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Toxic releases: Texas is most toxic state

June 13, 2010 By TXsharon


HOW TOXIC IS YOUR STATE?

In 2008, Texas released 1,987,865 pounds of benzene.

We’re also NUMBER ONE in Dioxins.

Texas gov. touts air quality week after EPA threat

Texas Gov. Perry touts state’s air quality a week after EPA threatened to take over regulation

Texas should not be threatened with a takeover of its air quality program but should instead be lauded as the “poster child” for clean air and pollution regulation, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday.

We’re NUMBER ONE! We’re NUMBER ONE!

“I don’t understand the federal response of coming in to the state that should be the poster child, should be the model for this country,” Perry told reporters

We’re NUMBER ONE! We’re NUMBER ONE!

Mark Vickery, the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, told reporters Wednesday he was proud of the state’s “tremendous strides … in cleaning up the air in Texas.”

We’re NUMBER ONE! We’re NUMBER ONE!

From Follow the Money we can see why Texas is so toxic.


Hat tip to David

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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  1. Runner Susan says

    June 13, 2010 at 10:54 pm

    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!
    We're NUMBER ONE! We're NUMBER ONE!

    Texas Proud!

  2. David says

    June 14, 2010 at 4:06 am

    This link shows how much money BIG OIL & GAS give to the political parties in Texas:
    http://www.followthemoney.org/database/IndustryTotals.phtml?f=0&s=TX&i%5B%5D=33#Industry%5D

  3. TXsharon says

    June 14, 2010 at 4:09 am

    Yes, I love that site. Maybe I'll update my post with one of those charts.

  4. Tim Ruggiero says

    June 14, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    It would appear that the good guvner is getting his info elsewhere. We're the poster child, all right- and what we're number one in isn't a good thing

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