Climate Change Denial vs. Science at Texas Legislature

According to Public Citizen in Texas writing on May 2, 2013 in “Climate Change Denial vs. Science at Texas Legislature,” just before Earth Day, the House of Representatives once again demonstrated its commitment to protecting the fossil fuel industries that fund many of the members campaigns instead of protecting the people of our state from the devastating impacts of climate change by passing HB 788. The bill requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to permit greenhouse gas emissions, which cause climate change, but would remove the agency’s authority to limit such emissions.