The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs. TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area using a GasFindIR (Infrared) camera. Find the videos for your area at [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Green-up Your Life- Black Friday Edition! Reduce, Reuse, (and Recycle).
Posted in Global Warming, tagged advertising, climate change, coffee, consumerism, Global Warming, green, individual, recycle, reduce, reuse, story of stuff, water bottle on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Kirsten Bokenkamp The chance that Congress will pass a US climate change bill before the global summit in Copenhagen is looking increasingly slim, but that does not stop us from individually minimizing our own impact on the earth. Green-up Your Life! is all about reminding us that as individuals, we can, and should, do [...]
Your Representatives Spending Taxpayer Money Traveling the World in Style- UPDATED!!
Posted in Good Government, tagged congressmen, Rick Perry, senators, tax payer, Texas Legislature, travel on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
UPDATED!!!! After receiving communications from the office of Senator Carlos Uresti, we realize that there was an inaccuracy in the original form of this post. Senator Uresti has apparently never taken a charter flight from Austin to San Antonio, rather, he has taken flights from Austin to other areas in his sizeable district, and then [...]
You CAN teach an old dog new tricks . . .
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, coal plant, Dr. Al Armendariz, EPA, Global Warming, las brisas coal plant, TCEQ, Texas on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Las Brisas Energy Center, a proposed pet coke power plant, is still in the midst of a protracted permitting process which most recently has taken the form of a state hearing. Opponents have claimed that projected pollution from the proposed plant has been under-estimated by engineers. Testimony ended in the hearing last Thursday, and closing [...]
EPA Should Use Clean Air Act to Address Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged clean air act, climate change, Coal, copenhagen, corporate interest, energy program, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, house of representatives, oil refineries, polluters, power plants, Public Citizen, tyson slocum on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program *Note: Tyson Slocum is delivered this statement today at a public hearing held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing industrial facilities under the Clean Air Act. As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, [...]
Austin has a dirty secret Happy Hour Wednesday
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin has a dirty secret, climate protection plan, Coal, fayette coal plant, fayette power plant, quit coal, spider house on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday afternoon from 5-7 pm, let’s get together to discuss how to make Austin’s Dirty Secret a secret no more! Join us at Spider House for our group’s first ever happy hour meet-up (complete with dirty drink specials!). We’ll discuss our plans for convincing City Council to phase out Fayette by 2020 or earlier and [...]
Copenhagen Summit: The First Step to a Journey of a Thousand Miles
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged cap and trade, Clean Energy, climate change, climate change legislation, copenhagen delay, Copenhagen summit, global climate treaty, Global Warming, waxman-markey on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Finally, Global warming is getting some international recognition. Since the Kyoto Protocol is about to expire in 2012, the UN, with help of the Danish government, is organizing an international summit about global warming. The summit will be held on December 7th through the 18th at the Bella Center, the largest fair and conference center [...]
Georgetown Council Snubs Students Over Nuclear Power
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Clean Water Action, connor hanrahan, cooperative, CPS Energy, david foster, georgetown, georgetown city council, georgetown utility services, mayor, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, pec, pedernales electric coop, Public Citizen, reenergize texas, Renewables, san antonio city council, seak, southwestern universitys, students, students for environmental activism and knowledge, Texas on November 11, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Original post can be found at the ReEnergize Texas Blog On Tuesday, students from Southwestern University’s Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK) had intended to speak before the Georgetown City Council regarding the 20 year energy plan for their city. They had registered an agenda item with the City Secretary’s Office, asked all the [...]
Fast Food Nation Frustration
Posted in Global Warming, tagged air pollution, Americans, cars, cheeseburger, deforestation, electric spending, Energy, fast food, Global Warming, landfills, nation, national diet, oil, organic, paper, plastic, production costs, waste on November 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
For years fast food restaurants have been our nation’s go-to source for cheap, quick food we can eat on the run or take home to the family to avoid cooking dinner for the night. I am betting that almost every person reading this blog has or will eat a product of the fast food faction [...]
Green-up your life! Teach your children well.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged children, climate change, eduation, environment, generation m, Global Warming, kids, nature-deficit disorder, School on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Kirsten Bokenkamp Ask any kid what they do in their free time and the answer will likely include watching TV and playing video games. Indeed, children ages 8-18 watch an average of almost 4 hours of TV or movies a day – with an additional 2 hours playing video games! Don’t get me wrong [...]
Public Citizen Texas Honors Texas’ Outstanding Public Servants
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Victoria, San Antonio, Austin American-Statesman, corpus christi, Austin Energy, Texas, Rodney Ellis, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Greg Harman, san antonio current, rafael anchia, austin city council, clean economy coalition, waste control specialists, doug lewin, lon burnam, fort worth, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, austin chronicle, greenchoice, safety, democracy, 25th anniversary, texas outstanding public service, awards, health, whistleblower, claudia grisales, david swinford, gerry sansing, wes stafford, wendy davis, glenn lewis, lifetime achievement award, green building program, pedernales electric cooperative, environmental journalism, wind warrior award, tarrant county, las brisas coal plant, amarillo on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
AUSTIN – Public Citizen Texas will be honoring the recipients of this year’s Texas Outstanding Public Service (TOPS) Awards at the organization’s 25th anniversary dinner today. The awardees are local visionaries, recognized experts and celebrated advocates who have aided in the effort to help Texas realize a more environmentally conscious and sustainable energy future. Those [...]
Dr. Al Armendariz named Region 6 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Posted in Global Warming, tagged al armendariz, arkansas, austin city council, brigid shea, clean air act, downwinders at risk, Dr. Al Armendariz, ej, environment texas, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, gulf coast, larry starfield, Lisa Jackson, Louisiana, luke metzger, midlothian, neil carman, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Public Citizen, region 6, Region 6 Administrator, regional administrator, sierra club lone star chapter, suzie canales, Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Tom "Smitty" Smith on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Environmental Groups Applaud EPA Choice New Regional Administrator could signal change in direction for polluted state DALLAS – Environmental advocates across several states are applauding the Obama Administration’s choice of Dr. Al Armendariz to lead Region 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency, which includes Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Armendariz, an engineering professor [...]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Externalities of Coal
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, Toxics, tagged Clean Energy, climate change, Coal, coal industry, coal plant, externality, Global Warming on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coal has been used by man for several centuries as a means of warmth, transportation (via Watt’s steam engine) and most recently electric power. It is currently used nearly exclusively for the generation of electricity in the US (in 2001: 86% of total US coal production). It has always been claimed that coal makes good [...]
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