Industry Blocks Progress on Reducing Toxic Pollution 

For years, industry has cried for “sound science” and tried to paint environmentalists as unreasonable.  Yet despite the scientific community’s agreement that Houston’s toxic pollution is harmful to public health, industry stopped all attempts to address the problem at the recently concluded Texas Legislature. Who’s being unreasonable?

Texas air quality advocates celebrated a major victory yesterday against refineries, petrochemical plants and other polluters that emit excessive pollution into the region's air. After a five-year struggle that began in the Texas Legislature, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopted new rules that will hold industry more accountable for its emissions.