The nation looked on in reverence Friday as 20,000 citizens were decapitated, dismembered, and burned alive in the name of Corporate America, continuing the age-old annual rite to ensure bounteous profits in the coming fiscal year. . . . The blood offering follows last week’s Feast of Increasing Market Values, a yearly celebration during which [...]
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20,000 Sacrificed In Annual Blood Offering To Corporate America
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Chief executive officer, Corporate America, Corporation, Employment, Fiscal year on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
5th Circuit says Sandy Creek does not comply with Clean Air Act
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Toxics, tagged clean air act, Public Citizen, sandy creek, Sierra Club, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals awarded a major victory to Public Citizen and Sierra Club in their long standing efforts to block the Sandy Creek coal plant near Waco when it ruled that developers improperly started construction without adequate clearance under the federal Clean Air Act. The court overturned a district court ruling saying the developers [...]
STOP TEXAS FROM BECOMING THE NATION’S RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP!
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, tagged radioactive waste, Texas on November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Texas is at risk of becoming the nation’s radioactive dumping ground. The new proposed rules were posted in the Texas Register on Friday, November 24th and the public comment period is through December 26th. In the meantime, the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission (TLLRWCC) has scheduled a public hearing on the import/export Rule on December [...]
BP Forecasts Solar Power Cost to Equal Fossil Fuel Expense Within Decade
Posted in Energy, Renewables, solar, tagged BP Solar, Fossil fuel, Middle East on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to the British energy giant BP, the cost of generating power by capturing the sun’s energy will fall about 10 percent a year in the next decade until it equals the expense of producing electricity by burning fossil fuels. As conventional fuel prices rise and solar power falls, generation costs may reach parity in [...]
Radioactive Waste Dump Ruling Comment Period Through Dec. 26th
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, Texas Legislature, tagged Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste on November 29, 2010 | 10 Comments »
People will have through Dec. 26 to provide feedback to a rule published by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (the Commission) this weekend that could allow radioactive waste to be shipped from around the country to Andrews County for storage. As proposed, the rule would give up to 36 states the ability to [...]
Trial of former Pedernales Directer Fuelberg begins today
Posted in Co-op Reform, tagged Bennie Feulberg, corruption, pedernales electric cooperative on November 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
With last week’s conviction of Tom Delay, is it too much to hope that another Texas scoundrel gets justice, too?
Less politically charged but no less important, for PEC Director Bennie Feulberg will go on trial in Fredericksburg, where the trial was moved because the judge decided Feulberg was unlikely to get a fair trial if tried in Pedernales territory. He was probably right.
Ho Ho Ho, it’s Austin’s 3rd Annual “Green” Holiday Party
Posted in green jobs, tagged austin texas, holiday party, sustainability on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Join us to celebrate the holidays at our 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party, hosted this year by 10 great organizations. Fiesta Gardens (2100 Jesse E. Segovia St., Austin, TX 78702) Thursday, December 16th, 2010 from 5:30pm-9:30pm Registration: Pre-Registration ONLY for this Event (No Cash Accepted at Door) Click here for $30 General Admission Pre-Registration Click here [...]
Alliance for Clean Texas Town Hall Meeting in Victoria, TX
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, TCEQ, tagged alliance for a clean texas, clean air, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Alliance for a Clean Texas (ACT) hosts another town hall addressing TCEQ sunset.
No Environmental Groups in the Navajo Nation
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Global Warming, tagged arizona, Coal, coal plant, Energy, environment, green jobs, Hopi, Navajo Nation, Navajo people, peabody, Peabody Energy, renewable energy on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not (by any stretch of the imagination) an expert on Native American affairs, but there is an interesting and rather sad drama playing out in the Navajo Nation (a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico). The Nation also encompasses the Hopi Reservation, represented by the Hopi Tribal Council. [...]
For your holiday travel pleasure
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Transportation, tagged consumer protection, Guitar, music, Musician, United Airlines, United Breaks Guitars on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are traveling this holiday weekend, here’s a short cautionary tale for your holiday enjoyment. A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar ($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers [...]
Happy Thanksgiving? Not if climate change has anything to say about it
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change, environment, public citizen texas, Thanksgiving, turkey on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Climate change may be affecting the nasty weather that is ensnaring many holiday travelers. And to add insult to injury, warming will affect the price, quality, and availability of your favorite Thanksgiving foods, especially turkey, whose meat will become firmer, less juicy, and tasteless.
Tom Delay GUILTY
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged money laundering, public citizen texas, republican, Tom Delay on November 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Tom Delay has been convicted of money-laundering by a Travis County jury. After three days of deliberation in former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay‘s corruption trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Tom DeLay‘s defense team, presented five witnesses over two days, resting its case last Thursday. This was in stark contrast to the prosecution’s case, [...]
Delay jurors, take a lickin’ but keep on tickin’
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Delay trial, money laundering, Pat Priest, Tom Delay on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As Public Citizen’s offices close for the Thanksgiving holiday, the jurors in the money-laundering and conspiracy trial of former U.S. House GOP Majority Leader Tom DeLay had still not come back with a verdict.
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