A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, will be released on Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made to [...]
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The Story of Electronics online film release coming
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, recycling, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, United States, Waste Management on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rally to Restore Sanity in Austin
Posted in Global Warming, Good Government, Renewables, tagged Austin, capitol, john stewart, Public Citizen, rally, restore, sanity on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Come join us tomorrow, Saturday morning, for a satellite rally of John Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” which is happening in Washington D.C. The festivities start at 11am and go till 2pm (a march against the death penalty starts at 3).
Texas last holdout on issuing greenhouse gas permits
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Renewables, TCEQ, tagged clean air act, EPA, flex permits, fort worth star telegram, George W. Bush, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gases, Major stationary source, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With states scrambling to align their own rules with U.S. EPA‘s new regulations, which are set to take effect on Jan. 2, 2011 and require regulators to start issuing Clean Air Act permits next year for large stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions, Texas is now the lone holdout, according to an analysis by the National [...]
Tar Sands Operator Fined for Tailing Pond Duck Deaths
Posted in Global Warming, Tarsands, Toxics, tagged greenpeace, Oil sands, Synacrude, tailing ponds, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on October 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
From the New York Times: Syncrude, the largest operator of oil sands projects in Canada, was ordered to pay $2.92 million on Friday for causing the deaths of 1,603 ducks. The company was convicted in June by an Alberta court for failing to deploy scarecrows and loud cannons in April 2008 to prevent the migratory [...]
Austin poor spend much of their income on electricity
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, conservation, Efficient energy use, electricity, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Household, poverty, Technology on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Austin Energy hired a consultant to help determine how its rates compare to those of other utilities in preparation for its plan to substantially raise electricity rates in 2012. The work is ongoing, but an eye-opening statistic has already emerged. Estimates indicate that the average US household’s energy costs are equal to 7% of household income, [...]
State Rep Kino Flores found GUILTY, exposes holes in our Texas campaign finance and ethics laws
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, District attorney, Jury, Kino Flores, Texas Ethics Commission, travis county, Travis County Texas on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the Statesman: A Travis County jury today found South Texas lawmaker Kino Flores guilty of multiple counts of tampering with a governmental record and perjury in connection with omissions Flores made on financial disclosure forms required to be filed by state elected officials. Flores, a 14-year state representative, was convicted of five counts of [...]
Election spending by outside groups is concentrated and hidden, new Public Citizen analysis shows
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Democratic Party (United States), federal election commission, Public Citizen, republicans, Supreme Court of the United States, United States on October 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Cross-posted from our mother blog at CitizenVox. We don’t normally cross-post much because we’d prefer you to read their blog just as much as ours, but if you’re not, please add them to your rss feed now! Of the $176.1 million spent by outside groups using large, often undisclosed contributions to influence the current elections, [...]
Foreign Oil Companies Fund Climate-Skeptic Congressional Candidates
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, tagged bp, campaign donations, cap and trade, carbon policy, Carbon Policy Politics, energy bill, Koch Industries, midterm elections, politics, tea party on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We were right when we said the Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case was going to have a negative impact on the political system in this country. The ruling has paved the way to make mid-term election campaigns the only growing industry in this economic crisis. The ruling has turned candidates’ focus from [...]
CALIFORNIA PUSHES BACK AGAINST TEXAS
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Adrian Grenier, California, California law, climate change, David Arquette, environment, Matthew Cooke, Texas on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Supporters of a California law designed to battle climate change are pushing back against money from Texas oil and gas interests that’s helping to fund an initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot in the Golden State that would roll back some of the law’s provisions Starring David Arquette – Written & Directed by Matthew Cooke [...]
You can attend a hearing on redistricting in your community
Posted in Good Government, tagged census, congressional districts, redistricting, state board of education district, Texas, texas legislative districts on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The House Committee on Redistricting, as a function of it’s procedural jurisdiction and as part of the 81st legislature’s interim charges, is conducting public hearings around the state regarding redistricting that will occur during the 82nd Legislature, which begins January 11, 2011. The committee will be taking public testimony at these hearings and we would encourage you to [...]
Public Citizen joins League of Women Voters, denounces voter intimidation in Texas at Moody Park, Houston, event
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Privacy, tagged Electoral fraud, Harris County Texas, houston, Jim Crow, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Texas Attorney General, voter intimidation, voter suppression, Voting, Voting Rights Act on October 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Howdy folks. We’re doing a press conference at 2pm with the League of Women Voters in Houston at the Moody Park Community Center (3725 Fulton, Houston, TX), one of the early voting locations with the most complaints of voter intimidation. These activities must stop, and this highlights how Houston is ground zero for the creep [...]
Renewables, renewables, my kingdom for renewables
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, tagged LED lights, renewable energy, Renewables, solar, wind power on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dean Kamen is known for his many inventions, some of which have transformed the world, from the insulin pump and an all-terrain wheelchair to portable water purification systems and robotic prosthetic limbs. Of course, others, like his Segway self-balancing electric scooter (which visitors to the Texas capitol will see whizzing past with curious sightseers holding [...]
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