Update On Forced Green’s Post ‘Texas At A Green Crossroads’ – The Earth Won!

Gov. Rick Perry’s lawsuit to block the EPA from demanding that the state begin to comply with the clean air act, met with defeat on June 30th when the EPA announced final disapproval of the flexible permit program that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ – all Perry appointees), had submitted for inclusion in its clean-air implementation plan. EPA has determined that this program does not meet several national Clean Air Act requirements that help to assure the protection of health and the environment.

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Need A Hero? Focus Earth Finds SIX Saving Our Planet.

On Sunday, April 19 at 9pm ET/PT, Planet Green will air an hour long Focus Earth special. Bob Woodruff will circle the globe to meet six courageous heroes fighting on the frontlines for our planet’s environmental survival.

From the villages of Kenya where lives are being saved “one seed” at a time … to the cities of China where one American boy hopes to change a nation… and to an American “Main Street”, where a corporate maverick is helping usher in new sustainable ways of doing business. (more…)