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What does your religion say about environmental stewardship? What does your church call you to do when it comes to political activism in regard to environmental calamity? These are two
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COLUMBUS — In the wake of a third contamination incident at Skull Creek occurring sometime over the weekend, Colorado County Commissioners Monday morning voted unanimously to authorize the county judge to exercise enforcement power available to the county under Chapter 7 of the Texas Water Code following an executive session lasting just under an hour.
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A possible source for black material or sludge found in Skull Creek downstream of Inland Recycling, approximately a half mile is the anaerobic process that is found in the bottom
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AUSTIN—Officials with Texas Campaign for the Environment, an environmental protection group in Austin that has provided some assistiance to area residents in fighting permit applications by Altair Disposal Services to build a hazardous waste dump near Altair, said last week that the Skull Creek debacle is just another example that the agency has failed at exercising its mandate to protect the state’s environment.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality determined as early as Feb. 12 that the substance found in Skull Creek following a Feb. 8 discharge created conditions that “are an imminent threat and substantial endangerment to human health and/or the environment,” according to a letter from a TCEQ official to owners of Inland Recycling, LLC.
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COLUMBUS — Inland Environmental has proposed a dam along Skull Creek to stop alleged pollution from their Altair site, according to sources familiar with the investigation in to two incidents of pollution along the creek.
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COLUMBUS — A report from Inland Environmental obtained by the Colorado County Citizen under the Texas Public Information Act claims that an algae bloom or “activity of anaerobic digestion,” may be responsible for the oily, black chemical and pungent smell found at Skull Creek in early February and again in mid-March.
Read moreCOLUMBUS — The Colorado County Commissioners Court voted Monday to approve two compromise and settlement agreements and quitclaim deeds related to County Road 79. The county was sued over whether
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