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Regional Growth and Development

Laguna Madre Binational Initiative

  1. Our Common Future: "The Binational Laguna Madre Region;" Authors: TCPS, Pronatura Noreste, A.C. (Available in PDF format)

  2. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Corpus Christi to Brownsville, Little Value, Big Cost - An Update to the 1994 Report: "Subsidized Destruction"; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  3. The Future of the Binational Laguna Madre Region Economic and Natural Resource Symposium: Agenda & Report of Proceedings; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  4. Leaders’ Forum; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  5. Community Survey; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

Documentos en Español

  1. Nuestro Futuro Comun: La Region Binacional de la Laguna Madre; Autores: TCPS, Pronatura Noreste, A.C. (Disponible en formato del pdf)

Hill Country Roundtable

  1. Parkland and Open Space in the Texas Hill Country, June 2001; (Available in PDF format)

  2. Time to Act: The Future of the Texas Hill Country (Available in PDF format)

  3. Workshop Proceedings: "Developing Marketable and Environmentally Sensitive Conservation-Based Subdivisions," October 2000; Authors TCPS (Available in PDF format)

Water Resources Planning

  1. Texas Water Policy Update, December 2001 (Available in PDF format)

  2. Texas Water Policy Update, August 2001 (Available in PDF format)

  3. Conference Proceedings: "Water and the Future of Rural Texas" March 2001. (Available in PDF format)

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Texas/Mexico Border Region

Border Trade & Environment Project

  1. The Generation and Management of Hazardous Wastes and Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipments between Mexico, Canada and the United States Since NAFTA: A 2004 Update; Authors: Marisa Jacott, Fronteras Comunes, Cyrus Reed, TCPS and Mark Winfield, Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development; Full report available in pdf. Executive Summary available in word. Color copies available. Please send $15 to TCPS per copy requested.

  2. Energy Use in the North American Cement Industry in North America: Emissions, Waste Generation and Pollution Control, 1990-2001; Authors: Marisa Jacott, Fronteras Comunes, Cyrus Reed, TCPS, Amy Taylor and Mark Winfield, Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development; Full report available in pdf)

  3. Lessons from A Free Trade Era in Mexico: Environmental and Social Impacts in Sonora, Aguascalientes, Tabasco and Oaxaca; English Summary Document of 4 Case Studies, December 2002; Authors: Multiple Organizations and TCPS; English summary document available in pdf)

  4. The Effects of Industrialization and the Maquiladora Export Industry on the Economy, Health and Environment of Aguascalientes, English Summary, November 2002; Authors: Periodismo para Elevar la Conciencia Ecológica and TCPS; English summary document available in pdf)

  5. Aquifers and Free Trade: An Hermosillo Coast Case Study, October 2002; Authors: Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente and Texas Center for Policy Studies English summary document available in pdf)

  6. Interests and Objections: The Puebla-Panama Plan and the Huatulco-Oaxaca-Istmo Highway Project, October 2002; Authors: Centro de Derechos Humanos Tepeyac del Istmo de Tehuantepec A. C., TCPS, La Neta (Cover, English summary document available in pdf)

  7. Hazardous Waste Incineration and Combustion: A Tabasco Case Study, October 2002; Authors: TCPS, Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás, Fronteras Comunes(English Summary Document)

  8. Finding Common Ground: A Public Interest Proposal for BECC/NADBANK Reform; Authors: TCPS, North American Integration and Development Center, William C. Velasquez Institute (Available in Word format)

  9. The Forestry Industry in the State of Chihuahua: Economic, Ecological and Social Impacts Post-NAFTA, May 2001; Authors: TCPS, COSYDDHAC (Available in PDF format)

  10. The BECC and NADBANK: Achieving Their Environmental Mandate, April 2001; Authors: TCPS, Lynda Taylor, Board of Directors, BECC (Available in PDF format)

  11. The Generation and Management of Hazardous Wastes and Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipments between Mexico, Canada and the United States 1990-2000, May, 2001; Authors: TCPS, La Neta: Proyecto Emisiones and the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (Available in PDF format)

  12. The Forestry Industry in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua: Social, Ecological and Economic Impacts July, 2000; Authors: TCPS, COSYDDHAC, Chihuahua (Available in PDF format)

  13. Expanding the Mandate: Should the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission and North American Development Bank Go Beyond Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste Projects and How do They Get There? July, 2000; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  14. Hazardous Waste Management in the United States-Mexico Border States: More Questions than Answers Second Edition Updated, March, 2000; Authors: TCPS, RMLAC and La Neta (Available in PDF format)

