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Portland General Electric plans to shut down its coal plant by 2020

Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged 20/20, Austin Energy, boardman, boardman plant, carbon emissions, carbon tax, Coal, coal plant, electric reliability council of texas, fayette power project, global warming legislation, haze, lower colorado river authority, PGE, pollution, portland general electric on January 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Austin is not alone in preparing for clean and affordable energy. When good news like this comes across the internet like this, we have to share. From the cloudy northwest: Portland General Electric Co. would shut down the state’s only coal-fired power plant 20 years earlier than planned under a proposal it hopes to finalize [...]

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Tree Sitters Halt Blasting On Coal River Mountain

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged activists, Coal, coal mine, coal river mountain, Global Warming, Massey, mtr on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Blasting on Coal River Mountain was halted due to a tree sit by three activists: Eric Blevins, 28, Amber Nitchman, 19, and David Aaron Smith, 23. On standby at the trees’ base were the direct supporters Josh Graupera, 19, and Isabelle Rozendaal, 22. Associated with Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice, these activists are opposed [...]

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Renewable Energy Opportunities for Rural Communities and Agriculture

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Agriculture, renewable energy, rural communities, solar, stephenville, wind on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Live anywhere close to Stephenville? Next Tuesday, January 26th there will be a forum there titled “Renewable Energy Opportunities for Rural Communities and Agriculture.” Speakers will present information on how rural communitities, agriculture, and landowners can benefit from partnering to develop renewable resources such as wind and solar. It will be held from 8 am [...]

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Protect Texas from Becoming Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump

Posted in Good Government, Nuclear, tagged andrews county, Arjun Makhijani, compact commission, environment texas, fort worth, import/export rule, Karen Hadden, lon burnam, low level radioactive waste disposal compact commission, no bonds for billionaires, nuclear information and resource service, open meetings act, Public Citizen, public radio, SEED Coalition, south texas association for responsible energy, state capitol, Texas, vermont, waste control specialists, we can on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

SEED Coalition opposes any radioactive waste dumping in Texas, but at minimum seeks to prevent our state from receiving waste from more than just the two Compact States and becoming the nation’s radioactive waste dump. With support from Public Citizen, Environment Texas and Nuclear Information and Resource Service and other groups, they will submit comments [...]

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