Yesterday afternoon the Texas Senate passed through SB 541, a bill authored by Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin) to create a non-wind renewable portfolio standard. If passed through the House, SB 541 would put Texas on course to have 1500 MW of renewable energy from non-wind sources such as solar, geothermal, and biomass. If you follow [...]
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Renewable Energy Bill Passes Senate
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged biomass, Clean Energy, distributed solar, geothermal, public citizen texas, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standard, sb 541, senator watson, solar, texas house, texas senate, Twitter, utility scale solar on May 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
San Antonio’s Mayor Hardberger and Council Members Urge Strong Climate Action
Posted in Global Warming, tagged charlie gonzalez, EPA, jennifer ramos, justin rodriguez, lourdes galvan, phillip cortez, polluter giveaways, San Antonio, san antonio current, smart grid, solar panels, waxman-markey, Weatherization, wind turbines on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kudos and many thanks to San Antonio’s outgoing Mayor Hardberger and council members Justin Rodriguez, Jennifer Ramos, Lourdes Galvan, and Phillip Cortez for signing on to a letter urging Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to get with the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act program. The letter reads: We have an unprecedented opportunity to put San [...]
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