tests and submit thousands of fraudulent results to the state....
View ArticleOutdoor Air Quality: Is America Suffocating Itself?
Despite the onset of spring, those runny eyes and that stuffed up nose may not be the result of seasonal allergens wafting through the air but rather caused by airborne pollutants serving to irritate...
View ArticleReddy Ice To Pay Fine For Denver Facility
DENVER (AP) - Environmental regulators say Dallas-based Reddy Ice Corp. has agreed to pay $61,500 to settle allegations of deficiencies at the ice maker’s facility in north Denver. Reddy Ice stores the...
View ArticleCourt Revives Rule On Cross-State Pollution
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce power plant pollution in more than two dozen Midwestern and Southern states,...
View ArticleInternal Audit Says EPA Mismanaged Fort Worth Project
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An internal audit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reveals the agency mismanaged an experiment using new ways to demolish asbestos-ridden buildings. In a report...
View ArticleHyundai-Kia To Pay US $100M For Overstating MPG
DETROIT – Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas mileage claims on about one-third of their models....
View ArticleHyundai-Kia To Pay US $100M For Overstating Mpg
WASHINGTON (AP) – Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia will pay the U.S. government a $100 million civil penalty to end a two-year investigation into overstated gas mileage figures on window stickers on...
View ArticleD.C. Appeals Court Set To Hear Clean Power Plan Case
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal appeals court in Washington is set to hear arguments Tuesday in the legal fight over President Barack Obama’s plan to curtail...
View ArticleSources: U.S. To Allege Fiat Chrysler Cheated On Emissions
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is accusing Fiat Chrysler of violating the Clean Air Act on some of its diesel engines, according to two people briefed on the...
View ArticleExxon Settles Pollution Case With Feds By Upgrading 8 Plants
DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil is settling air pollution cases with the Trump administration by promising to spend about $300 million on pollution-control technology at several plants along the Gulf Coast....
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