Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Cozy with Big Pharma, Big Agriculture and Big Coal

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Rick Perry's Consistent Disregard for the Health of Texans

 

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's mandating of an STD vaccine for Texas girls is true to

form for him. In the years he has been in public " service " Perry has shown a

consistent disregard for for the health of all Texans.

 

As Agriculture Commissioner he gutted and did away with the newly birthed

Texas Organic Foods certification program and as is described below he recently

fast-tracked the approval process for 11 power plants that are of the old style

that burn only the dirtiest and most polluting coal...

 

Gov. Rick Perry: Worse for Texas than even George W. Bush was.

 

Courtney Kinear

 

Austin Legal

Citizen, environmental groups sue Texas guv over controversial coal plants

 

The big ol' mess in Texas over TXU Corp.'s plan to build 11 coal-fired plants

just got messier: four citizen and environmental groups have sued the state's

governor, Rick Perry ®, for fast-tracking the permit process. Thanks to a

swaggerific executive order Perry issued two years ago -- which the groups say

violated both state law and the Texas Constitution -- challenges to six plants

were lumped into one hearing, scheduled to begin on Feb. 21. Steamed opponents

say they haven't had time to build their case, and claim Perry's move put

" extraordinary and unprecedented burdens " on them. Green groups are also waging

a campaign to discourage investors from funding the $10 billion project, which

one group estimates would spew as much carbon pollution as 14 million cars. But

TXU remains confident: " What we're finding as we sit down and take a long look

at our program with these interested parties, usually they see the benefits of

the program, " said a spokesperson. Guard your

kneecaps, people.

 

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