Texas A.G. Paxton: Environmental Protection Division Recoups Over $2.4 Million
March 09, 2021
March 09, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, March 9 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on March 8, 2021:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Environmental Protection Division has already recovered a staggering $2.4 million in civil litigation for the 2021 Fiscal Year. In addition, the state receives an annual economic damage payment of over $6 million for the Deepwater Horizon event that will be collected annually through 2033 to remedy that environment . . .
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Environmental Protection Division has already recovered a staggering $2.4 million in civil litigation for the 2021 Fiscal Year. In addition, the state receives an annual economic damage payment of over $6 million for the Deepwater Horizon event that will be collected annually through 2033 to remedy that environment . . .