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Will Rick Perry's pro-wind power stance carry on in the Trump administration?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/15/rick-perry-wind-power-energy-secretary-trump-administration[font face=Serif][font size=5]Will Rick Perry's pro-wind power stance carry on in the Trump administration?[/font]
[font size=4]Choice of former Texas governor to lead energy department is a potentially encouraging sign for those alarmed by Trump’s nomination of climate deniers[/font]
Tom McCarthy in New York
Thursday 15 December 2016 12.30 EST
[font size=3]Environmental activists in Texas have stories to tell about Rick Perry, who was governor of the state for 14 years. Jim Marston, the Texas head of the Environmental Defense Fund, remembers when Perry, seemingly out of the blue, signed an executive order fast-tracking coal plant air permits in October 2005.
“We scratched our head,” Marston said. “What the heck is this about?”
The answer quickly emerged. A Texas coal company, TXU Corp, wanted to build 11 new coal plants in the state. Pollutants spewed by the facilities would in sum have surpassed the total emissions of dozens of other entire states. But the utility had the governor’s ear. Between 2001 and 2011, it made $633,575 in campaign contributions to Perry, Mother Jones has reported.
“Not only did he try to help a donor. He tried to do it illegally,” Marston said. “A judge ruled that that order was illegal.
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[font size=4]Choice of former Texas governor to lead energy department is a potentially encouraging sign for those alarmed by Trump’s nomination of climate deniers[/font]
Tom McCarthy in New York
Thursday 15 December 2016 12.30 EST
[font size=3]Environmental activists in Texas have stories to tell about Rick Perry, who was governor of the state for 14 years. Jim Marston, the Texas head of the Environmental Defense Fund, remembers when Perry, seemingly out of the blue, signed an executive order fast-tracking coal plant air permits in October 2005.
“We scratched our head,” Marston said. “What the heck is this about?”
The answer quickly emerged. A Texas coal company, TXU Corp, wanted to build 11 new coal plants in the state. Pollutants spewed by the facilities would in sum have surpassed the total emissions of dozens of other entire states. But the utility had the governor’s ear. Between 2001 and 2011, it made $633,575 in campaign contributions to Perry, Mother Jones has reported.
“Not only did he try to help a donor. He tried to do it illegally,” Marston said. “A judge ruled that that order was illegal.
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