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Environmental Stewardship – Integral to Our Mission

It is the objective of The Texas A&M University System that its operations and the persons associated with them cultivate environmental performance and model good practices wherever its facilities and activities interface with the natural and built environments. The scope of these practices encompasses, but is not limited to, providing clean and safe settings for learning and inquiry; factoring the environment into our planning, acquisitions, designs, construction, operations, maintenance, and activities; creating learning opportunities for our campus communities; conserving renewable and natural resources; preventing pollution; and fostering compliance with applicable environmental laws.

Environmental Stewardship at our member institutions

 

Environmental Management System (EMS)

EMS Vision

The name Texas A&M is considered by many to be practically synonymous with the environment.  Since our beginnings more than a century ago, long before the rise of the popular environmental movement, The Texas A&M University System and its Members have been educating and fielding the multitude of environmental professionals who have led Texas and the world in promoting wise resource use balanced with protection of human health and conservation of the natural environment.

In line with our historical mission of environmental education, research and extension, it is our goal as servant leaders to ensure System-wide protection of assets, respect for the health and safety of individuals, strict accountability for the resources entrusted to the System and integrity throughout the organization.  In so doing, we will take an aggressive approach to being exemplary environmental stewards.

Further Reading

Timely philosophy, essays, articles and presentations on a variety of environmental and energy topics (to come later)

Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Authorities

 

Key State and Federal Regulations

Applicable Laws and Regulations

Environmental management is governed by a far-reaching set of environmental laws and regulations, many of which apply to at least some of the activities and operations that occur on A&M System campuses and facilities.  The regulations are too numerous to cite here, but they mostly fall under the authority of several major environmental laws, as listed below:

Other environmental laws are less central to the day-to-day management of higher education, but one or more may have some bearing on certain A&M System activities or operations.  These may include:

Regulatory Agencies Having Jurisdiction

In Texas, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the principle environmental regulatory body for most compliance requirements.  Other environmental programs are variously governed by:

 Related A&M System Policies and Regulations