Texas gov leads GOP fight against climate bill

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: AP

While the U.S. Senate considers a climate bill aiming to dramatically slash air pollution linked to global warming, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican leaders in the state that leads the nation in greenhouse gas production are watching closely — and objecting loudly.

Perry, backed by powerful business and industry groups, for months has been denouncing the measure, saying it would cripple the vibrant Texas economy and the heavy-polluting oil, gas and chemical industries it depends on. The governor plans to keep up his campaign against legislation he claims would lead to massive job cuts, industries fleeing overseas and more expensive energy for everyone.

"The bill does not help the environment," Perry said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It seems like it's more about controlling than it is on having a real impact on the environment."

The U.S. House narrowly passed the measure in June, with the Texas delegation voting against it 23-9, and a similar version is facing a tough fight in the Senate. Each bill would cut emissions significantly by 2020, with a "cap and trade" system allowing companies to buy and sell permits to release limited amounts of heat-trapping gases.



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[Catshrink]

1. Better hurry up with those plans to secede, Governor Good Hair.

[Wizard777]

2. At least he can't rig this Panel to prevent them from discovering he's killing an innocent planet.

[tomm2thumbs]

3. Texas-sized windbag - we need to harness that man's bursts of hot air

(out both ends just to be safe)
with what he's sayin', it's hard to tell which end it's coming out of anyway

[Jefferson23]

4. Freaking schmuck this guy is.

[pattmarty]

5. Isn't Texas the "most polluted" state in the US now? Thought I read............

................somewhere that it achieved that prestigious rank.

[Maestro]

7. Yes

It's part of the rethug legacy that started with Bush. Ann Richards had put in place tough new air standards for industry forcing many factories to install new filtration and scrubbing systems to limit greenhouse gases. Bush did away with that and Goodhair kept it up.

[AlbertCat]

9. Everything's bigger in Texas!

The pollution.....the stupid......


the harm to everyone else....

[Maestro]

6. And yet because of Bush and Goodhair

Texas is the biggest polluter in the nation. Goodhair talking about the environment....puleeeeezzzzzeeeeee! He's an embarrassment.

[nyy1998]

8. Ugh

Can I please have an adult governor in my state?

[47of74]

10. Doesn't he leave an oil slick anywhere he walks?

[Texano78704]

11. Irony

Seeing advertisements for both GOP candidates running for Texas governor at the bottom of this page.

[KakistocracyHater]

12. so they're against legislation that cuts jobs yet they're for outsourcing?

whatever.......

[UTUSN]

13. Oxymoron: "TX governor" combined with "leads" !1 n/t

[hatrack]

14. Fine

Let them drown and burn.

Let an 850-mb hurricane wipe out Houston, and then we'll see just how rugged and tough and independent they are.

Bible-Thumping nut-suckers. Fuck them.

[tXr]

17. .

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[BlueIdaho]

15. The republican game plan

It debuted during the health care fight and we will see it over and over again for at least the next three years. It goes like this. Look into the camera lens and lie your ass off as often as possible, claim catastrophic economic consequences for any progressive change, and take as much money as you can get your hands on from your corporate overlords. Use that money to set up fake grassroots organizations, get low information voters to swallow your fear mongering hook line and sinker, and wrap yourself in the flag - even if it is made in China.

God bless America you psychopathic scumbags.

[CatholicEdHead]

16. That sounds about right

It is stalling to the nth degree.

[FarLeftFist]

18. Republicans are so cliche.

Like we didn't see this coming from a mile away.