  15. An Analysis of Quimica Fluor: Lessons Possibilities and Experiences for the Community of Matamoros, Tamaulipas September, 1999; Authors: TCPS, CEM

  16. Burning Our Health: Hazardous Waste Incineration in Cement Kilns. July 1997; Authors: TCPS, Fernando Bejarano, COSYDDHAC

    Documentos en Español

  17. Los Efectos de la Industrialización y Del Sector Maquiladora de Exportación en la Economía, La Salud y El Ambiente en Aguascalientes, Noviembre de 2002; Autores: Periodismo para Elevar la Conciencia Ecológica y Texas Center for Policy Studies (reporte, anexo estadístico de cuadros disponible en formato del pdf)

  18. Acuíferos y Libre Comercio: El Caso de la Costa de Hermosillo, Octubre 2002; Autores: Red Fronteriza de Salud y Ambiente, TCPS (Disponible en formato del pdf)

  19. Intereses y Resistencias: El Plan Puebla-Panamá y el Corredor Carretero Oaxaca-Istmo-Huatulco, August 2002; Autores: Centro de Derechos Humanos Tepeyac del Istmo de Tehuantepec A. C., TCPS, La Neta (Cover, full report disponible en formato del pdf)

  20. Tratadoras Térmicas de Residuos Peligrosos: Caso Tabasco, August 2002; Autores: Asociación Ecológica Santo Tomás A.C., Fronteras Comunes, Texas Center for Policy Studies (Cover, full report disponible en formato del pdf)

  21. En Busca de Intereses Comunes: Una Propuesta de Interés Público para la Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza y el Banco de Desarrollo de América del Norte (COCEF/BDAN); agosto de 2001 (Disponible en formato de Word)

  22. La COCEF y El BANDAN: Logrando Su Mandato Ambiental, Abril 2001; Autores: TCPS, Lynda Taylor, Consejo de Directores, COCEF (Disponible en formato del pdf)

  23. La Industria Forestal en la Sierra Madre de Chihuahua: Impactos sociales, ecologicas y economicas April, 2000; Autores: TCPS, COSYDDHAC(Disponible en formato del pdf)

  24. El Manejo de Residuos Peligrosos en los Estados Fronterizos Mexico - Estados Unidos: Mas Preguntas que Respuestas Segunda Version: Febrero, 2000; Autores TCPS, La Neta, RMLAC (Disponible en formato del pdf)

  25. La Contaminacion de Metales Pesados en Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico Septiembre, 1999; Autores CILADHAC, Torreon En Defensa del Ambiente, A.C., Torreon (Disponible en formato del pdf)

  26. Un Analisis de la Compania Quimica Fluor: Lecciones, Experiencias y Posibilidades para la Comunidad de Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Septiembre, 1999; Autores TCPS, Comunidad Ecologica de Matamoros, Matamoros

  27. Quemando Nuestra Salud: La Incineracion de Residuos Peligrosos en Hornos Cementeros, Septiembre, 1998; Autores Fernando Bejarano; COSYDDHAC, Chihuahua; TCPS

  28. Incineracion de Residuos Peligrosos en Hornos Cementeros en Mexico, 3º Edición, Septiembre, 1998; Autores Fernando Bejarano; COSYDDHAC, Chihuahua; TCPS

Border Water Project

  1. The Río Conchos: A Preliminary Overview January, 2001; Author: Mary E. Kelly, TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  2. Legal & Institutional Framework for Restoring Instream Flows in the Rio Grande: Fort Quitman to Amistad March, 2001; Author: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  3. Growth at any Cost? Reconciling Economic Development Policy and Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin January, 2000; Author: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

    Documentos en Español

  4. El Río Conchos: Un Informe Preliminar, Marzo, 2001; Autor: Mary E. Kelly, TCPS (Disponible en formato del pdf)

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Statewide Environmental Issues

