Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects
www.texastribune.org
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act required Texas’ transportation agency to create a carbon reduction strategy to get $641 million federal dollars. Critics say the plan is unlikely to meaningfully cut greenhouse gasses from the state’s massive transportation sector.

What a joke.

  • SARGEx117@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 years ago

    It’s almost like they just want the money and have no intention of doing the things the money was intended for. Kind of like the “welfare queens” their types like to harp about…

  • Ddhuud@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    They’re not fooling anyone. They’re funneling money through campaign donor companies. There’s no way in hell that the phrase “induced demand” hasn’t come up in every meeting they ever made about the subject.