Texas Voters Overwhelmingly Back Measure that Likely Green-Lights More Fossil Fuel Development

Texas Voters Overwhelmingly Back Measure that Likely Green-Lights More Fossil Fuel Development
Flared natural gas is burned off at the Deadwood natural gas plant in Garden City, Texas on Feb. 5, 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Texas voters approved a state constitutional amendment on Nov. 7 that will create a special $10 billion fund for financing the “construction, maintenance, and modernization of its electric generating facilities.”

Proposition 7 passed 65 percent to 35 percent with 2.5 million votes cast, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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