The EPA's “good neighbor” rule, which was announced in March, requires Texas and 22 other states to cut emissions from industrial sources that contribute to ozone pollution in neighboring states. Story by TexasTribune.
him on May 27. Paxton is banned from running the office while he awaits his impeachment trial before the Texas Senate.
The attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. The TCEQ said it usually doesn’t comment on pending litigation. “The EPA takes on — however poorly — critical reliability issues and ignores the independent nature of the Texas electric grid,” Paxton wrote, stating that it was “inappropriate” for the EPA’s plan to require states to consider shifting from electric generation to renewable or lower-emission sources of electricity as a strategy to reduce ozone.
“The EPA’s disapproval would enable the federal government to seize further regulatory power and impose a burdensome and unnecessary federal plan on states,” the email from Paxton’s office added.
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