Texas Sweep Brings Environmental Reform Prospects — SkimNews
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- Democrats won a historic sweep of Texas on Tuesday, creating new possibilities for environmental reform.
- Republicans ruled Texas for more than 30 years before Tuesday’s historic Democratic sweep.
- Texas is the home of the nation’s oil and gas industry, the setting for the reform possibilities raised by Tuesday’s result.
- Democrats have an opportunity after the sweep to cement safeguards for data center development.
- Democrats also have an opportunity to lower energy costs, a stated goal alongside data-center safeguards.
Why it matters: For Texas Democrats, Tuesday’s sweep places the party in governing control after more than 30 years of Republican rule; for energy consumers, the stated priority is lower energy costs, while data-center developers are the focus of a separate set of safeguard questions in Texas.
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