... pollution policies. The above-mentioned points will be discussed in the context of several stakeholders in the region including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), the City of Houston, regional industries, and individual consumers. The Houston-Galveston region, comprised of eight counties, is currently in non-attainment for ozone under the Clean ... EPA. Despite general refinery resistance to nation-wide usage, BP and international suppliers are eager to position themselves as clean energy suppliers. In tandem with this, g...

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... the dismal projections, it is apparent that alternative energy sources will be required to sustain the civilized societies of the world in the future. The options are indeed few, however, when the massive energy requirements of the industrial world come to be appreciated. Commercial oil shale recovery and the production of a synthetic crude oil have yet to be demonstrated ... successfully, and serious questions exist as to the competitiveness of production costs and production volumes that can be achieved by these potential new sources. Although alternative energy sources, such as geothe...

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