Hey hey, looks like ReEnergize Texas was featured in a recent article on the New York Times’ Green, Inc blog. Check it out: College Students Clamor for “Green Fees” By Kate Galbraith College students often protest when administrators threaten to raise their fees. But rising numbers of students seem willing to self-impose a “green” fee, [...]
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ReEnergize Texas Hits the Big Times over Green Fee Bill
Posted in Global Warming, tagged college students, green, inc, New York Times, reenergize texas on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Meet Smitty, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american changemaker, campaigns for people, Clean Water Action, environmental hero, gary, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, greenwashing, indiana, nuclear plants, power plants, public citizen texas, sustainlane, texans for public justice, texas ratepayer's organization to save energy, Tom "Smitty" Smith, valparaiso university on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SustainLane, an on-line “people powered sustainability guide”, recently wrote an in-depth profile piece on Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith. For an excellent glimpse of the man behind the machine, our very own white-hat-wearing fearless leader and official “American Changemaker,” check out the following: ‘Smitty’ Wrangles Texans for Environmental Battles by Amy Linn, SustainLane Staff [...]
Great Opportunity for Latino Leaders to Influence Climate Change Legislation
Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, american clean energy and security act, climate change, congressman gonzalez, Gene Green, houston, patricia gonzalez, San Antonio, wcvi, william c velasquez institute, willie velasguez institute on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Go Solar: Make Utilities Give Consumers a Fair Price for Surplus Electricity
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged buy back rates, electric rates, environment texas, foreign oil, gallego, house state affairs committee, lubbock, luke metzger, net metering, pollution, public utilities commission of texas, PUCT, shallowater high school, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, solomons, Texas, texas house, Texas Legislature, texas senate, TXU on May 11, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Thanks to Luke Metzger at the Environment Texas blog for this take on pending net metering legislation (read: making sure folks with solar panels get paid back for the excess energy they produce): On Monday, the Texas House will decide whether to promote solar energy by requiring utilities to pay consumers fair prices for surplus [...]
Friday Recommended Reading
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged andrews waste dump, cap and trade, carbon offsets, carbonfund, climate change, costs of inaction, greenhouse gasses, houston chronicle, mayland, net metering, New York Times, nuclear waste, nuclear waste dump, photovoltaics world, Washington Post, waxman-markey on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a Friday wrap-up, all the news that’s fit to link: The Cost of Climate Inaction, Op-Ed in the Washington Post An Affordable Salvation, New York Times Op-Ed about the benefits of cap and trade Carbon Offsets in Waxman-Markey Bill, An Overview, Carbonfund.org Blog Maryland Passes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, SustainableBusiness.com News Cap and [...]
Green Mother’s Day E-Cards
Posted in Global Warming, tagged carbonfund, e-card, mother earth, mother's day, renewable enregy on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You don’t call, you don’t write… yes, ladies and gentlemen, its that time of year. This Sunday is Mother’s Day — Don’t Forget! In fact, while you’re thinking about it, why not send Mom an e-card that keeps Mother Earth in mind, courtesy of Carbonfund.org. Save the paper from sending a real card, give Mom [...]
Fighting Goliath Screening in Nacogdoches Today!
Posted in Global Warming on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our readers in Nacogdoches are invited to join Coal Block activist and Public Citizen’s own Ryan Rittenhouse at a screening of Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars today. When: Thursday, May 07 2009, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: Cole Art Gallery in Nacogdoches,TX. Located at Main and Church St. Contact: Denise McDonald dentim@suddenlink.net
Houston’s Congressman Gene Green Another Swing on Climate Change Legislation
Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, Fair Elections Now Act, Gas, Gene Green, Global Warming, houston, houston chronicle, oil, refining, Waxman-Markey bill on May 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We’ve been putting a lot of effort into pressuring US Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to support a strong climate change bill, but according to an article in the Houston Chronicle this morning, Congressman Gene Green from Houston is another key swing vote on cap and trade: A 17-year veteran of Washington politics known for his low-key [...]
ReEnergize Texas Interviews Texas US Senate Front Runners
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged 2010 senate race, bill white, carbon policy, clean coal, climate change, democrat, energy storage, florence shapiro, houston mayor, interview, john sharp, kay bailey hutchinson, michael williams, nuclear energy, reenergize texas, renewable energy, republican, texas governor, texas railroad commissioner, trevor lovell on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like our friends over at ReEnergize Texas have scored a couple interviews with two 2010 Senate race hopefuls, Democratic Mayor of Houston Bill White and Republican Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams. Trevor Lovell, Statewide Director for ReEnergize Texas, reports: We are not joining the throng of cable news reporters more concerned [...]
Vets Urge Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to Support Climate Bill
Posted in Global Warming, tagged advertisement, american clean energy and security act, burnt orange report, carbon credits, charlie gonzalez, Clean Energy, european union, Gene Green, iraq war, king william's fair, national security, patrick bellon, polluter giveaways, San Antonio, veterans, votevets, waxman-markey on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Phillip Martin at Burnt Orange Report reports that VoteVets.org is running a telelvision ad in San Antonio urging Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act (aka the Waxman & Markey bill, the federal cap and trade bill, or, as Trevor over at ReEnergize Texas has taken to calling it, the [...]
Medical Groups Join Fight for Clean Air – May 4
Posted in Toxics, tagged alliance for a clean texas, clean air, HB 1839, HB 3582, HB 4298, HB 4581, Health Professionals for Clean Air, house environmental regulation, sb 16, texas medical association on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Original post created for the Alliance for a Clean Texas: Over the past weekend, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) adopted the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, That the Texas Medical Association (TMA) urges our state, local, and federal government leaders and legislators to act promptly and aggressively to reduce the health burden of pollution from [...]
Old Settler’s Music Festival Sponsor Video
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged americana, bluegrass, camping, old settler's music festival, public citizen texas on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Didn’t make it out to the Old Settler’s Music Festival? If so, I hate to say that you missed out big time — on four days of the best bluegrass, Americana, and and acoustic jazz & blues, camping, late night camp fire jam sessions — and of course the bright shining faces of Public Citizen’s [...]
Early Voting for Austin Municipal Elections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Austin, early voting, municipal elections, travis county, voting location on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Election day for Austin municipal elections (city council and mayor) is May 9th, but early voting is going on NOW through Tuesday, May 5th. Election day you can only vote at your specified location, but during early voting you can vote at any polling location. A list of Travis County voting locations can be found [...]
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