Environment

EPA/TCEQ Statement on Water Quality of Flood-Impacted Areas from Hurricane Harvey

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) release the following statement on August 31th, in regards to the water quality of flood-impacted areas from Hurricane Harvey.

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EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waivers for Gulf and East Coast States

As a result of the continuing impacts on Gulf Coast-area refineries and disruption to the fuel distribution system caused by Hurricane Harvey, on August 30th, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt exercised EPA’s emergency fuel waiver authority to help...

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Groups Challenge Decision To Remove Yellowstone Grizzly Protections

A coalition of tribal and conservation interests on August 30th, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to restore critical protections to the Yellowstone region’s iconic grizzly bears before new threats, including hunting, push the population...

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Children’s Needs Grow in Houston, Dallas and Austin as Catastrophic Flooding from Hurricane Harvey Continues

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Save the Children staff member Coleen Vivori plays with Brianna*, 4, and Khloe*, 5, at Save the Children's Child-...

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