Texas Green Scissors, Environmental Tax & Fee Reform Project

    Bridging the Gap: Green Tax Options for Texas Schools . The report lays out seven options for raising revenues for Texas schools while discouraging pollution. Click here for report
  1. GREEN FEES & SCISSORS IN TEXAS: 13 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GREENING THE STATE BUDGET, May 2005; Authors: TCPS, Friends of the Earth and others (Available in PDF format)
  2. DWINDLING RESOURCES: Comparison of SB 1, CSHB 1 and Impacts on the Core Functions of the TWDB, TCEQ and TPWD and Recommendations for Action; April 2003; Authors: Cyrus Reed, TCPS (Available in PDF format)
  3. MAKING POLLUTERS PAY: Environmentally Responsible Ways the 78th Legislature Can Raise New State Funds; February 2003; Authors: TCPS and Public Citizen(Press Release, Full Report available in pdf).
  4. The Real Budget Project: Funding Levels and Needs at Natural Resource Agencies in Texas; October 2002; Authors: TCPS (Press Release, Full Report available in pdf).
  5. Improving Environmental Responsibility in Texas: Opportunities for Tax and Fee Reform April 2000; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  6. Adequately Funding State Environmental Protection Programs: Moving Toward a Pollute Less, Pay Less System September 2000; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  7. The Public Water Systems Fee: In Need of Change September 2001; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

  8. Legislative Recap: What Happened to Funding and Fees at the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and Other Natural Resource Agencies in 2001, September 2001; Authors: TCPS (Available in PDF format)

Public Interest Sunset Working Group

  1. Lone Star Ranking, September 1999

Pesticide Information Network

  1. Pesticide Report Card: Texas Schools Score from A to F in the Integrated Management Program, September 1999; Author: Bala Wong, Consumers Union Southwest Regional Office; Editor: Kathy Mitchell, Consumers Union Southwest Regional Office (Available in PDF format)

  2. Pesticides and Texas Water Quality January 1999 (Available in PDF format)

  3. Preserving Texas Fishing: Better Data Needed About Pesticide Use January 1999; Authors: Mary Kelly, TCPS; Dwayne Anderson, Texas Clean Water Fund (Available in PDF format)

  4. Realm of the Unknown: Pesticide Use in Texas January 1999 (Available in PDF format)

  5. Atrazine Contamination of Texas Drinking Water: Your Right-To-Know January 1999

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Other Reports

The majority of the reports below are not provided on-line. To obtain a copy, please contact TCPS.

  1. Texas Environmental Almanac, 2nd Edition, April/May 2000 available from UT-Press, $29.99,

  2. A New Interpretation of "No Net Loss": The piecemeal approach to wetlands destruction Review of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers actions on South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, January 1999 , FREE!

  3. Proyecto Laguna Madre: Un Esfuerzo Binacional/The Laguna Madre Project: A Binational Initiative (Brochure), January 1999 , Free!

  4. Texas Coal Plants Implicated in Big Bend Pollution, May 1998

  5. A Portrait of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Environmental and Economic Overview, August 1997, $5.00

  6. The El Paso County Environmental Assessment, August 1997, $5.00

  7. Burning Our Health: Hazardous Waste Incineration in Cement Kilns (a fact sheet in English), July 1997

  8. TNRCC Enforcement: Records or Rhetoric, December 1996 , $5.00

  9. The Bridges of Cameron and Hidalgo Counties, June 1995 , $15.00

  10. The 1994 Rio Grande Toxics Study: An Evaluation and User's Guide, May 1995 , $10.00

  11. Public Subsidized Destruction: The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Laguna Madre, April 1994 , $10.00

  12. Preliminary Report on the Proposed Extension of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Laguna Madre, April 1994 , $10.00

  13. Update on World Bank Forestry Loan to Mexico, May 1994 , $10.00

  14. Fulfilling Promises: Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBANK), February 1994 , FREE!

  15. An Analysis of EPA's Progress on the Integrated Border Environmental Plan's Hazardous Waste Commitments, November 1993 , FREE!

  16. Biodiversity Protection in the Texas/Mexico Border Region, (Spanish and English), September 1993 , FREE!

  17. The Carbon II Dilemma: A Case Study of the Failing of U.S. / Mexico Environmental Management in the Border Region, September 1993, $3.00

  18. NAFTA's Environmental Side Agreement: A Review and Analysis, 1993 , FREE!

  19. An Analysis of EPA's Progress on the Integrated Border Environmental Plan's Hazardous Waste Commitments, November 1993, FREE!

  20. Toxics in Texas & Their Impact on Communities of Color, October 1992, $10.00

  21. NAFTA and the U..S. / Mexico Border Environment: Options for Congressional Action, September 1992, $5.00

  22. A Response to the EPA/SEDUE Integrated Border Environmental Plan, March 1992, FREE!

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