TCEQ Engineering Group provides training to maintain an edge during pandemic by Victoria Cann As part of National Engineers Week, we wanted to highlight what TCEQ engineers are doing to continue to be the best engineers they can. Agency engineers formed the TCEQ Engineering Group to assist up and coming engineers, and maintain a … Continue reading TCEQ forms Engineering Group
It’s not every day that a state agency is recognized by a renowned international health organization, but that’s what happened recently when the WHO gave a shout-out to TCEQ for its leadership in review methods used in chemical risk assessments. In a summary of global initiatives that employ systematic review of data in the formation … Continue reading TCEQ recognized for chemical risk assessment methods
TCEQ air quality experts participate in NASA-led research project It’s no big news flash that scientists love their computer models. Modeling is an essential part of the modern scientific method in diverse pursuits such as medicine, economics, engineering, architecture, meteorology, and numerous other disciplines. Models create an abstract or ‘virtual’ version of something in the … Continue reading Ozone detection in Houston – by land, air and sea
Agency to be closed Thursday, Nov. 11 In honor of Veterans Day, a federal holiday, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11. TCEQ would like to thank all veterans, including the 180 men and women currently employed at TCEQ, who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. TCEQ will … Continue reading TCEQ Honors Veterans
Rachel Hering was a part of TCEQ’s Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program in 2001 and 2002 in the Small Business & Environmental Assistance division. Since then, her career has been all about recycling—from being chairman of TCEQ’s Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee to being the executive director of Keep Texas Recycling, the winner of the 2020 … Continue reading Rachel Hering’s career comes full circle: From Mickey Leland Intern to Texas Environmental Excellence Award winner
