Texas bills would require climate planning

[TexasTowelie]

Texas Democrats have filed a raft of climate change-related legislation that call for the study of how warming temperatures will affect the Lone Star State and would require state agencies to prepare for global warming as part of long range planning.

This week, state Rep. Mary González, an El Paso area Democrat, filed House Bill 3023, which would require Texas A&M University to study the effects of climate change and gauge the state’s preparedness in dealing with the federal government’s projections that up to 1,300 additional Texans could be killed by rising temperatures in coming decades.

“The U.S. Department of Defense has conducted a study on climate change threats — why shouldn’t Texas do the same,” González said in a statement. “As the second largest state in the country, we need to do our part to keep Texans safe and protected.”

The bill would require a study of impacts on agriculture and other industries that are vulnerable to rising temperatures, increased droughts and more extreme natural disasters.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190308/texas-bills-would-require-climate-planning

[walkingman]

1. Excellent idea!! I hope the powers that be take this seriously. It's pretty obvious to this Texan

that Climate Change is having a huge impact in lots of ways. Recent devastating droughts, wildfires, unprecedented damage from hurricanes, crop failures, comes to mind and I'm sure there is much more.

For some reason the fossil fuel gods have been turned most of our State political heroes into climate deniers but surely that will change as we all face on a daily basis.