An 8 mile chunk of ice broke off from the arctic icecap according to satellite photos of the region. This is truly disturbing as we come closer to a summer where the Arctic icecap completely disappears. The ice cap is not only an indicator of global warming, but a feedback mechanism as well: ice reflects [...]
Archive for July, 2008
8 miles of ice break off in Arctic
Posted in Global Warming, tagged arctic ice shelf, Global Warming, sea level rise on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oil in the Arctic!
Posted in Energy, tagged arctic, Global Warming, oil, Renewables on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are like a child picking up sea shells on the exposed shoreline preceding a tsunami. Our eyes gloss over and the glint of the pretty thing shines in our eyes, and heedless of the gathering mountain of water we rush to gather as much as we can, ignoring the consequences of missing the bigger [...]
Hi, I’m France and I have a nuclear problem.
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Areva, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nuclear on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are you just slightly skeptical of people who bashed France 5 years ago, yet hold them up as a paragon of energy planning for having so much nuclear power? From the folks at Beyond Nuclear: The French Nuclear Medusa: Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Gunter has just returned from a fact-finding mission in France where she also [...]
A very alternative energy source
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged alternative energy, New York Times, renewable energy, solar, space-based solar on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An op-ed in the New York Times yesterday by O. Glenn Smith, a former NASA employee, suggests what is certainly a “thinking outside the box” kind of solution to our nation’s energy woes: solar panels…in outer space. Smith recommends building large solar panels that would orbit the earth and send energy back to us via [...]
Electricity Deregulation in Texas–High Cost Problems and One Solution
Posted in Consumers, Energy, tagged deregulation, electricity prices, Energy on July 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The effect of electricity deregulation has been harmful to Texans of all social backgrounds and economic levels across the state.
Will the Pedernales Board get the message?
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Clean Water Action, Efficiency, PEC4U, Pedernales, Renewables on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While the Statesman covered the hubbub around the PEC Board’s agreement to cut their salary more than 40%, that wasn’t the only news from the first meeting of the new Board yesterday. Ric Sternberg of PEC4U, et al, delivered over 4000 letters and postcards to the new Board from Pedernales members demanding more conservation, efficiency, [...]
Update on Netroots Nation 08 Day 3: Gore, Doggett, Lessig, and Courage
Posted in Campaign Finance, Global Warming, tagged Al Gore, Global Warming, Lloyd Doggett, NN08, public financing, Renewables on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen is a national sponsor of this year’s Netroots Nation conference, and as the Austin Texas office of Public Citizen is happy to play host. We’ve met so many great people and been in so many excellent meetings. We’re also proud that we launched this, our Texas blog, in concert with NN08. Today has [...]
Want some Kidney Stones to go with your Global Warming?
Posted in Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Coal, Global Warming, health effects, Renewables on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A new study from Tom Brikowski, a geosciences professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, and Drs. Yair Lotan and Margaret Pearle, urology professors at UT Southwestern Medical School, printed in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, made an interesting conclusion. More global warming will mean more kidney [...]
Austin church installs solar panels
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged church, distributed generation, Renewables, solar on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An intern brigade (Adrien, Melissa, and I) traveled out to South Austin earlier this month to show Public Citizen support at the San Francisco de Asis Episcopal Church’s ribbon cutting ceremony for their solar panel installation. On top of the good work of this church’s affiliated mission, El Buen Samaritano, which provides health care and [...]
You so CRE-Z
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged CREZ, PUC, Renewables, solar, wind on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So the Public Utility Commission of Texas announced today that they will go with Scenario 2 on CREZ (Competitive Renewable Energy Zone). This explains what’s going on pretty well. CPS Energy looks kind of ridiculous in it. They originally endorsed Scenario 1b (the least amount of transmission to be considered), but last week the Express-News [...]
Cleaner cheaper energy for Texas? Coming soon! (We Won!!)
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Global Warming, PUC, Renewables, solar, wind on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This article originally posted at citizenvox.org Global warming is the singular environmental challenge of our generation. Some people claim you cannot be green without sacrificing economic development. Actually, we can create a greener energy future for Texas and reduce our electric bills at the same time by investing in our electric infrastructure. This week the [...]
Hybrid or used car?
Posted in Energy on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brendan I. Koerner over at Slate.com publishes the column “The Green Lantern,” where he investigates readers’ queries and quandries about how to be ‘green’. Column topics range from whether to buy your juice in a can or not from concentrate to what kind of tree soaks up the most carbon. His most recent column discusses [...]
Why 350?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 350.org, Global Warming on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the past few weeks I have come across 350.org‘s recent animated video several times, each time more impressed at its simplicity and effectiveness. In 90 seconds, without words, the short cartoon manages to convey what we are doing to cause global warming, why you should care, and what you can do about it. 350.org‘s [...]
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