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TCEQ?

Read about it at Grover's Tub.

If that’s so, then why is Texas’ environmental commission putting our land and our lungs at risk? Why is TCEQ a lapdog for the nation’s largest polluters—and why does Texas have the nation’s worst environmental record?

Here are the facts when it comes to Texas air and water.

More than any other state in America, almost twenty-four million Texans now live with the highest levels of volatile organic compounds, toxic chemicals in our water, and carcinogens and carbon dioxide in our air.

In terms of ozone pollution, Houston and Dallas are now the fourth and seventh worst cities in the United States, respectively.

If Texas were a nation, it would rank seventh in the world in total carbon dioxide emissions.

It's easy to see why you can't believe what you have been fed about the recent TCEQ "testing" "requested" by Fort Worth "leaders"...

After more than a hundred air monitoring tests near natural gas production facilities in Fort Worth, officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said they found no pollutants at levels that would endanger the public. The tests came at the request of Mayor Moncrief and the City Council who raised questions about the potential for dangerous emissions from local gas drilling sites. In response to these findings, Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief released the following statement:

“On behalf of our citizens, we thank TCEQ Director Mark Vickery and his team for their quick and appropriate response to our questions about the effects of gas production facilities on the quality of the air in Fort Worth. We are certainly grateful that the tests revealed no immediate danger. However, we agree with TCEQ that the air in those areas affected by the Barnett Shale should be continually monitored for potential threats. My City Council colleagues and I will continue to work closely with our city staff, local gas producers and the state to make sure public safety remains the top priority here in Fort Worth.”