The great thing about Texas Governor Greg Abbott is that he doesn’t make baseless threats: he will sue, and his Attorney General, Ken Paxton, is simpatico. In fact, Paxton already sued China Joe over one of his illegal immigration orders
Texas Governor Vows To Sue Biden Over Climate Change Orders
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is ready to sue the the Biden administration over new environmental regulations, signing an executive order against what he described as “regulatory overreach†by the federal government one day after President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping order on climate change.
Biden has taken swift action on climate change: he’s directed the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, revoked permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline, told federal agencies to review the Trump administration’s environmental rollbacks and signed an executive order Wednesday with a range of climate-related measures.
The executive order includes a directive to freeze oil and gas leasing on federal land, which the oil industry and even some Texas Democrats have heavily opposed.
Abbott said at a press conference that Texas will pursue a “litigation strategy to fight back against any efforts by the Biden administration†that threatens the energy sector or its jobs.
Abbott’s executive order directs state agencies to “use all lawful powers and tools†to oppose federal actions they believe threaten the state’s energy industry—including “identify[ing] potential litigationâ€â€”and criticizes Biden’s measures as showing “extreme hostility toward the energy industry.â€
The governor described the order as a “homework assignment†for agencies and said he would fire officials who do not follow it.
Abbott went on to point out that Texas is largely not affected, since Los Federales do not own that much land. Almost 3 million acres is owned by the federal government, but, that’s only 1.8% of Texas, and a lot of that is borderland and military bases. Abbott sued Obama 31 times when he was attorney general, and more while governor. And, many of those Obama enviro/climate crazy executive orders/rules were killed or put on hold by the courts. Because they went too far. Because they had no statutory authority. This should get fun.
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