With New EPA Leader, North Texas Activists See Opportunity To Shape Policy On Industrial Pollution, Air Quality

Arlington TX

14 April, 2022

7:20 PM

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By Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Report April 13, 2022 Coastal flooding. Industrial pollution. Water scarcity. Extreme heat. Name the environmental challenge, and you are likely to find an example in the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 6, which stretches across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and 66 tribal nations. The range and depth of issues make the region "the hardest in the country" to regulate and repair, said Chrissy Mann, a Sierra Club senior campaign advocate based in Austin. "This is the heart of the energy sector in the United States," Mann said. "Climate change is embodied in the kinds of weather patterns we're seeing here." Mann and North Texas environmental advocacy groups see a chance for their concerns about air quality and environmental contamination to be addressed in Earthea Nance, a former Texas Southern University professor and environmental engineer who was appointed Region 6 administrator in December. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.