This week the House passed the $819 billion stimulus package, and even more exciting is that over $100 billion of the package is allocated to green spending. Amazingly, the package passed without a single Republican vote. Only 11 Democrats voted against the bill, with a final vote of 244-188. Here is a breakdown of the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Stimulating Facts on the Green Stimulus
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged climate change, Energy Efficiency, green spending measures, house of representatives, mass transit, president obama, public transportation, renewable energy, republican minority whip eric cantor, senate, speaker nancy pelosi, stimulus package, ways and means committee on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rick Perry, the Environmentalist? Maybe!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Air Quality, alternative fuels, clean air, environment, green, green rebate, hybrid, Plug ins, Renewables, Rick Perry, tax incentive, Texas on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Governor announced this week that he supports legislation for a $5,000 rebate for plug-in hybrids. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Perry is an outspoken critic of government environmental regulation, saying that the “increasingly activist EPA['s]” initiatives to stem greenhouse gas output are “absolutely disastrous” for the Texas economy. The WSJ says this [...]
New Study By NOAA Shows Climate Change Irreversable For 1000 Years
Posted in Global Warming on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In case you haven’t heard, a scientific study released by NOAA on Monday shows the need for immediate action to curb Global Climate Change. According to this study, “changes in surface temperature, rainfall, and sea level are largely irreversible for more than 1,000 years after carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are completely stopped.” This is truly [...]
Public Citizen and The Texas Observer: Voices in the Same Choir? Come sing along!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Bea Moorehead, Carbon Dioxide, Citizen Action, climate change, Congress, Eliot Shapleigh, Energy Efficiency, Obama administration, Solar Incentives, Texas Impact, Texas Legislature, The Texas Observer, Who Represents Me? on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Observer just ran an article on the top ten issues the Texas Legislature should address this session. Anybody want to guess what number two was? If you guessed climate change… you’ve probably been reading this blog. And you’d be right! The Observer expects for Texas leaders to more amenable to climate change action [...]
Deadline Today!
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Stimulus, obama, renewable energy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congress is voting on Obama’s much anticipated stimulus package today. If you want this package to include measures to promote renewable energy and a public works project to make public buildings more energy-efficient — and if you read this blog, I bet you do — tell your legislator now! It will only take a minute, [...]
Come out and be heard: Austin Energy wants public input, yall!
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Austin Energy, energy storage on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Want Austin to do think outside the box on energy efficiency? Think we should invest in storage technology to store all that beautiful wind and solar energy? Want to see city hall but never had a reason to? On Wednesday, Jan 28, Austin Energy will host a town hall meeting at city hall (301 W. [...]
A Clean Energy Economy
Posted in Global Warming, tagged California Waiver, climate change, Energy, environment, Environmental Policy, EPA, Executive order, fuel efficiency, Global Warming, green, obama on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning President Obama outlined his energy and environmental policy and how it fit into his broader effort to jump start our flailing economy. It was a like taking a breath of fresh air to hear someone actually addressing the environmental problems we face reasonably. Finally! He focused on the problems we face as an [...]
Don’t Let Energy Costs Put the Stranglehold on You!
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged economic recession, Economic Stimulus Package, Energy Costs, Energy Efficiency, Green Energy Stimulus, obama, renewable energy, Weatherization on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
American homes lose $13 billion in wasted energy every year, averaging a whopping $150 per family. What’s more, the average family spends about $1,900 per year on utility bills. In these economic times, it’s hard to fork out that kind of money. What’s even more outrageous is that energy companies are currently lobbying Congress for [...]
Nickel and Dime your way to a nuke: an update on San Antonio
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged CPS, Department of Energy, Express-News, Greg Harman, Loan Guarantees, San Antonio, South Texas Project on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CPS committed to spend $60 million more on the proposed expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project at its Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, which brings the city utility’s total expenditures on units 3 & 4 to $267 million. The construction and operating license still languishes at the NRC, almost a year and a [...]
Session starts, Straus is Official
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 81st Texas Legislative Session, Capitol Annex, Energy Efficiency, Greg Harmon, Hope Andrade, Joe Straus, SA Current, Texas Speaker's Race, Twitter, Vince Leibowitz on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And its off to the races! The state legislative session has officially begun. House representatives and state senators were officially sworn into office in formal ceremonies Tuesday. The biggest news, of course, was the unanimous election of Joe Straus as Speaker of the House. Highlights from the House ceremonies: Hope Andrade, Secretary of State, got [...]
The staggering cost of new nuclear power
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged Nuclear on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New study by Craig Severance details the staggering cost estimates of new nuclear power
Don’t Say We Didn’t Tell You So…
Posted in Global Warming on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In an editorial published yesterday, the Austin American Statesman agrees: Texas needs to take the lead on climate change. And I quote (bold my own), …sea levels could rise by 4 feet by 2100 – versus the 1.5 feet predicted by a United Nations panel on climate change. That’s a warning that ought to be [...]
Old Argument, New Twist
Posted in Global Warming, tagged auto bailout, California, Consumer Electronics Association, Efficiency, Energy Guide, Energy Star, Kate Galbraith, Televisions on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Television sets use about 4% of household power nation-wide, and the newest flat screens are even bigger power suckers — LCD screens use 43% more power than the old tube TV models. Despite this situation, government efficiency testing standards for televisions haven’t been updated since Leave It to Beaver appeared in black and white. Energy [...]
Support our work!
Subscribe by Email
Socialize With Us!
Categories
Follow us on Twitter- @PublicCitizenTX
- ow.ly/9Gpba 2 months ago
- #BandC the PUC Energy Efficiency rule can be increased, save people money, and keep the lights on. 4 months ago
- Call your Senator and ask them to not block CSAPR! - wp.me/phIHj-3N6 6 months ago
- State Department's tar sands hearing in Austin, TX a farce. Protester arrested - http://ow.ly/6IILh 8 months ago
- Austin Hearing - State Department on Tar Sands Pipeline; from Canada to Texas - Wednesday, September 28th - http://ow.ly/6FwcE 8 months ago
Popular Tags
-
Flickr Photos
More Photos 
Citizen Vox Blog- One year since Citizens United v. FEC January 21, 2011 Rick Claypool
- The Midmorning Refill: Despite oil spill, runaway cars, Jersey Shore, 2010 may have not been the absolute worst year ever January 3, 2011 Dorry Samuels
- The Midmorning Refill: Nancy Pelosi says health care law will be her crowning achievement December 21, 2010 Joe Newman
-
![[Valid RSS]](valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
350 Challenge
Pages
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
Meta
