Shouldn't we be seceding?
EPA is taking another important step to address deficiencies in the state’s air operating permit program by proposing an audit program to help companies with Texas flexible permits obtain an air permit that meets the protections of the Clean Air Act.
Help them.
The conflict between the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas is heating up. On Tuesday the federal agency took over two state issued air permits, one for Garland Power and Light’s natural gas fired Ray Olinger plant on Lavon Lake in Collin County, and one for Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.’s Baytown plant. The plants now have to seek new permits from EPA by September 30, 2010 in order to continue operations.[…]
Last month EPA took over the air permit for Flint Hills Resources refinery in Corpus Christi, and said it objected to 39 other major Texas permits.
“Our flexible permits are an integral part of the state’s success in cleaning our air”, said TCEQ Commissioner Carlos Rubinstein.< p>[…]
Still, on Wednesday the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved proposed revisions to the state’s flexible permit rules. The proposed changes include rules that would make it impossible for a company to use state rules to circumvent federal regulation.
Aw, surely they haven’t been doing that!
For the second time, Texas is refusing to apply for federal "Race to the Top" education funds.The state could be eligible for up to $700 million in this second round of funding through the U.S. Department of Education. However, Governor Rick Perry said […] he doesn't want Texas to abandon state educational standards in favor of adopting national standards and the costs that go with them.
You know – that Texas children might grow up thinking the earth is older than 6,000 years.
But wait…there’s more.
Facing [BP CEO Tony] Hayward at the witness table, [Texas Republican congressman Joe Barton] said, "I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House" on Wednesday, [… accusing]the White House Thursday of a "$20 billion shakedown" of oil giant BP by requiring the company to establish a huge fund to compensate those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill. […] Barton was referring to the agreement that President Barack Obama announced with BP for establishment of a $20 billion relief fund.
Celestial page to Ann Richards: please return.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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