Trump policies hurt Texans, boost China’s clean energy business |
Texas pumps 881 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere annually, a figure that keeps climbing.
We’ll soon have no idea how much climate-warming pollution Texas companies are pumping out, or how many toxins are drifting into our neighborhoods.
An image made with an infrared camera shows an emissions leak at DCP Pegasus gas processing plant in West Texas, one of the thousands of installations in the vast Permian Basin. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wants to stop collecting greenhouse gas data, allegedly to boost corporate profits at 8,000 facilities that release hazardous materials into the air we breathe.
An oil production flare, also called a flare stack, near Karnes City, Texas. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wants to stop collecting greenhouse gas data, allegedly to boost corporate profits at 8,000 facilities that release hazardous materials into the air we breathe.
A drilling rig operates in the Eagle Ford Shale. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wants to stop collecting greenhouse gas data, allegedly to boost corporate profits at 8,000 facilities that release hazardous materials into the air we breathe.
CPS Energy Calaveras Power Station in San Antonio. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin wants to stop collecting greenhouse gas data, allegedly to boost corporate profits at 8,000 facilities that release hazardous materials into the air we breathe.
Texas has always been the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States, primarily from our oil and gas industry and coal-fired power plants. Previous Republican and Democratic administrations required major polluters to report their emissions.
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