A week and a half ago I sat in on the first Carbon Management Caucus meeting of the 81st Legislature and listened to a professor from Penn State tell legislators, their staffers, and a few intrepid members of the general public that “we need coal, coal isn’t going anywhere, in China they’re using tons and [...]
Archive for February 9th, 2009
Coal Hurts Babies
Posted in Coal, tagged 81st legislature, birth defects, carbon caucus, carbon management caucus, China, china daily, Coal, coal plant, environmental pollution, grist, penn state, shanxi on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More Clean Energy Headed Austin’s Way
Posted in Renewables, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, green jobs, kxan, manufacturing jobs, news 8, semiconductor industry, smartspark, solar, solar energy startup, Texas, wildcatting the sun on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Remember last week, when solar power was ALL OVER THE NEWS? Check out this video of News 8 Austin’s news story from Monday (and look for Smitty, our director, proclaiming that “Now is the time to Wildcat the Sun!”): Also, check out KXAN’s news coverage. The KXAN slant on the story was pretty interesting: they [...]

















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