The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, facing pressure from local officials and a federal investigation into its permitting process, has proposed a series of regulatory changes that would ...

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that ...

As Texans grapple with an influx of concrete batch plants and the toxic dust they sometimes bring to nearby homes, schools and parks, new restrictions to regulate them appear to again be hitting a ...

Children hold signs in opposition of a proposed concrete batch plant in northeast Harris County on April 6, 2022. ARLINGTON — Deirdre Diamond is frustrated and concerned that another concrete batch ...

A concrete plant in Austin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says its investigating the Texas Commission on Environmental Qualitys permitting process for concrete batch plants. (Miguel ...

Opposition to a concrete batch plant in the mountain community of Alto, New Mexico escalated earlier this month when dozens of its residents appealed to the state’s environment department to deny an ...

Communities statewide have demanded that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strengthen environmental regulations for concrete batch plants, which combine raw materials such as sand, water ...

Matthew Tuerk (center) plays golf at Luna Vista Golf Park in Dallas, just across the road from the Texas Materials asphalt plant on Dec. 23, 2024. Azul Sordo The Dallas Park Board is taking a stand ...