Monday, March 28, 2022

The Boring Bill in Tennessee That Everyone Should Be Watching

Republicans are about freedom and small government only when they’re not the ones in control of the government.

...This particular energy infrastructure bill has ramifications that go far beyond the siting of pipelines. It is part of a last-gasp effort by the fossil fuel industry to override what everybody knows, even here in Tennessee, is our green energy future. “This is a seriously big thumb on the scale in favor of the fossil fuels,” George Nolan, a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center told The Tennessean. “It says if you’re a local government, you can’t touch fossil fuels.”
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Margaret Renkl https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/opinion/tennessee-premption-oil-pipeline-bill.html?smid=em-share

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