This week the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality received a recommendation from two administrative judges denying the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas Energy Center in Corpus Christi. The decision is a ray of hope in the battle to prevent the petcoke plant from showering the citizens of Corpus Christi with harmful pollutants including [...]
Archive for March 30th, 2010
Corpus Christi Residents Can Breathe a Short, but Clean, Sigh of Relief
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged CEC, clean economy coalition, Coal, corpus christi, decision, edf, energy center, james marston, judge, las brisas, Petcoke, plant, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, soah, state office of administrative hearings, TCEQ on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Trade Up Your Appliances to Save Money and Energy
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Efficiency, Energy Star, rebates, seco, state energy conservation office, stimulus, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By taking advantage of the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program from April 16-25, Texas residents can receive rebates for replacing old appliances with new, more efficient models. Rebates range from $45 up to $1,000 and may be even more if you qualify for additional rebates through your electric utility. Visit www.TexasPowerfulSmart.org to learn more [...]
Three steps are needed to create a solar boom in Texas
Posted in solar, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, greenhouse gasses, incentives, michael webber, peak demand, renewable energy, solar, TXU, wind on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We can do the same thing for solar that we did for wind. Set a modest goal, say – 4,000 MW by 2020, and require every utility to buy some solar.
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