Texas Standard For October 16, 2017
Once the bete noire of Texas Republicans, the EPA is in regulatory rollback mode. What does this mean for Texans? We’ll explore. And: Sometimes what regulations won’t do, economics will, as folks living near two coal-fired power plants are discovering. The small town of Rockdale reckons with its future. Also: Another community, in far west Texas, continues to transform into something few locals would have ever expected. Marfa, reconsidered. Those stories and lots more today on the Texas Standard:

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