State of Denial
How Texas’ Environmental Regulators Enable Big Oil and Other Polluters
The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints
The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists.
By Dylan Baddour
![A Citgo refinery fumes behind a home in Hillcrest, Corpus Christi. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News](jpg/citgo_housing-900x600.jpg)