One of the bills would fine people who file multiple complaints with the state's environmental agency.
For a crash course in how to fuck up the environment, look no further than the Texas Legislature. At the start of this year’s legislative session, lawmakers have introduced a slew of bills with some jaw-droppingly bad environmental ramifications—including bills that would override the EPA’s authority and punish people for filing complaints with the state’s environmental regulatory agency.
It’s no secret that Texas Republicans are committed to protecting fossil fuels at any cost; this is, after all, the state where the major oil and gas regulatory agency is run by a climate denier. Still, even if you expect the least from Texas, some of the bills on deck seem, for lack of a better word, extremely petty. Take Senate Bill 471, which would charge people a fee for filing a complaint with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) if the person filing the complaint already has filed three complaints that year that didn’t result in enforcement actions.
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