Al Jazeera: The State of Texas conspired with the coal industry to illegally exempt 19 coal-fired power plants from federal air quality standards. Thats according to a coalition of Texas citizen groups who on Wednesday filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The coalition of community and public interest groups, represented by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has called on the EPA to overturn the states decision to exempt those...