Despite the high levels of smog, state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid. Texas TexasHeat AirPollution GregAbbott ozone ClimateChange TexasGrid
showed that 13% of Black children in Houston have an asthma diagnosis compared with 7% of Hispanic children and 4% of white children and Asian children.
In March, the EPA proposed a rule that would require about two dozen states, including Texas, to cut ozone pollution from power plants and industrial sources such as natural gas pipelines and chemical manufacturers that contribute to ozone pollution in neighboring states —“This ‘good neighbor’ plan will better protect the health of Americans across the country,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement when the rule was proposed. “Air pollution doesn’t stop at the state line.
“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 electric generation to renewable or lower-emission sources of electricity as a strategy to reduce ozone.
The state wants the EPA to instead approve its plan for ozone, which concluded that Texas emissions were not significantly contributing to ozone pollution in neighboring states. The federal agencyTexas’ plan and analysis, finding that Texas emissions did significantly affect other states.
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