We've spent a year analyzing pollution data from Texas’ environmental regulator. Our investigation found that companies have released about 1.1 billion pounds of pollution beyond their permit limits since 2002. 🧵 grist.org/project/accoun…
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From petrochemical refineries on the Gulf Coast to oil and gas wells in West Texas, hundreds of polluting facilities routinely emit hundreds of millions more pounds of chemicals into the air beyond permitted levels. grist.org/project/accoun…
@grist @scifri After all, it <is> Texas. Good ol boys gotta keep the $$ flowing. Who cares about communities’ health? And @GregAbbott_TX et al never met a fossil fuel bro they didn’t like and couldn’t grift from.