Environment

Warren Norred, 12 years ago

The largest acid rain lake in the world is in an undeveloped area in Australia. That fact is irrelevant to the environmental quality of Australia. You’ve made two assertions, and without arguing with either, which I have no confidence in at all, I don’t see how they come to a conclusion that the environmental quality in Texas requires any particular development.

For the record, air quality in downtown Dallas has been getting better for the last thirty years.

Tom Aldred, 12 years ago

Good points, Warren.

It’s also important to remember that Texas refines more than 25 percent of the nation’s fuel supply, manufactures more than 60 percent of the chemicals used in the nation, and provides more natural gas than any other state. This (and other) industrial activity provides ten of thousands of jobs across the state, and Texas has made huge environmental gains over the last decade or more: http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/TxEnvironRecord.pdf