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SUMMARY:Next Tx Legislative Session Zoom 2Oct24 7pm
DESCRIPTION:Looking Forward: The Next Legislative Session \nJoin by Zoom ht
 tps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84708531500 630PM social time and equipment check
  7PM presentation Though we haven't gotten through the upcoming election\,
  there are interim hearings going on now at the Texas State Capitol that m
 ay foretell the topics of future legislation in 2025.  There have also bee
 n interim hearings based on bills passed last session to see how public po
 licy may or may not have changed due to legislation passed in 2023. Rita B
 eving of Public Citizen will talk about what may be coming up in 2025. \nR
 ita Beving has a twenty-five-year history of advocating for citizens on en
 vironmental issues. She currently works with the national nonprofit Public
  Citizen but has also worked both professionally and as a volunteer for th
 e Sierra Club and Clean Water Fund. Since 2013\, Rita has worked with Publ
 ic Citizen as a registered lobbyist on a variety of issues at the state ca
 pitol. Locally\, Rita was Vice Chair of the Environmental Task Force that
  worked to develop the Dallas Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Acti
 on Plan (CECAP) before establishment of the Dallas Environmental Commissio
 n\, where she now serves as technical air advisor. Rita has worked on a va
 riety of environmental issues statewide over the years\, including those a
 ddressing issues on the permitting of the Keystone XL and the TransPecos p
 ipelines\, land farms\, landfills\, cement kilns\, concrete batch plants\,
  and also worked with former Mayor Laura Miller and other nonprofits to de
 feat the permitting of more than a dozen coal plants. She is a graduate of
  Iowa State University and lives in the Dallas area with her husband\, att
 orney David Griggs. \n----- \nSponsored by the Arlington Conservation Coun
 cil\nzoom talk\nUnited States\n
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