IN THE STATE.
SENATOR ANTOINETTE
SEDILLO LOPEZ
HAS INTRODUCED A BILL IN
THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION TO NOT ONLY HALT
THE ISSUANCE OF NEW
PERMITS BUT TO
CREATE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT
THE PRACTICE
WHICH INVOLVES INJECTING
WATER AT HIGH PRESSERS
INTO ROCKS TO EXTRACT
OIL AND GAS.
THE SENATOR WANTS STATE
AGENCIES TO BETTER STUDY
AND
REPORT THE IMPACTS
BEFORE ALLOWING ANY NEW
PERMITS.
ANOTHER STATE LAWMAKER
HAS FILED A BILL JOINING
THE MOVEMENT TO
BAN A DANGEROUS
PESTICIDE.
DAMON ELY WANTS TO MAKE
IT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE TO
DISTRIBUTE OR
DELIVER CHLORPYRIFOS
A NUMBER OF STATES HAVE
RECENTLY BANNED THE
CHEMICAL )S USE
BECAUSE IT )S BEEN LINKED
TO SERIOUS HEALTH
EFFECTS ESPECIALLY IN
CHILDREN.
THE EUROPEAN UNION ALSO
ENACTED A BAN THAT TOOK
EFFECT THIS YEAR.
THE BILL HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED FOR THE
UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
A-P-S PARENTS AND STAFF
WILL CHOOSE THEIR SCHOOL
CALENDAR FOR
THEIR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL.
