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Given the amount of oil related industries there, it's not in the state's interest to regulate carbon, which is mostly a proxy for taxing oil and gas.
Additionally, it is a state with a large hard conservative population. They hate climate change.
Also, white/anglos are predicted to lose the plurality in Texas in 2020.
Given the amount of oil related industries there, it's not in the state's interest to regulate carbon, which is mostly a proxy for taxing oil and gas.
Additionally, it is a state with a large hard conservative population. They hate climate change.