According to a new study published in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) by Michael Economides of the University of Houston and Christine Ehlig-Economides of Texas A&M University, clean coal is unlikely to prove a real solution to carbon emissions because the process of carbon capture and sequestration won’t [...]
Archive for April, 2010
New Report on Carbon Capture and Sequestration Says a Flaw in the Theory May Deflate Clean Coal Claims
Posted in Coal, Global Warming on April 28, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Week in Review
Posted in Global Warming on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we round out an especially celebratory Earth Day Week, work at Public Citizen Texas is as fast-paced as ever. Though, today, our staff is pausing to celebrate a huge victory for all Austinites: yesterday, city council approved the Austin Energy Generation Plan. Our staff worked their tails off to ensure that not only is [...]
Celebrating Earth Day: City Council passes AE Generation Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged austin city council, Austin Energy, Austin Energy Generation Plan, clean energy for austin, Cyrus Ree, david power, earth day, energy affordability, Energy Efficiency, matt johnson, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Ryan Rittenhous on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Today is a great day. Not only is this the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, but Austin City Council just gave every Texan a reason to celebrate: Mayor Lee Leffingwell and City Council passed the Austin Energy Generation Plan! After two years of hard work, enormous inclusive cooperation and citizen participation, the council unanimously [...]
Public Citizen congratulates EDF and Tenaska on their deal to sequester CO2.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change, Coal, Global Warming, public citizen texas on April 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has agreed to do what the state’s environmental agency should be doing by assuring that Tenaska’s commitment to sequester CO2 emissions can be enforced if this plant is built. While this deal may reduce some concerns about CO2, it doesn’t mean that this still isn’t a dirty old coal plant, [...]
Comments to EPA on New Ozone Attainment Standard – Dallas, March 16, 2010
Posted in Global Warming, tagged attainment, dallas, downwinders at risk, EPA, o3, ozone, ozone standard, pollution, Public Citizen, region 6, Sierra Club, smog, standard, Texas on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On March 16, 2010 Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Downwinders At Risk, Texas Campaign for the Environment and other concerned environmental organizations and individuals held a public meeting to submit comments to the EPA regarding their newly proposed ozone standard. State representatives and staff from Region 6 of the EPA were there to hear comments. These [...]
Monday’s Earth Week Action: Get One Person to sign on to Clean Energy for Austin!
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, clean energy for austin, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, environmental defense fund, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna do something green to start off Earth Week? You can do this from your desk. Quick and easy: Sign up as a supporter for Clean Energy for Austin. Tell a friend or co-worker to sign on too!* Austin City Council will vote on this forward-thinking energy plan this week! Clean Energy for Austin is [...]
Texas can meet all our energy needs for next decade through efficiency alone, save $330 per household and create 130,000 new jobs says new report from Georgia Institute of Technology and Duke University
Posted in Efficiency, tagged ACES, climate change, Efficiency, green jobs, Kerry Graham Lieberman, senate climate bill, Texas, Waxman-Markey bill on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Texas is growing. In fact, we’re one of the fastest growing areas of the country. Growing communities and growing business usually means building more power plants, which would add to our already significant air quality problems not to mention all of the greenhouse gases we would spew. But, rather than building Megawatts, we should be [...]
Citizen Sarah going on hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged citizen sarah, old settler's on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hey folks! Just letting you know that I’m going to be taking a little summer-time breather from Public Citizen. All this advocacy awesomeness is my passion and has been invigorating, but I need to unplug for a little while. Expect to see me again sometime this July! If you’re going to miss me, miss me [...]
Get to Know an Activist: Carol Geiger
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Activism, carol geiger, get to know an activist, interconnected, non-profit junkie, public citizen texas on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Say hello to Carol Geiger. Carol is a Public Citizen stalwart and our Office Manager and EarthShare representative. She’s seen our Austin office grow from three to eight people and move into our current location right across from the Capitol building. Carol is a self-proclaimed “non-profit junkie” and all around do-gooder. If she had a [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Global Warming, tagged advanced metering infrastructure task force, Andrew Sauls, david power, get to know an activist, patrick reck, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smart meter texas portal, smitty love, Tom "Smitty" Smith, trevor lovell on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s string of fossil fuel disasters–a Chinese coal carrier striking the Great Barrier Reef and dumping tons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, an oil pipeline spilling into the Louisiana Delta National Wildlife Refuge at the same time an Exxon Mobil barge was dredging off coast for oil exploration, and the tragic coal mine [...]
The Other Coal Deaths
Posted in Global Warming, tagged accident, Coal, coal miner, cost, death, disaster, Don Blankenship, Global Warming, mine, Mining, other coal deaths, ted nace, west virginia on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A guest column by Ted Nace of CoalSwarm: Every day in the United States, on average, 65 people die due to particulates from coal plants. On average, each of these deaths represents 14 years of lost life. These 65 deaths happen day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. They come [...]
High Demand for Appliance Rebates Show That More Programs Are Needed
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliance rebate program, efficient appliances, Energy Efficiency, Public Citizen, public utility commiss, PUC, rebates, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today Texans proved that there is a very high demand for energy-efficient products and services when they made reservations for $23 million worth of appliance rebates in just eight hours, using up rebates in the first day they became available. This goes to show how [...]
Climatology vs Meteorology
Posted in Global Warming, tagged anthropogenic, climate change, climatologist, climatology, colbert, debate, denial, denier, Global Warming, man made, meteorologist, meteorology on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The words sound similar, but are they? Here are the definitions from Webster: Climatology: the science that deals with climates and their phenomena Meteorology: a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting So even their definitions seem similar, at least on the surface. But as Stephen [...]
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