Rick Perry’s latest campaign cash report shows Harold Simmons has just given Perry another $250,000 at the same time that he’s seeking permission to expand his Andrews County radioactive waste dump so 36 other states can dump their “low-level” radioactive waste right here in Texas. This brings Simmons’ contributions to Perry up to almost $900,000. Simmons’ [...]
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Radioactive waste dump owner forks over another quarter million dollars to Perry
Posted in Nuclear, tagged campaign contributions, influence pedaling, nuclear waste, perry, radioactive waste, Simmons, WCS on October 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
STOP: Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines – Voices From Texas Landowners
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Tarsands, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, Austin Energy, Keystone Pipeline, Oil sands, pipeline, Tar Sands, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on October 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Meet Audrey and Jim Thornton, two of the landowners who have the threat of a Canadian tarsands pipeline proposed to run through their land. Tarsands crude is many times more concentrated with toxins and carcinogens than typical, Texas, crude oil. Like just about every other land-owner along the pipeline route, the Thorntons have been threatened [...]
Austin Energy offers consumers assistance with charging stations for their new EVs!
Posted in Air Quality, Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, Transportation, tagged Air Quality, Austin, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Charging station, Electric vehicle, emissions reductions, EV, EV incentives, EVs, Global Warming, plug-in hybrids, Plug-In Vehicle, Public Citizen, transportation on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the coming weeks you might notice a sleek, new Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt cruising past you on the road. Many of the major car companies are introducing electric, plug-in vehicles (EVs) designed for the American family market. They range in cost from about $20,000-$45,000 and are small and practical. Not all EVs run [...]
Solar power is coming to President Barack Obama’s house.
Posted in Global Warming on October 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The most famous residence in America plans to install solar panels. The solar panels are to be installed by spring 2011 atop the White House’s living quarters and will heat water and supply some electricity for the first family. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush both tapped the sun during their days in [...]
Join Us Sunday to Save Lake Travis
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged Austin music, Coal, power plants, water on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
October 10th Benefit to Save Lake Travis www.PowerPlantsSuck.org For more information about the issue read about it in an earlier blog!
Judges Recommend Tenaska Coal Plant Permit Not Be Granted As Is
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged Air permit, alj, CCS, climate change, Coal, coal plant, Global Warming, judge, permit, Public Citizen, soah, TCEQ, tenaska, Texas on October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Administrative Law Judges (The Judges) who heard the case against the proposed Tenaska Coal Fired Power plant ruled Friday that Tenaska’s air permit should not be granted as it stands! “The Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) have concluded, based on their review of the evidence and applicable law, that Tenaska failed to meet its burden [...]
Power Plants Suck… (lots and lots of water)
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 2009, a drought nearly emptied Lake Travis. People living and working in the surrounding communities remember businesses closing up as the economic activity around the lake ground to a halt. In 2010, a new threat to lake levels and local businesses has emerged. Despite rising temperatures and projections of less and less available water [...]
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