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State Senator Robert Nichols filed Senate Bill 3 to dramatically reform and restrict public-private toll projects, also known as comprehensive development agreements (CDAs). More ... Town meeting to be hosted on July 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Stephen F. Austin State University Baker Patillo Student Center Theater More ... A Historic Texas Lands Plaque was unveiled today at the site of the Colonel and Mrs. Robert Parker Andrews Park, where a historic building once stood on the town square. The site, also known as the Pocket Park, is located on property owned by Reese Andrews of Nacogdoches. More ... NRG is planning an expansion of the existing Limestone Electric Generating Station located in Limestone County. It would add a third coal-fired generating unit to the facility to produce approximately 800 megawatts (MW) of additional power by burning an estimated 4.3 million tons of coal per year. In doing so, the plant would emit up to an estimated 10 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, which would be a substantial increase in global warming gases. Texas already leads the nation in power plant CO2 emissions, according to data from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). If permitted the new NRG Limestone Unit 3 would also emit substantial quantities of mercury and other hazardous pollutants into the air. More ... |
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