Texas is a national leader in reducing emissions and known pollutants, and advancing renewable energy sources all while remaining a leader in the nation's energy production. We have successfully balanced the need for environmental improvements with fostering economic growth, new investment, and job creation. Texas continues to advance new, clean energy technology by using market incentives and stable regulation, not costly mandates and taxes.

The Obama administration has taken yet another step in its campaign to harm our economy and impose federal control over Texas. With their efforts to take control of a permitting process that the Clean Air Act allows to be delegated to the states, the EPA is on the verge of killing thousands of Texas jobs and derailing a program that has effectively cleaned Texas' air. An increasingly activist EPA is ignoring the progress Texas has made to clean its air over the last decade, and should instead look to our state's successful approach to issues concerning energy and the environment.

Action Items

» The air Texans breathe today is cleaner than it was in 2000, even though our population has grown by nearly 3.8 million people between 2000 and 2009.
» Between 2000 and 2009, while Texas NOx levels decreased by almost 58% and ozone levels by 27%, national NOx levels fell by only 27%, and the rest of the nation’s average ozone levels only declined by 12%.
» All major Texas metropolitan areas currently meet the 1997 federal eight-hour ozone standard, with the exception of the DFW area, which is 1 part per billion above the standard. Data indicates that Houston met the standard for the first time in 2009.
» From 2000 to 2009, Texas reduced ozone levels more than any other state.
» Despite being the nation's energy capital, Texas has the eleventh lowest NOx emissions rate for power plants among all states according to EPA data.

News & Announcements

• Wednesday, March 28, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Perry on Federal Court Ruling Directing EPA to Reconsider Disapproval of Texas Permitting Process
  Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement regarding a ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) disapproval of TCEQ's Pollution Control Project Standard Permit. The court ruling directs the EPA to quickly reconsider its disapproval, after determining that the EPA acted "arbitrarily and capriciously".
• Friday, December 30, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Court Order to Stay Cross State Air Pollution Rule
  Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to grant Texas' request for a stay to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)
• Thursday, October 06, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Changes to CSAPR Rule
  Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announced changes to the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).
• Monday, September 12, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Announced Job Losses Due to EPA Rule
  The Obama Administration continues to put up road blocks for our nation's job creators by imposing burdensome regulations based on assumptions, not facts, that will result in job losses and increased energy costs with no definite environmental benefit. - Gov. Perry
• Thursday, July 07, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on New EPA Emissions Regulations
  Today's EPA announcement is another example of heavy-handed and misguided action from Washington, D.C., that threatens Texas jobs and families and puts at risk the reliable and affordable electricity our state needs to succeed. From the attack on Texas' successful clean air program, to threatening endangered species listings in West Texas oil fields, to banning offshore energy exploration, the Obama Administration seems intent on increasing energy costs for American consumers and making us even more dependent on foreign energy.
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