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Experts: Texas outranks
other states for emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas out
ranks all other states in carbon emis
sions from fossil fuels linked to a
global warming trend that may ren
der vast ranching areas into desert
and disrupt timbering and aquacul
ture, officials said Wednesday.
A study by Renew America, a
Washington-based conservation
group, said Texas in 1986 released
155 million metric tons in carbon
emissions from fossil fuels, almost
double the second-ranking state,
California, which spewed 85.23 mil
lion metric tons into the air. Each
metric ton equals about 2,205
pounds.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower, a rnember of the Re
new American of directors,
said Texans’ penchant for the
pickup truck and lack of mass trans
portation in urban areas, the oil in
dustry, coastal area refineries, and
chemical and plastics plants all con
tribute to the emissions level.
Of all the gases that contribute to
the greenhouse effect, carbon diox
ide is the largest single element at
about half, Renew America said.
“Substantially cutting carbon di
oxide emissions is a crucial, and
achievable, approach to the goal of
stabilizing the atmospheric chemis
try,” the report said. “At the same
time, reducing fossil fuel consump
tion can help ease the problems of
acid rain and ground-level ozone
pollution.”
The report recommended im
provements in energy efficiency, a
switch from oil and coal to natural
gas in generating electricity, and the
Hightower uncertain
he’ll challenge Gramm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas
Agriculture Commissioner Jim
Hightower said Wednesday he
would decide around the first of the
year whether to challenge Republi
can Sen. Phil Gramm’s expected re-
election bid in 1990.
Hightower said he had raised no
money for the campaign, but had
been talking recently with Demo
cratic fund-raisers and politicians
throughout the country about the
possibility of running and raising
money for the campaign.
“If I’m going anywhere, that’s
where I’m headed,” Hightower said.
Hightower was in Washington at
tending the release of a study on
global warming by Renew America,
a Washington-based conservation
group.
Hightower, a Democrat, said he
would like to raise $8 million to $10
million for the campaign against
Gramm.
Gramm will be be seeking his sec
ond term in the Senate.
Gramm spent about $10 million
on his first Senate race in 1984
against Democrat Lloyd Doggett,
whom he beat 58.6 percent to 41.4
percent.
Hightower said Doggett raised $6
million and that he has a much big
ger fund-raising capacity than Dog
gett.
Hightower said he has a lot of
support in Congress and is encour
aged by what exit polls revealed in
presidential election.
“All populist issues played very
strongly,” Hightower said, and stand
for the kinds of issues that he cam
paigns on.
Hightower was first elected agri
culture commissioner in 1982 and
was re-elected in 1986.
Gramm, prior to being elected to
the Senate, served three terms in the
House.
Gramm won his first seat in Con
gress as a Democrat from College
Station in 1978, Gramm resigned af
ter winning re-election in 1982 and
was re-elected a Republican in early
1983, in a special election.
transition to an energy system based
on solar and other renewable, non
fossil energy resources.
Hightower said the global warm
ing could have staggering implica
tions on Texas farmers, who may be
robbed of vital rainfall coupled with
higher evaporation. The Piney
Woods of East Texas and the tim
bering industry, as well as the aqua
culture industries along the Gulf
Coast — such as tourism and fishing,
also could be hurt if global warming
is not stabilized.
The Chihuahuan Desert of Mex
ico is already moving deeper into
Texas, Hightower said, a direct re
sult of global warming.
Hightower said his office is exam
ining the trend’s effects on the state,
and said the research indicates the
most serious implications are its im
pact on water resources.
“Water is the most severely limit
ing factor on agricultural produc
tion,” Hightower said. “The climate
models we are studying indicate
that, while much of the Northern
Hemisphere may receive more rain
fall, we are likely to get less rain in
West Texas and Northern Mexico.”
Even if rainfall remains stable,
warmer temperatures will mean
more evaporates and less finds its
way into ground and surface water
supplies, Hightower said.
“Less rain and more evaporation
means the farmers with wells have to
pump more, accelerating the ex
haustion of aquifers, including the
Ogallala which irrigates much of the
Midwest in addition to the Texas
High Plains,” Hightower said. “One
model we’re looking at predicts a 25
percent increase in the demand for
irrigation water.”
More than 40 percent of the
state’s crops are already irrigated,
Hightower said.
Agriculture is he state’s second
ilargest industry, and Hightower said
his agency is turning its emphasis to
ward “sustainable agricultural prac
tices that reduce the energy intensity
of agriculture and reduce the use of
chemical fertilizers that add to the
buildup of greenhouse gases.”
Also being touted are sound water
and soil conservation, development
of organic food production, and lo
calized food delivery systems that re
duce transportation costs and fuel
combustion.
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