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DOE Throws $154 Million Down A Texas Hole

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged carbon capture, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, clean coal, climate change, Coal, coal plant, Department of Energy, doe, Energy, NRG, Texas on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The United States Department of Energy has sunk $154 million into a carbon capture and sequestration project in Texas proposed by NRG Energy near Houston. The “demonstration” project will be built on their existing Parish Generating Station in Thompsons, TX (one of the biggest and dirtiest coal plants in Texas and the United States). The [...]

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FACTCHECK: Governor Perry sends a letter to Congress about the EPA- More hot air?

Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged EPA, governor perry, governor rick perry, Massachusetts v EPA on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Governor Perry sent a letter to Congressional leadership and the Texas delegation asking them to strip the EPA of the authority to regulate greenhouse gases, which they were told to do by the Supreme Court in 2007′s Massachusetts v. EPA. Governor Perry needs to check his facts a little more carefully. He stated in the [...]

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Drop by Drop: 7 Ways Texas Cities Can Conserve Water

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, climate change, Drop by Drop, ken kramer, mona avalos, National Wildlife Federation, outdoor water ordinances, population increase, San Antonio, Sierra Club, Texas, Texas Water Development Board, water, water conservation, water efficiency, water supplies on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The National Wildlife Federation and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club have created a splash with their latest report: Drop by Drop: 7 Ways Texas Cities Can Conserve Water. Austin should be proud. Out of 19 cities studied in this report, our capital city was highly ranked on outdoor water ordinances and has [...]

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