Media

The following lists include a sampling of SEED's press clips and press releases.

Reporters can also view relevant source documents.

Stories & Press Clips

• SMOKE FROM THE TOXIC TRIANGLE: How Big Industry’s Pet Politicians Are Choking Our Clean Air Laws
  11 March 2003, Press Release

• Clean Air Act Under Attack
  • Texas Clean Air Advocates Challenge Senators Hutchison and Cornyn To Back Real Power Plant Clean-Up Bill
    12 February 2003, Press Release
    
  • Candidates asked to sign pledge supporting clean-air enforcement; Environmental groups focus on Cornyn, Kirk
    20 June 2002, Dallas Morning News
    
  • Hopefuls snub clean air offer
    20 June 2002, San Antonio Express
    
  • Censure fills air; EPA defends pollution plan
    14 June 2002, Houston Chronicle
    
  • State: EPA's changes won't affect county
    14 June 2002, The Facts

• Texas releases most mercury to air
  State also No. 1 in emissions of chemicals from manufacturing
  24 May 2002, Dallas Morning News

• Government data show coal-fired power plants in state lead the nation in emissions of toxic metal
  24 May 2002, Austin American Statesman

• State tops list of mercury releases in air
  23 May 2002, Houston Chronicle

• Winds of Change: Turbines give town new energy
  February 2002, Houston Chroncile

• The World Will Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Will United States?
  24 July 2001, Financial Times London

• SEED Coalition Launches Toxic Two-Step Tour and Web Site
  16 July 2001, SEED Coalition

• Bush Administration Ignores Facts, Reality on Refineries
  17 May 2001, SEED Coalition Press Release

• Bush Energy Plan is Dirty, Dangerous and Doesn't Deliver for Consumers
  17 May 2001, SEED Coalition Press Release

• Bush Administration Call for Regulatory Easing Ignores Refinery Violations, Expansions
  16 May 2001, SEED Coalition Press Release

• Landmark Study Uncovers Violations and Enforcement Failures at ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Investigation Indicts TNRCC Enforcement, Bush Legacy as a Failures
  2 May 2001, SEED Coalition Press Release

• Shareholders Weigh 'Green' Measures Reinforced by Environmental Groups; Brief Article; Statistical Data Included
  30 April 2001, Business Publishers Inc. Air/Water Pollution Report

• Coal Tax Could Raise $100 Million For Texas
  24 April 2001, SEED Coalition Press Release

• Killer Power Plant Pollution takes 1,310 Texans a year
  
  • Power Plant Pollution Takes the Lives of 1,310 Texans; A 75% Reduction in Emissions Would Save 805 Lives
    17 October 2000, SEED Coalition Press Release

  • Environmental groups call for cleaner East Texas, air
    18 October 2000, Longview News

  • Report: Soot particles kill 201 here annually
    17 October 2000, Houston Chronicle

  • Area power-plant soot kills 369 yearly, study says'
    17 October 2000, Dallas Morning News

  • Group says power plants kill thousand
    17 October 2000, San Antonio Express News

  • Power plant soot tied to increase in deaths
    17 October 2000, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Environmental group sues Bush over release of records
  5 May 1999, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Gov. Bush's Presidential Gambit May Fly Like Old Dukakis Boomerang
  3 May 1999, L. A. Times

• Group blasts CPS for rise in nitrogen oxide emissions
  24 April 1999, San Antonio Express-News

• Activists calling on Bush to slash plant exemptions
  12 April 1999, Houston Chronicle

• House and Senate moving forward with voluntary plans
  11 April 1999, Associated Press

• Pollution bill draws criticism: It attacks residents' rights, activists say
  16 February 1999, Dallas Morning News

• Opponents say bill limits input on state permits
  16 February 1999, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Who needs those contested case proceedings? (by Molly Ivins)
  15 February 1999, Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist

• A is for Air Pollution
  22 January 1999, various newspapers

• Environmentalists call for governor to close loophole
  24 November 1998, Associated Press