Daily Dispatch 9/17/24: Houston Pipeline Fire Shows Need For Petrochemical Protections, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

A minor car crash caused that massive petrochemical pipeline fire in the eastern Houston suburbs yesterday: https://apnews.com/article/pipeline-fire-texas-659141b9f88ed2b324c36fce2735746f

...The pipeline is owned by Energy Transfer, led by oil billionaire Kelcy Warren: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pipeline-fire-erupts-la-porte-texas-prompting-evacuations-2024-09-16/

...Houston area Representative Gene Wu says we might know what chemicals are being burned into East Houston's air, had Republicans not voted against that rule: https://x.com/GeneforTexas/status/1835858167130984651

...Dramatic aerial footage of the flames from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cdxrr7dz412o

...We talked to petrochemical engineer Chuck Crews, Democratic opponent to Republican Texas House incumbent Briscoe Cain of Deer Park, about all of this yesterday: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-news-minipod-la-porte-texas-pipeline-explosion/id1552998795?i=1000669739509

Ken Paxton's legal maneuvers to stop Bexar County officials from sending out unsolicited voter registration applications have been shut down by a San Antonio judge: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/politics/ken-paxton-bexar-county-texas-voter-registration/index.html

Liz Cheney was campaigning against Ted Cruz in Dallas with U.S. Rep. Colin Allred yesterday: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/09/16/liz-cheney-is-not-a-fan-of-ted-cruz-the-junior-senator-from-texas/

...Cruz does have his backers, though - including one of the country's most notorious anti-abortion crusaders: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/ted-cruz-touted-the-endorsement-troy-newman-executing-abortion-providers/

TODAY is National Voter Registration Day, and our friends at MOVE Texas are activated across the state: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-hour-170-gearing-up-for-national-voter-registration/id1552998795?i=1000669634900⁠

See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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