EPA will decide if the state is doing enough to reduce pollution in two East Texas counties

Steam rises from the stacks at the Martin Lake coal-fired power plant in 2011. The Sierra Club sued the EPA to force the agency to rule on Texas’ plan to reduce air pollution, which the nonprofit says is largely caused by the power plant, in Rusk and Panola counties. (Credit: Tom Pennington for The Texas Tribune)

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The EPA must decide whether to accept Texas’ plan to reduce pollution from a coal-burning power plant in East Texas after settling a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over air quality in Rusk and Panola counties.