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• EPA Announces $105,000,000 of Clean Ports Investments for Port of Corpus Christi Authority as Part of Investing America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Port of Corpus Christi has been selected to receive a total of $105,000,000 through EPA’s Clean Ports Program.

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $7.4 Million of Clean Ports Investments for Texas as Part of Investing America Agenda

  EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice

  As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Port of Houston Authority, Port Freeport and City of Wilmer have been selected to receive a total of $7,470,106.

  • Release Date: October 29, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $12 Million to Texas Organizations to Upgrade Older Diesel Engines to Cleaner and Zero-Emission Solutions

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced five Texas organizations to receive a total of $12,177,255 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants Program.

  • Release Date: October 21, 2024

• EPA Announces $473,685 Penalty for Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD for Alleged RCRA Violations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD will pay a civil penalty amounting to $473,685 for failing to notify EPA of alleged waste handling and management activities.

  • Release Date: October 10, 2024

• EPA Selects Irving, Texas-based Signature Aviation as a 2024 Green Power Partner

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Green Power Leadership Award winners for 2024, honoring Signature Aviation of Irving, Texas as one of four leading organizations in EPA’s Green Power Partnership.

  • Release Date: September 18, 2024

• EPA Announces New Round of Flyovers to Look for Emissions in the Permian Basin

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting another round of helicopter flyovers to survey oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin region.

  • Release Date: August 6, 2024

• EPA Announces Texas Student Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award

  The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 is pleased to announce the 2024 winner of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, Daniel Thomas of Colleyville, Texas.

  • Release Date: July 16, 2024

• Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  November 2019 explosions prompted evacuations of thousands of area residents and released millions of pounds of extremely hazardous substances

  EPA News Release: Texas Petrochemical Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act Violation, Fined More than $30 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties Related to Explosions at Its Facility in Port Neches

  • Release Date: May 21, 2024

• Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  Company will also spend $5.5 million for preventive measures and to help address environmental harm caused by its violations

  EPA News Release: Apache Corporation to pay $4 million and reduce unlawful air pollution from oil and gas wells in New Mexico and Texas, eliminating more than 10,000 tons of harmful air pollutants annually

  • Release Date: February 13, 2024

• Judicial Settlement with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. Resolves Clean Water Act Violations

  The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a consent decree with Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc (Transocean) for alleged violations.

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Announces $1.3 Million Settlement for Permian Basin Company

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) to Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares, and other equipment that EPA identified using a helicopter equipped with a special infrared camera.

  • Release Date: July 13, 2023

• EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Significant Air Pollution Reductions from Permian Basin Company Settlement

  • Release Date: March 3, 2023

• EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Union Pacific to Assess Contamination in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward Neighborhood

  • Release Date: February 27, 2023

• EPA, Congressmembers Announce Dallas Independent School District Clean School Bus Funding

  Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dallas Independent School District (DISD) and three members of the North Texas congressional delegation gathered yesterday to celebrate DISD’s funding through EPA’s Clean School Bus Program.

  • Release Date: November 2, 2022

• EPA Announces Agreement with TPC Group LLC to Correct Alleged Clean Air Act Violations at its Houston, Texas Facility

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an agreement with TPC Group LLC to correct Clean Air Act violations at its Houston, Texas facility.

  • Release Date: September 12, 2022