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Week in Review

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Activism, Andrew Sauls, carol geiger, david power, get to know an activist, health reform bill, las brisas energy center, Melissa Sanchez, mona avalos, patrick reck, Public Citizen, reengerize texas, ryan rittenhouse, sarah mcdonald, Tar Sands, trevor lovell, week in review, white stallion on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The staff at Public Citizen Texas would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and a pleasant weekend with family and friends. Thanks for taking time during the holiday to read about our energy advocacy progress. The week in review…

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Offshore Drilling: Obama’s Black Whale

Posted in Global Warming, tagged fossil fools, fossil fuel fools, obama, obama's black whale, offshore drilling on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Editor’s note: Normally we don’t stray into the political implications of public policy, but after Patrick wrote this response to President Obama’s new drilling policy we felt it was too interesting to keep to ourselves. So here’s a try at something new: Commentary and Opinion from Patrick Reck. Wednesday’s announcement by President Obama to expand [...]

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They Came From Climate Change

Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A report by the National Wildlife Federation warns climate change would spur fire ant invasion as well as allow tiger mosquitoes and other harmful or invasive species to spread farther across the U.S. There is even the potential for us to see ticks that spread Lyme disease expanding their range, cheatgrass fueling more wildfires and [...]

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Prevent Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump

Posted in Nuclear, tagged andrews county, Austin, compact commission, Nuclear, public citizen texas, state district court, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas low level radioactive waste dump, waste control specialists on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This month, the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission will hear feedback on a proposed rule allowing the importation of so-called low-level radioactive waste into Texas from across the nation. Under the proposed rules Waste Control Specialists (WCS) would be allowed to import additional radioactive waste from other areas of the country and [...]

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