Austin Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Nation’s First Coal Tar Sealer Ban
City Biologist Recounts Highs and Lows of Discovery, Media, and the Ban On November 18, 2005 the City of Austin enacted the nation’s first ban of coal tar sealers. Ten years later, Austin’s waters are cleaner and over 18 million Americans have joined them in a ban. The local university’s saying (the University of Texas), […]