Texas’s environmental policies tend to be less strict than those found in other states. What is it about Texas politics and culture that explains this?

What will be an ideal response?

First, Texas has a frontier heritage where the dominant cultural viewpoint is that an unobtrusive government is preferable to one that is well intentioned and seeks to protect its citizens from the ills of the marketplace. Texans tend to prefer freedom over security when it comes to environmental protection. Also, environmental regulation places a cost on doing business, and the Texas mentality is that if these costs are too great, the resulting effect on businesses will decrease the ability of Texans to pursue the careers and endeavors that make the Texas economy attractive.