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President’s Message: Incident Management is Everyone's Responsibility

President’s Message: Incident Management is Everyone's Responsibility

The TCC Board of Directors has devoted a significant amount of time to continuous improvement of incident management and communications. As an industry committed to safety, protecting people, communities, and the environment, how we prepare for, respond to, and recover from incidents speaks volumes about our values and our leadership.

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Capitol Chemistry with Mia

Capitol Chemistry with Mia

The First Called Special Session of the 89th Texas Legislature began on Monday, July 21st, starting the 30-day countdown for legislative action. The Legislature quickly scheduled hearings focused on the Governor’s agenda, which includes topics such as congressional redistricting, flood emergency communications, and water incentives.

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Logan's Legal & Regulatory Corner

Logan's Legal & Regulatory Corner

For the past several months, there has been significant attention paid to EPA’s activities as the new administration’s priorities have taken shape and the initial decisions indicate how the agency will proceed with deregulation. This has also resulted in several of the legal cases initiated last year that have been tracked and discussed in this forum are now paused for foreseeable future as EPA starts the administrative reconsideration process.

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John Cornyn says FBI has granted his request to help track down Texas House Democrats

John Cornyn says FBI has granted his request to help track down Texas House Democrats

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday that the FBI had agreed to help state officials locate the group of Texas House Democrats who left the state to stall a vote on the GOP’s redistricting plan.

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Texas Positioned to be Key Player in Plastics' U.S. Manufacturing Role, says New Report

Texas Positioned to be Key Player in Plastics' U.S. Manufacturing Role, says New Report

As the nation’s top exporter of manufactured goods – many of which rely on plastic – Texas stands to benefit significantly from some newly proposed policy recommendations coming out of Washington, D.C. that have the potential to energize local Lone Star State industries and job growth. A new economic analysis by the American Chemistry Council reveals that plastics are indispensable to critical U.S. industries – from Automotive & Aerospace, to Healthcare & Electronics – and employ nearly 5 million Americans while paying over $391 billion in U.S. wages.

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Fight Over Carbon Storage in Texas Spills into Public Hearing

Fight Over Carbon Storage in Texas Spills into Public Hearing

An advocacy group funded by one of the nation’s largest oil and gas trade groups called its members in Texas earlier this month, offering to help them draft and practice giving comments to EPA in favor of granting Texas top authority over carbon storage wells.

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