As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda by Gail Collins

Author:Gail Collins [Collins, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2012-05-28T04:00:00+00:00

“Let Texans run Texas”

By 2000, when George W. Bush was running for president, the days when Republicans could burble about protecting the forests and stopping climate change were pretty much over. The environmental discussion shifted to the need for “market-based incentives” and the rights of local communities. The 2000 Republican platform promised that the party nominee would approach environmental issues “just as he did it in Texas.” That sounded rather ominous, since at the time Texas ranked first in airborne carcinogens, first in ozone components, first in toxic air releases. Houston had the nation’s dirtiest air and Texas was number one when it came to unhealthy ozone levels.

Early in his days as governor, George W. had set the tone with his appointments to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the state environmental agency. The TNRCC is run by three commissioners, and Bush chose:

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