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| Texas, EPA fight over regulations grows fierce
HOUSTON – A longstanding tit-for-tat between Texas and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how to regulate pollution has grown fierce in recent months,newport cigarettes made in usa, leaving industry frustrated and allowing some plants and refineries to spew more toxic waste into the air, streams and lakes than what is federally acceptable. "These permits that EPA has not approved would have more stringent requirements,newport regular cigarettes," Shaw said. "The delay is reducing our ability to continue to make the environmental progress we've been making in the past years." Earlier this month,Adult drive-thru store in Alabama offers privacy, the EPA also took on the Railroad Commission, the Texas agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, and accused it of not moving fast enough after having found evidence that methane had leaked into residential water wells. The federal agency ordered the gas driller to provide affected families with clean drinking water and determine how to stop the problem. Industry, meanwhile,Texas, EPA fight over regulations grows fierce,newport cigarettes website, finds itself in a Catch-22. While it doesn't favor the EPA's more stringent regulations, it also isn't pleased with the ongoing battle because it creates uncertainty. Some industries in Texas have chosen to deal directly with the EPA,newport cigarettes with stamp,NYC mayor City's snowstorm response, which says it's working with about two-thirds of the largest facilities to get them new flexible permits. The American Petroleum Industry, a Washington-based lobbying group that represents more than 450 oil and natural gas companies, believes the battle is hurting business. It called the EPA's most recent move to take over greenhouse gas permitting in Texas "coercive." |
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