Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

"EPA Proposes to Add First-Ever Navajo Site to Superfund List"

"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Lukachukai Mountains Mining District to the Superfund National Priorities List, according to EPA Thursday. The site, located entirely on the Navajo Nation, holds over a hundred waste piles stemming from uranium mining, the agency said."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/31/2023

"EPA Cites 2 Oil And Gas Firms Over Permian Basin Pollution"

"Two Texas companies have resolved Clean Air Act violations with the Environmental Protection Agency by agreeing to reduce emissions of planet-warming methane and other harmful pollutants wafting from the nation’s largest oil and gas producing region."

Source: AP, 03/29/2023

Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Source: Texas Tribune, 03/27/2023

"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again"

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Source: Guardian, 03/21/2023

"Biden To Create 2 National Monuments, In Nevada And Texas"

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday will designate two landscapes — Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, an area that is sacred to a dozen Native American tribes, and Castner Range, a former military weapon testing facility in West Texas — as America’s newest national monuments."

Source: HuffPost, 03/21/2023

Many Worry Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules

"Last year, New Mexico adopted regulations that were viewed as a model for reducing methane emissions from the flaring and venting of natural gas. But on the ground, watchdogs say they don’t see much of a change in oil and gas companies’ practices."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/13/2023

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