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Net Metering Policies in Texas

Posted in Global Warming, tagged electric utility, Electricity meter, net metering, Public Citizen, Texas on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This past summer, interns in Public Citizen‘s Texas office were busy calling utility companies (including rural electric cooperatives and municipally owned utilities) to find out what their policies were on net-metering. Net-metering is an arrangement by which excess renewable electricity produced by consumers who own (generally small) renewable energy facilities, such as wind, solar power or home fuel cells, [...]

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Tom DeLay sentenced to three years in prison

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged money laundering, Republican National Committee, Tom Delay on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Judge Pat Priest has sentenced former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to three years in prison on the conspiracy charge he was convicted of in November. Delay was also sentenced to five years in prison on the money laundering conviction but Judge Priest allowed DeLay to accept 10 years of probation instead of more prison time. [...]

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NRG Polls misleading on Austin’s view of Nuclear Energy

Posted in Nuclear, tagged Nuclear, Nuclear Power, South Texas Nuclear Generating Station on January 10, 2011 | 14 Comments »

Last week, Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) released a “poll” that they claim shows strong support both across Texas and in Austin for building more nuclear power plants in the state, but the dirty secret of polling in the corporate world is that corporate clients don’t conduct polls to find out public opinion: they conduct polling to buy results, [...]

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EPA wants to move ahead and issue Texas greenhouse gas permits

Posted in Air Quality, tagged clean air act, greenhouse gas, Texas, United States courts of appeals, United States Environmental Protection Agency on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked a Washington court to allow it to issue greenhouse gas permits in Texas, even though the state has asked the judges to stop the federal move. The EPA filed its motion on Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. The motion [...]

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If you have “fracking” coming to your neighborhood, don’t forget about the pipelines

Posted in Air Quality, tagged Barnett shale, Fort Worth Texas, natural gas on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The controversy over Barnett Shale natural gas drilling or “fracking” that has overcome Fort Worth and Tarrant County since 2002 has, in recent months, drawn public attention nationally – first to the money to be made by mineral rights owners, then to the inconveniences of drilling for those who live around it, and, more recently, [...]

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Don’t you pour radioactive waste on my blue suede shoes

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Nuclear Power, Peter Shumlin, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, Texas on January 5, 2011 | 10 Comments »

The Texas Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) approved rules yesterday that pave the way for 36 states to export low-level radioactive waste to a remote landfill along the Texas-New Mexico border. The 5-2 vote by the TLLRWDCC came after last-minute legal maneuvering on Monday failed to delay the meeting when a federal judge threw [...]

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VOTE on Radioactive Waste – We Got Screwed

Posted in Global Warming, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County Texas, Harold Simmons, Nuclear, nuclear waste, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, Texas, vermont on January 4, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Well for those who have been waiting to hear how the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) voted on the new rule that would open Texas up to accepting radioactive waste from as many as 36 other states (and possibly beyond that), it is no surprise that the Compact Commission voted in favor of [...]

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TPA News Roundup for Jan 4, 2011

Posted in News Roundup on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year as it brings you the first blog roundup of 2011. Off the Kuff took another look at the coming fight over class size limits. Who decides who suffers in the Barnett Shale? TXsharon ponders this question at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS. Unless [...]

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NRC and Comanche Peak meeting on an inspection finding of concern is open to the public on January 13th

Posted in Nuclear, tagged Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, public citizen texas on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

According to a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission release, staff will hold a regulatory conference with Luminant Generation Co. officials on Jan. 13, to discuss the significance of an inspection finding at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant located near Glen Rose, Texas, just an hour west of Fort Worth. NRC and Comanche Peak will discuss the significance, [...]

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Correction and Update: VOTE on Radioactive Waste NOT Halted

Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, nuclear waste, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, water, WCS on January 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »

UPDATE: Judge Sam Sparks of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas just dismissed the case to enjoin the Compact Commission meeting tomorrow, saying while he was concerned about the issue of citizen’s ability to participate fully, he did not have jurisdiction to enjoin the meeting, and threw the whole case out allowing [...]

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