Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste. The proposal would give a nuclear waste company a big financial break.
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As a nuclear waste company’s plan to store the most dangerous type of radioactive waste in West Texas moves forward at the federal level, state lawmakers are aiming to ban the materials from entering the state.
Environmental and consumer advocates for years have decried a proposal to build a 332-acre site in West Texas near the New Mexico border to store the riskiest type of nuclear waste: spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants, which can remain dangerously radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years.
Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste The proposal would give a nuclear waste company a big financial break
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The Texas Public Utility Commission s revolving door between industry and regulator
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The Texas Public Utility Commission’s Revolving Door Between Industry and Regulator
The state’s utility regulator drew intense scrutiny from legislators last week for failing to regulate the electric industry ahead of the February blackouts. Many of its top staffers have worked for the power companies it oversees.
The Texas Public Utility Commission has been under fire from lawmakers for failing to exert its regulatory authority ahead of the blackouts this February. BFS Man/Flickr
The state’s utility regulator drew intense scrutiny from legislators last week for failing to regulate the electric industry ahead of the February blackouts. Many of its top staffers have worked for the power companies it oversees.