The American Sustainable Business Council said Senate Bill 13 has harmed its corporate and individual members, despite Texas portraying itself as a business-friendly state.
Texas was sued on Thursday by a nonprofit whose members support environmentally-friendly policies, and which seeks to block a state law targeting businesses that support reduced reliance on fossil fuels.
The American Sustainable Business Council said the 2021 law known as Senate Bill 13 violates members’ free speech rights by banning Texas from investing in or contracting with businesses that, in the state’s view, “boycott” the oil and gas industry.State Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar, both Republicans who support the 2021 law, were named as defendants in the lawsuit filed in Austin, Texas federal court.
The case is American Sustainable Business Council v. Hegar et al, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, No. 24-01010.Shake Shack to shut several California locations after state's $20 minimum wage hike Ex-Levi's exec delivers scathing takedown after 'woke' takeover of Harley-Davidson puts 'elite jerks' in chargeCulture bombs Stormy Daniels and Anna Delvey to appear together on stageMatt Lauer's daughter crashed into Hamptons fence and fled scene — but left license plate behind for cops to find
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