2001 Press Releases

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TNRCC Set to Adopt Compliance History Rule With Corporate Shell Game Rule 
December 18, 2001

USFWS Cites Major Flaws in State Water Plan
December 11, 2001

Texas Water Development Board Set to Brush Aside Conservation in New State Plan
December 4, 2001

Cheerleaders for Nuke Power Set to Strategize at A&M on Renewed Push for Industry Subsidies 
November 18, 2001

TNRCC Rule Undercuts Express Legislative Intent on Key Aspect of Compliance History Reform 
November 9, 2001

TNRCC Flaunts Reform Mandate from Legislature 
November 7, 2001

Sierra Club Kicks Off Campaign to Protect Bosque & Leon River Watersheds 
November 5, 2001

New TWDB Statewide Plan is all Wet  
November 1, 2001

Legislative Award Winners Announced
October 25, 2001

New TNRCC Can Be Leader for Citizens' Rights, Rural Interests & Water Conservation
October 17, 2001

New TNRCC Commissioner Should Have Track Record of Protecting the Environment 
October 10, 2001

Sierra Club Assesses Impact of 77th Texas Legislature on the Environment 
August 30, 2001

Sierra Club Calls for Tight Restrictions on Valero's Harmful Sulfur Dioxide Releases 
August 20, 2001

Sierra Club Files Suit to Speed up Beaumont-Port Arthur Clean Air Plan 
July 17, 2001

Sierra Club Welcomes Decision to Scrap Idea for South Texas Bombing Range 
July, 12, 2001

Upcoming Turtle Hatch Highlights Ecology of Padre Island
July 5, 2001

Letter to Navy Secretary: No Bombing on Texas Coast  
July 2, 2001

Raising MPG Standards Would Save Texan Drivers Thousands of Dallars Per Year 
June 20, 2001

City Should Reject Contract with Rainbo Concrete 
June 14, 2001

Flaws and Loopholes in State Air Pollution Plan Prompt Citizens to Ask for EPA Takeover 
June 13, 2001

Whitman Makes Hazy Commitment to Clean Up National Park Smog
May 30, 2001

Environmental Victories Secured in Post-Bush Era 
May 28, 2001

NUKED! Calendars Committee Dumps Radioactive Waste Import Bill  
May 21, 2001

President's Energy Plan Makes Wrong Choices for Texas 
May 17, 2001

Day-Glo Activists Hit Capitol for No-Glow Day  
May 16, 2001

Senate Bill 2 May Determine the Water Future of Texas  
May 11, 2001

Pantex Mess Raises New Questions about Nuke Waste Import Bill 
May 9, 2001

Nuke Waste Dump Might Fail to Handle Large Portion of Compact Waste 
May 8, 2001

TNRCC Lobbies for Sunset Bill Rewrite  
May 3, 2001

Senate Approves Nuke Dump Bill  
May 2, 2001

It's the Liability, Stupid 
May 2, 2001

Memorandum: Radioactive Waste Dump Could be Disastrous for Texas 
April 27, 2001

TNRCC Sunset Bill Debate Continues into Night  
April 20, 2001

House Coalition Seeks to Reclaim TNRCC for Citizens as Sunset Bill Hits House Floor
April 19, 2001

Nuke Waste Bill Amended, Calls for Federal Waste
April 18, 2001

Sierra Club Backs Campain Disclosure Bill 
April 17, 2001

Concrete Plant Bill Threatens Neighborhoods with Rocket-Docket Permit Scheme 
April 9, 2001

New Version of Radioactive Waste Bill Nukes Public Input Requirement 
April 3, 2001

Senate Approves Wentworth Bat Protection Measure 
April 2, 2001

Duncan Bill Paves the Way for West Texas Nuke Waste Bonanza 
March 29, 2001

Leading Grandfathered Bill Inadequate 
March 27, 2001

Grandfathered Polluters Celebrate 30th Birthday!  
March 26, 2001

Let them Eat Cake: Asthma Sufferers Celebrate 30th Birthday of Grandfather Loophole 
March 23, 2001

Shrimp Closure Bill Will Hurt Shrimpers  
March 22, 2001

Radioactive Waste Bill Sticks Texas Taxpayers  
March 21, 2001

Legislators Get Batty 
March 19, 2001

Environmental Advocates & Citizen Activists Seek Major Reforms of TNRCC 
March 19, 2001

Bill to Open Vast, Private, Radioactive Waste Dumps in West Texas Denounced 
March 14, 2001

Air Quality in Big Bend Threatened by House Bill 128 
March 12, 2001

Public Interest Groups Call on Lawmakers to Strengthen TNRCC Sunset Bill
March 8, 2001

Environmental Justice Film Offers Special Screening  
March 7, 2001

Groups Protest Legislation That Would Weaken Citizens’ Rights to Oppose Concrete Plants  
March 6, 2001

Memorandum Regarding Legislative Challenge to Shrimping 
February 20, 2001

Independent Public Interest Counsel Sorely Needed at TNRCC 
February 19, 2001

Lone Star Chapter Bolsters Lobby Team 
February 7, 2001

Sen. Bernsen Files Bill to Close Grandfather Pollution Loophole 
January 31, 2000

Sierra Club Protests EPA's Inaction on Beaumont/Port Arthur Air Pollution 
January 30, 2001

ACT - Alliance for a Clean Texas  
January 23, 2001

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