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Question of the day
What about the RPS in Texas? |
John McGrath |
16 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| So Senate Republicans managed to kill the Renewable Portfolio Standard in the energy bill. One question: who was the big-government, nanny-state liberal who forced one of the nation's largest and most successful RPSs on the poor, unwitting state of Texas? Hint: As Governor of Texas in 1999, he signed the RPS into law and later moved to the District of Columbia to pursue other opportunities, like threatening to veto a bill that would have treated all Americans like ... |
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| Topics: energy, renewable energy, legislation, politics, Texas (all these topics) |
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