The Environmental Protection Agency's carbon regulation push continues, but apprently abusing the clean-air laws of the 1970s to achieve goals Congress rejected isn't enough. Late last week, teh EPA made an unprecedented move to punish Texas for being the one state with the temerity to challenge its methods. Kathleen Hartnett White is Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director, Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment She joined the Texas Public Policy Foundation in January 2008. She is a Distinguished Senior Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment. Prior to joining the Foundation, White served a six-year term as Chairman and Commissioner of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). With regulatory jurisdiction over air quality, water quality, water rights & utilities, storage and disposal of waste, TCEQ’s staff of 3000, annual budget of over $600 million and 16 regional offices make it the second largest environmental regulatory agency in the world after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.