Texas lawmakers enacted bills to enhance air quality, invest in modern emissions-reduction technologies, boost plastic recycling, and ensure that Texans have access to water. This session, lawmakers moved to improve air quality with a new bill addressing the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, which provides grants to eligible public and private entities that seek to make … Continue reading 88th Legislative Session Brings Changes to TCEQ Programs
Have you ever wondered what happens to abandoned gas stations, dry cleaning facilities, dumping sites, and other possibly contaminated properties across Texas? Here at TCEQ, our Brownfields Site Assessment Program (the Brownfields Program) is taking properties like this and assisting in the redevelopment and revitalization of these underutilized sites to help turn them back into … Continue reading TCEQ Program Bringing New Life to Abandoned Properties
OPIC Director Garrett Arthur on Representing the Public Interest From the time he was a youngster growing up in the Dallas area, Garrett Arthur loved being outdoors – hiking in national parks, skiing on family vacations – anything that allowed him to spend time with family and friends in the natural world. Over time, … Continue reading Checking All the Boxes
“People with passion are the lifeblood of any career, bringing innovation and dedication that benefits all those around them.” Determining safe levels of human exposure to the many chemicals and other substances in a state as vast and industrialized as Texas is a critically important – and seriously scrutinized – undertaking. As a state … Continue reading TCEQ’s New Chief Toxicologist – Sabine S. Lange, Ph.D., DABT
From learning about the watermaster program in the Rio Grande Valley, to air monitoring in Central Texas, or gathering groundwater samples in the Dallas region, these college students come from diverse backgrounds pursuing degrees related to the environment, science, engineering, public administration, public health, computer technology, accounting, business, law, and communications. These are just a … Continue reading TCEQ’s internship program provides opportunity
