The deadline for citizen comments to the NRC on re-licensing of the South Texas Nuclear Project units 1 and 2 is tomorrow, April 1st. The applicant for license renewal is STPNOC – the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company. The Matagorda County nuclear reactors are owned by NRG South Texas LP, CPS Energy and the City [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Bill of the Day – SB 655
Posted in Air Quality, Sunset, tagged Oil and Gas Commission, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Railroad Commission, United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
SB 655 by Hegar, or the Texas Railroad Commission Sunset Bill, suffered a setback in the Senate today.
HB 2184 – moving forward, but now more questions
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged nuclear waste, Texas HB 2184, WCS on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
HB 2184 was voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee earlier today. HB 2184 is a piece of legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be transported and stored at a West Texas site, and who will pay for it if something goes wrong. While this bill [...]
HB 2184 – A Texas-Sized Plan for Nuclear Waste
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, HB 2184, Nuclear, radioactive waste, WCS on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
HB 2184 will probably be voted out of the Texas House State Affairs Committee later this afternoon and so far, legislation that impacts how much, from where and how safely radioactive waste will be stored at a West Texas site is moving forward in favor of the private operator, giving them the power to negotiate [...]
Japan losing/lost the race to save a reactor
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, tagged Containment building, japan, Nuclear Power on March 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Experts believe the radioactive core in reactor No. 2 at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to the concrete floor of the drywell below. This new development has raised fears of a major release of radiation at the site, and some nuclear industry experts [...]
ABC World News Covers Bokoshe Coal Ash Dump
Posted in Coal, Good Government, Toxics, tagged abc, ash, Bokoshe, Coal, coal ash, coal plant, diane sawyer, ok, Oklahoma, Poteau, Public Citizen, world news on March 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
World News with Diane Sawyer is airing a segment tonight on the Bokoshe fly-ash dump in Oklahoma. Public Citizen first worked with the people of Bokoshe and others throughout Oklahoma back in 2008 to oppose the expansion of the Shady Point coal plant in Poteau, OK – the plant that dumps its coal ash in [...]
Green Groups in Texas highlight new revenue streams
Posted in Air Quality, Campaign Finance, Consumers, Energy, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged 82nd legislature, Budget, budget deficit, green revenue, Texas Legislature on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While Texas Legislators are furiously looking under every couch cushion to find more revenue this bienium, the Alliance for Clean Texas today highlighted a half dozen strategies that could help Texas close its $27 billion budget deficit. As lawmakers are loathe to talk about the dreaded “T” word (tax), groups like Public Citizen, Sierra Club, [...]
March 29th – Bill of the day!
Posted in Air Quality, tagged fracking, HB 3110 on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HB 3110 – Bad by Craddick – Relating to air permitting requirements for certain oil and gas facilities.
News Roundup for March 30
Posted in News Roundup on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for another sports-related tourist infusion as it brings you this week’s blog roundup. If the goal of the 81st Texas Legislature and Governor Rick Perry is to stifle job creation in Texas for the next two years, then Off the Kuff says they’re knocking it out of the park. [...]
EPA’s Partial E15 Waiver: More ethanol?
Posted in Air Quality, Efficiency, Renewables, Transportation, tagged Air Quality, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Public Citizen, Renewables, United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Over the past couple of years, there has been a heated debate involving the potential EPA implementation of allowing a greater percentage of ethanol in gasoline. The current volume percentage of ethanol allowed is 10% for vehicles made between the years 2001 and 2006. Recently, the EPA has been discussing the approval of what is [...]
Wind and solar may be competitive with coal without aid in a decade, Chu says
Posted in Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Coal, Energy, solar power, United States Secretary of Energy, wind on March 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to Bloomberg, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is calling for a national energy policy that will promote the use of clean-energy technologies. This would include U.S. investment in advanced battery technologies, biofuels and efficient high-voltage transmission systems. Secretary Chu went on to say they are expecting wind and solar power may be able to [...]
News Roundup for March 26, 2011
Posted in News Roundup on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance’s brackets are still in good shape as it brings you this week’s blog roundup. WhosPlayin has been focused on City Council elections and the criminal records of two of the candidates, each of whom has assault convictions, and each of whom lied on their ballot application. Off the Kuff discusses the [...]
March 25th – Still the bill of the day!
Posted in Global Warming on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HB 2184 – BAD and moving forward by Lewis
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