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Public Citizen Texas… Tweeting the Day Away

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACT, alliance for a clean texas, austin city council meeting, Austin Energy, dc, old man stewart, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, PublicCitizenTX, Texas, texas league of conservation voters, tlcv, Twitter, washington, webberville solar plant on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We caved. Public Citizen Texas is on Twitter. Follow us here! Don’t worry though, we at PublicCitizenTX will be careful to use our Twitter powers for good, not evil. We’ll use tweets to keep you updated on new blog posts, legislative action alerts, and the occassional inside scoop from a city council meeting or committee [...]

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Public Citizen’s Energy Efficiency Op-Ed in Houston Chronicle

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Energy Efficiency, green jobs, houston chronicle, matthew johnson, president obama, Public Citizen, public utility commission, PUC, Texas, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Houston Chronicle ran an Op-Ed Sunday entitled An energy winner: Big savings are possible by upgrading efficiency goals. Authors: Public Citizen’s Tom “Smitty” Smith and Matthew Johnson. Check it out: In the world of energy, there’s one clear winner when it comes to cost, cleanliness and speed: energy efficiency. Although regulated utilities in Texas, [...]

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Answer the Door! It’s Federal Stimulus Funds Knocking!

Posted in Efficiency, tagged floor pass, hearing, seco, select committee on federal economic stabilization, state energy conservation office, state energy program, stimulus, stimulus bill on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Yowza! Looks like the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) won the stimulus dollars scratch off, big time. SECO, which usually has a budget of around $2 million, will get an additional $233.8 million of federal money due to the stimulus bill. That’s quite a sum that will be available to the state for energy efficiency [...]

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Global Warming Causes More Than Heat

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atmosphere, climate change, extreme weather, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, meteorological, powershift, snowstorm, storm, temperature on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The incredible snowstorm that swept across the east coast yesterday was a bit of a surprise to the thousands of people that flocked to Washington, DC for Powershift 2009. While it did not stop the enviro-activists from protesting dirty energy sources such as coal, some blog noise today indicates that the snowstorm may have blurred [...]

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