Texas Oil and Gas Leader Says All Emissions to Blame for Climate Change

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Texas Scorecard By Brandon Waltens January 14, 2020

Even liberal reporters seemed surprised at Todd Staples’ claims of man-made climate change.

For decades, radical environmental extremists have waged war on oil and gas by touting claims of “man-made climate change” supposedly caused by the industry.

But now it appears the head of the Texas Oil and Gas Association, a “statewide trade association representing every facet of the Texas oil and gas industry,” is jumping on the liberal bandwagon.

Todd Staples, a Republican who previously served as the state’s Agriculture Commissioner and now heads up TXOGA, told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday that he believed climate change was real and the oil and gas industry, as well as other industries, were to blame.

The story was first reported by KUT, the Austin-based NPR affiliate, who took notice of comments made by Staples in which he said, “I think Texas is at risk if we don’t have a very real, factual-based conversation about our climate, about our environment, and about the progress that needs to be made.”

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