Ambitious Climate Proposition Faces Fossil Fuel Backlash in El Paso
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Sunrise El Paso put forward a charter amendment to transition the city off fossil fuels and explore creating a municipal electric utility. The chamber of commerce and the fossil fuel industry are mounting a scorched earth campaign to kill it.
By Martha Pskowski
EL PASO—For the first time, Texas voters have the chance to write climate action into a city charter.