Jon Niermann expects to assist project developers with permitting at Vinson & Elkins and to defend clients in enforcement ...

Read full article: Texas regulators report more than 250 new cases of groundwater contamination An annual report documents 2,870 active cases of groundwater contamination around the state.

By CorpGov Editorial Staff Vinson & Elkins has hired Jon Niermann, former chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental ...

Fort Bend County officials and residents have won a small victory in their battle against an incoming concrete crushing plant ...

A concrete plant in Austin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it’s investigating the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s permitting process for concrete batch plants.

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield ...

Twelve Texas counties have recently exceeded federal air quality standards for particulate matter, commonly known as soot.

This week the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting final comments on pending rulemaking (Rule Project Number 2024-027-113-AI) to establish new methane requirements for oil and ...

Jon Niermann joined Vinson & Elkins partner in its environmental practice in Austin, the firm announced Monday.

Georgetown ISD is being given a $240,000 grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to help fund the two new buses, according to Community Impact. These buses will replace two ...

Austin automaker Tesla brags that its products "replace some of the planet's biggest polluters." But the company is now being called out by city and state regulators in Texas for its own pollution.