"This reversal marks a return toward a more balanced regulatory environment that prioritizes energy reliability, economic growth, and state-level flexibility.”
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today, President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to roll back the Biden Administration’s rules dictating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for fossil fuel-based power plants. Following the announcement, Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian said the following:
“President Trump is continuing his promise to roll back Biden’s onerous regulatory regime and put America back on a path toward Energy Dominance. The Obama-Biden policies that were waging a war against fossil fuels would have left our power grids vulnerable and our national security weakened. CO2 is not the existential threat that radical environmentalists would have you believe, and it shouldn’t be dictating our energy policy. This reversal marks a return toward a more balanced regulatory environment that prioritizes energy reliability, economic growth, and state-level flexibility.”
“President Trump is continuing his promise to roll back Biden’s onerous regulatory regime and put America back on a path toward Energy Dominance. The Obama-Biden policies that were waging a war against fossil fuels would have left our power grids vulnerable and our national security weakened. CO2 is not the existential threat that radical environmentalists would have you believe, and it shouldn’t be dictating our energy policy. This reversal marks a return toward a more balanced regulatory environment that prioritizes energy reliability, economic growth, and state-level flexibility.”
A lifelong conservative businessman, Wayne Christian was elected as our 50th Texas Railroad Commissioner in November 2016. Prior to his time at the Commission, Christian served seven sessions in the Texas House of Representatives, accumulating a strong record of standing for free markets and against burdensome regulations. Christian is married to his wife, Lisa, and together they have three daughters, Liza, Lindsey and Lauren. You can learn more about Chairman Christian here.
