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Several Bills Passed by Texas Legislature Likely to Strengthen State’s Electric Grid, Energy Industry Groups Say
During the 88th Texas Legislative Session, several key pieces of legislation were passed to further strengthen the reliability of the state’s electric grid while also putting guardrails in place to ensure Texans are protected from expensive and unproven initiatives....
ICYMI: El Paso Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Extreme Climate Charter Proposition
El Paso voters spoke loud and clear, decisively rejecting Proposition K in a special election held in May. Proposition K aimed to introduce a comprehensive climate charter into the city's charter, proposing various policies that supporters say would combat climate...
Two Wins and a Miss for Texas Energy During the 88th Texas Session
The end of the Texas legislative session had several highlights for the state’s energy industry, with key bills poised to bring positive change – including two bills that passed, and one that failed to pass. Among the top three bills that garnered attention and...
New Law Protects Energy Choice for Texans
This year the Texas Legislature took a crucial step to ensure families and small business owners, not politicians or activists, maintain full control of which energy sources and products they can utilize and purchase. Companion bills SB 1017 by Senator Brian Birdwell...
House Bill 5, Which Would Create a New Economic Development Program, Clears Senate Committee, Now Heads to Senate Floor
In a significant move for the Lone Star State, on Sunday, the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce voted to send House Bill 5 to the Senate floor where it will receive a vote. HB 5 would replace the Chapter 313 economic development program with a new, modern...
CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax
Amid Connecticut's revolving budget crisis, a group of Connecticut lawmakers again are exploring a carbon tax: Last year, they proposed a fee of $15 a ton on carbon pollution that would be levied on coal, oil, natural gas, propane, or any other petroleum products. It...
Taxpayer Pay For T-Mobile’s Green Pledge
This week, T-Mobile proudly announced its pledge to use "100 percent renewable electricity" by 2021: T-Mobile will move to 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2021.The telecoms company said Monday that it had also finalized a contract for wind power from the...
Texas Environmental Leader Discusses His Smuggler Past
In a new video, former actor and Texas environmental activist Louis Moncivias Gutierrez discussed his criminal past that included incarceration for smuggling an illegal immigrant across the border. Gutierrez, who’s anti-border security attitude has been quoted in the...
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