Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he has issued an executive order relating to the protection of Texas’ energy industry from federal overreach. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he has issued an executive order relating to the protection of Texas’ energy industry from federal overreach. Under the order, Abbott directed every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action “that threatens the continued strength, vitality, and independence of the energy industry”. “Each state agency should work to identify potential litigation, notice-and-comment opportunities, and any other means of preventing federal overreach within the law,” Abbott stated in the order. “This executive order supersedes all previous orders in conflict or inconsistent with its terms and shall remain in effect and in full force unless it is modified, amended, rescinded, or superseded by the governor,” he added. In the order, Abbott noted that regulators can […]