http://houstonist.com/2007/05/02/texas_senate_vo.php All comments for Texas Senate votes to block Mayor's clean air plan en-us 2009 Brittanie Shey Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:00:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss brittanie@houstonist.com brittanie@houstonist.com 60 http://houstonist.com/2007/05/02/texas_senate_vo.php#comment-1084682 http://houstonist.com/2007/05/02/texas_senate_vo.php#comment-1084682 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 12:33:44 -0600 <p>The air quality in Houston is affected by what goes on in other cities. They can legislate all they want in Houston, but the major air pollution in the city comes from outside the city limits. Like Mayor White said: "We are not interested in reducing excessive emissions of air (toxics) placed in the air outside our city so long as folks keep it out of the lungs of people inside the city."</p> http://houstonist.com/2007/05/02/texas_senate_vo.php#comment-1084677 http://houstonist.com/2007/05/02/texas_senate_vo.php#comment-1084677 Comments Wed, 02 May 2007 12:27:21 -0600 <p>a bill that would prevent cities from creating ordinances that protect air quality. That's not the most accurate description. Cities can do quite a bit to protect air quality, but this bill would stop cities from using "nuisance" ordinances to try to impose THEIR environmental standards on OTHER cities.</p>