ON THE AGENDAHarris County Commissioners Court · 2026-10-15

The Court is asked to approve the County Attorney filing a lawsuit against the EPA over its partial repeal of 2024 carbon pollution standards for power plants, and submitting formal comments opposing the EPA's proposal to rescind 2015 findings and eliminate remaining federal greenhouse gas standards for those sources.

What it means for you

If approved, Harris County would take legal and regulatory action challenging federal rollbacks of Clean Air Act greenhouse gas rules that apply to fossil-fuel-fired power plants.

Outcome

No disposition recorded yet.

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Official source

Official meeting record — Harris County Legistar ↗

The record does not attribute individual votes for this item — most items pass by named consensus rather than a contested roll call.

Quick answersfrom the official record

Who decides?Decided by a vote of the Harris County Commissioners Court. County Attorney brought it forward. Taken up at the October 15, 2026 meeting — no outcome recorded yet.Legistar record ↗

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