I have been remiss in my duties as Blog Lady because I haven’t told you anything about the slated Andrews County nuclear waste dump. Oh, you hadn’t heard? TCEQ approved a “low-level” radioactive dump out in the lower panhandle. There wasn’t a contested case hearing — and citizens of Eunice, New Mexico, the closest town [...]
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Andrews County: A Radioactive Risk for West Texas
Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged andrews county, Capitol Annex, Cyrus Reed, diane d'arrigo, dump, forrest wilder, Karen Hadden, nirs, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear waste, Odessa, panhandle, rose gardner, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, TCEQ, terry burns, texas observer, Vince Leibowitz, waste control specialists on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Austin City Council Votes for Nation’s Largest Photovoltaic Array
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, boma, building owners and managers association, david power, gemini solar, laura morrison, Lee Leffingwell, mike martinez, Public Citizen, randi shade, sheryl cole, solar plant, solar power, spansion, Webberville on March 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This afternoon the Austin City Council moved unanimously to approve Item 16 on the agenda, the purchasing power agreement with Gemini Solar Development Company to build a 30 MW solar plant at the Webberville tract. That means that by the end of 2011, Austin should be the proud home of the nation’s largest utility scale [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Austin City Council Solar Vote this Thursday
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin city council, Brewster McCracken, burnt orange report, item 16, Lee Leffingwell, phillip martin, renewable energy, solar power, webberville solar plant on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that the Austin City Council will have its final vote on the proposed 30 MW Webberville Solar Plant at a meeting this Thursday, March 5. The Council meeting is of course open to the public, so please come by City Hall starting at 10 a.m. to show your support for the plant! [...]
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