Posts Tagged ‘pollution’
Mayor (Not Named Mike) Gets Tough On Polluters
Jeff PrinceTexas Monthly’s glowing, in-depth feature story on outgoing Houston Mayor Bill White (“The Great White Hope,” December 2009) describes a hard-working, go-getting, populist politician who comes across as fairly rem...
Spending the Planet
E. R. BILLSI’m not a big fan of most conservatives. Historically speaking, they are – to put it bluntly – too often on the wrong side of history.
There’s A New Sheriff In Town
Jeff PrinceLocal folks who don’t like the way the oil and gas industry is shoving drilling down their throats are breathing a little bit easier today (which is saying a lot in polluted Fort Worth). News that the Environmental Protection...
Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil
State regulators don’t seem worried about TXU’s lapses in reporting power plant pollution.JOAQUIN SAPIEN
Rusk County – A gentle twilight pink stretches across the sky, touching the waters of Martin Creek Lake. The still air, smelling only of East Texas pines, brings the faint sounds of wildlife in the surrounding woods. Smog...
Downwind of a Windfall
Air pollution settlement will provide seed money for “green” projects.ERIC GRIFFEY
Generally speaking, when small environmental groups take on gigantic corporations, it usually doesn’t end well for the little guy – or the environment, for that matter.
Taking Lumps over Coal
Plans for 17 new coal-fired plants are drawing howls from all over the map.ERIC GRIFFEY
Environmentalists protesting the pollution potential of industrial plants — electric generating stations, cement kilns, whatever — aren’t that unusual these days.
Lost in the Ozone
Betty BrinkIt didn’t come as a big surprise to physician and asthma specialist John Fling that the American Lung Association’s 2006 State of the Air report card for Fort Worth gave the city an F; it’s the same grade the ...