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CPS/NRG Settlement Shows Nuclear Power Too Costly, Too Risky

Posted in Nuclear, tagged City Council, CPS Energy, Department of Energy, doe, Loan Guarantees, nrg energy, rate increase, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today’s announcement that as a part of a settlement with NRG Energy, CPS Energy will withdraw its application for a federal loan guarantee for the South Texas (Nuclear) Project (STP) expansion and end further investment in the project demonstrates nuclear plants are too costly and [...]

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Businesses, Environmental and Low-Income Groups Unite Behind Energy Plan

Posted in Global Warming, tagged 20/20, Air Quality, Applied Materials, austin city council, Austin Energy, cary ferchill, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin, coal plant, coalition, electric utility, electric utility commission, Energy Efficiency, flexibility, fossil fuel reliance, foundation communities, generation and resource planning task force, green businesses, health, Lee Leffingwell, low income residents, matthew johnson, mayor, natural gas, nonprofits, nuclear plant, phillip schmandt, Public Citizen, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, Sierra Club, solar, Solar Austin, steve taylor, sunshine mathon, town hall, Weatherization, wind on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Dozens of businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as more than 200 citizens have formed Clean Energy for Austin, a coalition whose purpose is to push Austin City Council to adopt a clean energy plan. Specifically, the coalition supports the passage of Austin Energy’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan and recommendations of a city task [...]

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Watch my debut on Austin at Issue: Energy for the Future!

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, austin at issue, citizen sarah, City Council, clean energy for austin, Energy, Energy Efficiency, klru, kut, matthew johnson, palmer events center, Public Citizen, Renewables on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

UPDATE: Here it is. Great job KLRU, KUT and the Statesman for putting together a great show on an important topic! http://www.klru.org/aai/ Unable to embed unfortunately. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Public Citizen participated in developing an energy plan for Austin to cut carbon emissions, use more renewables, and promote energy efficiency. And because we did, I’m about to [...]

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