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Lawmakers begin deciding how to address Arkansas scrap tire problem

BY: - March 31, 2023

With a week left before they plan to adjourn, Arkansas lawmakers took the first step Friday to addressing problems with the state’s scrap tire recycling program. It became clear last summer after the state’s largest tire recycling facility temporarily shut down that legislative action was needed to fix the underfunded program. On Friday, the Senate […]

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has directed Attorney General Tim Griffin (right) to appeal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of Arkansas' plan for dealing with air emissions that affect ozone levels in neighboring states. She made the announcement at an Arkansas Electric Cooperative power plant near Wrightsville. (Wesley Brown/Arkansas Advocate)

Arkansas files federal lawsuit against EPA over Arkansas’ rejected ozone plan

BY: - February 16, 2023

The Natural State’s dirty air problems are causing another beef between Gov. Sarah Sanders and the Biden administration. During a 20-minute news conference at the Oswald Generating Station in Wrightsville, owned by the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., Sanders announced that she asked state Attorney General Tim Griffin to file a federal lawsuit against the Biden […]

Sanders names directors of economic development, environmental quality

BY: - January 12, 2023

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday appointed two state agency veterans to be directors of the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Caleb Osborne will serve as director and chief administrator of environment at ADEQ, and Clint O’Neal will lead AEDC as executive director, Sanders announced in press statement. Osborne […]

Fix for underfunded Arkansas tire recycling program must wait for legislative review

BY: - August 26, 2022

A stop-gap measure to keep Arkansas’ tire recycling program running fell through on Friday, meaning scrap tire piles will keep growing in large sections of the state. A request from the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality for $1 million from state savings to shore up the Arkansas Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act Program was […]