Environmental Insider News articles from April 2003

Environmental Insider News archives from April 2003

Half of EPA's Budget Mismanaged, OIG Says.
April 8, 2003... A new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General says the agency has failed to adequately review agreements governing grants that comprise more than half of the agency's budget. The Inspector General did...

Cherry Blossoms.
April 8, 2003... U.S.-Mexico Border Plan The United States and Mexico on April 4 finalized a 10-year cooperative plan for protecting public health and the environment in the 2,000-mile border region that is home to nearly 12 million people. Border 2012...

Open Government at TCEQ Needs an Open Mike.
April 25, 2003... It appears that, in their quest for efficiency to meet the timetables of an overworked regulatory body, the three-member Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has decided (perhaps passively) that the public - and that means everyone from...

Austin Needs a Shepherd, Not a Resume.
April 25, 2003... The city of Austin faces an historic turn as citizens go to the polls through May 3 to choose not just a mayor but an entire future course of history. While there are nine or so "candidates" for the job being vacated by Mayor Gus Garcia, only...

Patterson Pushes Sustainable Energy.
April 25, 2003... Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on April 22 announced his new Sustainable Energy Plan which he says will make Texas a national leader in the development of sustainable energy. The plan contains a series of achievable, common sense proposals...

Bluebonnets.
April 25, 2003... Huntsman To Pay $9MM Penalty In a case prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General, Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $9,072,474 (less $1,572,474 to be deferred pending successful completion of a...