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Coal Action: Proposed legislation would eliminate public challenges to power plants

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged coal plant, contested case hearing, EPA, fast track, grandfathered coal plants, hb 4012, house committee on environmental regulation, permit application, power plant on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On Wednesday, April 8th, the House Committee on Environmental Regulation will hear testimony on a bill to fast-track coal and other power plants. Issues with the HB 4012 include: It would eliminate the contested-case hearing process – the only significant opportunity the public has to challenge a power plant permit It would fast-track the permit [...]

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Stop the Dirty Dozen: Tell the Texas Legislature, Don’t Create Another Generation of Grandfathered Coal Plants

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged clean air act, coal plant, Congress, corpus christi, grandfathered power plants, Obama administration, stop the dirty dozen, sweetwater, Texas Legislature, Victoria, Waco on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you live in the Waco, Sweetwater, Corpus Christi, or Victoria area, you may have seen this op-ed run in your local newspaper under a variety of titles such as “Stop the Dirty Dozen”, “New generation of grandfathered polluters?”, and “Don’t create another generation of grandfathered power plants.” If not, you should give it a [...]

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Houston Area Environmental Film Screening

Posted in Coal, Uncategorized, tagged fighting goliath: texas coal wars, flow: for love of water, houston community college, Public Citizen, robert redford, ryan rittenhosue, ryan rittenhouse, sam houston parkway, the reel series, town and country center on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Live in the Houston area? This Wednesday, April 8, at 11:00 am, Houston Community College will be showing both FIGHTING GOLIATH: TEXAS COAL WARS and FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER as a part “The Reel” Series, a culture film/speaker series of learning enrichments. Public Citizen’s own Ryan Rittenhouse will be on hand after the screening [...]

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News from Envirnonmental Organizations around the State – April 6

Posted in Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged alliance for a clean texas, clean air, earth day 5k, environmental education, farmers market, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, growth, hb 3265, hb 3428, hill country, hill country alliance, house county affairs, houston, houston earth day, mothers for clean air, water on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Happy Monday everybody! Check out the latest from our friends at Alliance for a Clean Texas. Original post can be found here. This week, ACT is happy to bring reports from two organizations doing great work on behalf of their local communities. In Houston, the Galveston-Houston Association for Smog Prevention (GHASP) is presenting Houston Earth [...]

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