Above: Janie Cisneros, founder for the Singleton United/Unidos neighborhood group, helped fight against the GAF factory until it reclassified itself as minor and averted public participation requirements in 2022.
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment, and the Texas Tribune. It is republished with permission. This is the final part of State of Denial, a series about Texas’ environmental regulators.
When the Intercontinental Terminals Company sought a permit to expand its tank farm and terminal on the Houston Ship Channel in 2014, a reviewer with Texas’ environmental regulator expressed a long list of concerns.
