UPDATE on the UPDATE: All gone! According to the Austin American Statesman, all appliance rebate money has been reserved. Hope you made it in! UPDATE: Apparently the program got such a high volume of interest, they were having some problems with their website today! Go figure. Here’s an update, looks like there is still plenty [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Today is the day to reserve your Texas Trade Up Appliance rebate!
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged comptroller's office, Energy Efficiency, rebate reservations, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program, Twitter on April 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Meeting Renewable Energy Goal 15 Years Ahead of Schedule, Texas Shows Policies Work
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Carbon Dioxide, nitrous oxide, non wind rps, Public Citizen, public utility commission, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standard, rps, Texas, Texas Legislature, Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, TREIA, wind coalition on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office We are thrilled – but not surprised – that because of a growth spurt in the development of wind energy, Texas has met its renewable energy goal 15 years ahead of schedule. Each time Texas has set a renewable energy goal, the state has achieved [...]
Our thoughts are with the victims of West Virginia mining disaster
Posted in Coal, tagged donate, huffington post, massey coal, massey energy, west virginia mining disaster on April 6, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Our hearts are with the victims of the West Virginia mining disaster. Reports now indicate that the explosion claimed the lives of 25 workers, making this the worst mining disaster in 25 years. Huffington Post is pulling together a list of places where you can donate to support the victim’s families. The mine is owned [...]
Last Chance to Save with Appliance Rebate Program
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliances, Energy Efficiency, texas trade up appliance rebate program on April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Important update! The first day you can make a reservation for the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program has changed from April 5 to April 7, starting at 7 a.m. CT. We know from past experience that reservations for programs like this fill up quickly. If you don’t make a reservation Wednesday, you may be [...]
Texas’ New Technology Implementation Grant Application Period Upcoming
Posted in Global Warming, tagged advanced clean energy projects, clean coal, compressed air energy storage, flywheel energy storage, hydropower, new technology implementation grant program, point source pollution, renewable energy, sodium sulfur storage batteries on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you really really been wanting to get a flywheel energy storage (FES) project going, but were short a million or two? The window of opportunity to apply for your share of the $3 million available for the New Technology Implementation Grant (NTIG) Program will be opening soon. Now’s your time to shine! The idea [...]
The Decarbonization of America
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged climate change, Coal, decarbonization, natural gas, rooftop solar, utility solar, wind on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New federal statistics indicate the decarbonization of our nation is starting to happen. Wind power is on the rise, big time; rooftop solar is coming down in price and large scale utility solar is beginning to be considered. In 2008, 19,000 megawatts of new generating capacity went online. Around 8,300 megawatts of that were from wind and only [...]
Donate at your local HEB in April to benefit environmental organizations, including Public Citizen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged earth day, earthshare, environmental organizations, heb, public citizen texas, San Antonio on April 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
April is HEB environment month
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…
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
GASLAND in Cowtown: Save the date!
Posted in Energy, tagged earthworks, fort worth, gasland, gwen lachelt, josh fox, lon burnam, modern art museum, movie, sundance, texas ogap, Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project (OGAP) on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Appliance rebate program good for Texans
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliance rebate, comptroller's office, consortium for energy efficiency (CEE), david power, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Public Citizen, rebate reservation, san antonio express news, seco, state energy conservation office, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program on April 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Ain’t timing a funny thing? The very morning our most excellent op-ed on the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program gets published in the San Antonio Express-News, the Comptroller’s Office decides to change the reservation date from April 5th to the 7th. Silly stuff. Check out our amended op-ed below, and visit the Express-News to [...]
UPDATE: Appliance Rebate Reservation Date Change
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged comptroller's office, Energy Efficiency, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This morning the Comptroller’s office announced that they will push back the rebate reservation day for the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program from April 5 to the 7th. The idea is to give families more time to maneuver around the holiday weekend. Check out their announcement: Appliance Rebate Program Reservation Launch Date Changed to [...]
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