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David’s Internship Testimony

Posted in Good Government, Uncategorized, tagged environment, internship, Job, Political Reform, Public Citizen, Research, smitty, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Work on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

NOTE: David really wrote this and while Citizen Sarah might have put him up to it, she didn’t tell him what to say — just to write about his experience. The moral of the story is: interning at Public Citizen is awesome. Apply today (or tomorrow, if you already have plans for today). But soon! [...]

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Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, birth defects, cancer, cell mutilation, colorado river, CPS Energy, discharge standards, drought, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environmental report, geothermal, glenrose engin, glenrose engineering, groundwater, gulf coast chict aquifer, gulf of mexico, highland lakes, lauren ross, lcra, lower colorado river authority, matagorda county, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, radioactive contamination, radionuclides, San Antonio, saws, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, STP, Texas, tritium, water use, wind on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio, TX – Nuclear power is the most water intensive energy source available. When San Antonio and all of Texas are suffering from extreme drought and are increasingly in need of sources of drinking water, pursuing more nuclear reactors doesn’t make sense, especially true since cheaper, safer alternatives such as energy efficiency, wind, geothermal [...]

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Austin Energy Town Hall Meeting on the City’s generation and climate protection plan

Posted in Coal, tagged Austin Energy, climate protection plan, Coal, fayette power plant, generation plan, lcra, lower colorado river authority, PODER, Public Citizen, quit coal, Sierra Club, town hall on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Big event tonight for Austinites concerned about coal! Tonight, Sept. 1, will be an Austin Energy Town Hall Meeting on the City’s generation and climate protection plan. The event will be located at 721 Barton Springs Rd., Rm 130 from 6 – 8:30pm. Please attend this meeting so that Austin Energy can hear your voice [...]

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