Dallas and Tarrant Counties are falling short of state air quality standards, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The two local counties are among 12 statewide flagged for poor air quality.

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.

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

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,

The city of Dallas is expanding its focus on environmental justice as part of its broader equity efforts. City leaders last week announced the addition to the Equity Indicators Report.

Even with 250 new cases of contamination, cases are on a downward trend. Remediation could be costly and time consuming.

In its proposal to exclude eight counties from stricter federal pollution rules, the Texas Commission on Environmental ... quality data from 2021-23 and proposed that four counties — Dallas ...

Vinson & Elkins has hired Jon Niermann, former chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), as a partner in its Austin office. Mr. Niermann is a longstanding public servant ...

In its proposal to exclude eight counties from stricter federal pollution rules, the Texas Commission on Environmental ... air quality data from 2021-23 and proposed that four counties - Dallas ...

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited.

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Cameron County leads the state in soot contamination, second only to Harris County, which includes Houston. Harris is home to the largest concentration of oil refineries and petro