Jon Niermann expects to assist project developers with permitting at Vinson & Elkins and to defend clients in enforcement actions.

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot.

AUSTIN, Texas (KAUZ) - Brooke Paup, who has served on the Texas Water Board since 2018 and has 19 years of experience in state government, is the new chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Based on air quality data from 2021-23, Webb County, Hidalgo County, and Cameron County exceeded soot pollution standards. However, the three border counties will avoid consequences as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) cited "exceptional events" as the reason behind their high soot contamination levels.

The report shows improvement in addressing disparities, rising from a score of 39 to 42, with a new focus on environmental justice.

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot. But Texas environmental regulators are proposing that only four of them be required to take action to improve their air quality.

The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards, but Texas regulators say only four should face consequences.

Process to adopt a child internationally and bring them back to Canada.

Two of the orchestra’s principals, concertmaster Michael Shih and principal violist DJ Cheek, made Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major the evening’s highlight. Both expert players, with Shih’s tone gleaming, Cheek’s glowing, they dispatched scurries and flourishes with aplomb. Lyricism was no less nicely served.

Newsome, federal chief environmental justice officer, left, shares with symposium attendees some of the goals she accomplished during her tenure with the Biden White House Administration as fireside chat moderator Kathryn Bazan,

With Donald Trump stepping back into office, advocates are warning that access to important environmental and public health datasets could be at risk. Information about climate change vanished from federal websites under Donald Trump,