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Opponents say planned ExxonMobil plastics plant would devastate Gulf Coast environment

Corpus Christi Caller-Times: A proposed plastics manufacturing facility in San Patricio County would be an environmental nightmare and fall short of its economic forecasts, according to environmental groups.

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Neighbors gear up to oppose Austin Community Landfill expansion

KXAN News Austin: Wednesday, people living in Northeast Austin and Travis County gathered at Barr Mansion to align their vision for stopping an expansion of the Austin Community Landfill.

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Op-Ed: This new coastal alliance aims to protect South Texas’ natural gifts

Corpus Christi Caller-Times Op-Ed: The quality of life in the Coastal Bend now faces its greatest challenge. It has been targeted as fertile ground for an industrial build-out that will impact the entire region.

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Travis County works to address lack of recycling receptacles at 26 area parks

Community Impact: Travis County staff will start the process of creating the solid-waste management plan that will provide a suggested timeline to expand recycling services.

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Victory! Austin Parks Will Have Recycling

From our blog: Over the next two years every park, pool, rec center, cultural facility, sports field, and trail in the Austin will have recycling everywhere they have trash bins. Learn how support from YOU and thousands of Central Texans has made this huge victory possible!

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Grand Prairie industrial site that leaked cancer-causing chemicals under homes gets Feds’ attention

Dallas Morning News: A Grand Prairie industrial site that leaked cancer-causing chemicals has been placed on the Superfund National Priorities List, which features some of the nation’s most polluted sites.

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Report: Texas criteria for polluted site cleanup ‘significantly weaker’ than neighboring states

Texas Tribune: A new report says the standards Texas uses to determine how much — and whether — to clean up contaminated sites are ‘significantly weaker’ than those of neighboring states and the federal government.

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Environmental groups speak out at hearing on Exxon air quality permit

KIIITV News: A hearing was held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Thursday aimed at finding out just how much opposition to the project there is.

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Twisting Tale Toward a Zero Waste Houston

From our blog: Last week Houston City Council voted to hire a company that will help local officials create and adopt a long-range waste and recycling plan. This huge victory was years in the making, and it could put Houston on a path toward Zero Waste!

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Op-Ed: Why Texas should ban plastic bags

Houston Chronicle Op-Ed: Plastic pollution is a serious problem. Let’s stop holding on so tightly to plastic bags — we’re better without them, and there’s no time like the present to act.

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