JUNE 1998 · VOLUME 19· NUMBER 6

CORPORATE PREDATORS

Texas Grandfathers Contribute
To Pollution and Politicians


         
  PAC Total GF*  GF* NOx Car NOx  
Polluting Parent Company Expenditures Emissions Emissions Equivalent t  

Texas Utilities  
Houston Utilities        
Central & South West Corp.
Coastal Corp.              
PG&E Corp.          
DuPont            
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
Dow Chemical Co.            
New Century Energies         Chevron          
Entergy          
Exxon      
Amoco          
Phillips Petroleum**        
Mobil          
Shell Oil**          
ALCOA    
Lyondell Petrochemical Co.
El Paso Energy Corp.           
Union Carbide            

Total    

 

 $633,230
$631,324
$229,900
$221,532
$159,239
$110,758
$95,340
$91,151
$51,200
$48,550
$45,813
$37,300
$37,200
$33,800
$24,750
$20,800
$16,675
$14,850
$7,000
$3,500

$2,513,912

 210,437
16,436
10,695
8,628
18,335
9,228
5,556
5,568
3,877
14,150
11,325
40,419
14,282
37,841
17,687
15,010
109,646
8,069
4,526
6,542

554,335
 74,973
13.074
8,645
1,724
5,042
3,716
3,189
4,028
3,211
5,251
9,140
22,686
5,111
16,083
5,163
7,001
20,909
3,798
4,085
3,168

215,121 		3,844,773
870,482
443,331
88,425
258,548
190,583
163,533
206,636
164,643
269,271
469,731
1,163,405
262,115
824,782
264,745
359,000
1,072,235
194,762
209,483
162,467

11,031,851 		 

*GF = Grandfathered pollution, exempt from Clean Air Act requirements
t Number of automobiles required to produce the same amount of smog-forming NOx
**Phillips Petroleum and Shell Oil obtained "flexible permits" in 1995. These permits grant 10 years in which to achieve emissions reductions. In the interim, the companies produce grandfathered emissions.

Source: Texas Ethics Commission filings, "Grandfathered Air Pollution"