Environment Texas: Air Raid - Legislature Repurposes Clean Air Funds for Roads
June 03, 2021
June 03, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, June 3 (TNSPol) -- Environment Texas issued the following news release:
At least 35 percent of funds dedicated for air quality programs will now instead go to road-building, under legislation sent Tuesday to Gov. Greg Abbott. The raid on clean air funds was a lowlight in a legislative session where the environment otherwise fared well amid an onslaught of efforts to weaken protections.
"Texas has a deadly air pollution problem, so it's unconscionabl . . .
At least 35 percent of funds dedicated for air quality programs will now instead go to road-building, under legislation sent Tuesday to Gov. Greg Abbott. The raid on clean air funds was a lowlight in a legislative session where the environment otherwise fared well amid an onslaught of efforts to weaken protections.
"Texas has a deadly air pollution problem, so it's unconscionabl . . .