Ted Glick, policy director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network was just sentenced for his demonstration on September 8. I am on one year’s probation, I need to pay an $1100 fine, I need to do 40 hours of community service in D.C. and if I’m arrested over the next year I automatically go to [...]
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Climate Activist Ted Glick Sentenced
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, green jobs, tagged Global Warming, Coal, Public Citizen, climate change, green jobs, activist, Ted Glick, Glick, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, sentence, sentenced, hart senate on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Texans Written Out of the Process by Supreme Court of Texas Rule Changes
Posted in Good Government, tagged TCEQ, texas supreme court, Rule on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Take a look at this op-ed submitted by Public Citizen, EDF, and Sierra Club as commented upon by Burnt Orange Report File under “hugely important issue to everyday Texans that most of us know nothing about.” Three prominent pro-citizen activists have been working hard to draw attention to a proposed rule change by the Supreme [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, Renewables, green jobs, solar, tagged matt johnson, mona avalos, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, texas vox, week in review on May 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Busy, busy, busy. Public Citizen staff have been making the rounds this week, traveling all over Texas in order to educate, empower, and organize citizens. From Beaumont to Dallas. From tar sands to the Public Utility Commission, we are working to protect the economic and environmental well-being of all Texans. The Week in Review:
Week in Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrew Sauls, week in review on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a bitter sweet day here at Public Citizen. We’ve had another successful week despite the gulf catastrophe. But, we’re all a little sad because Andrew Sauls just finished the last day of his internship. Melissa “Mami” Sanchez is both proud of her fledgling for flying off and also dismayed to see the intern nest [...]
Get to Know an Activist: Ryan Rittenhouse
Posted in Global Warming on May 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The latest activist in our series is Public Citizen Texas’ Ryan Rittenhouse. Ryan is our anti-coal advocate from Cleveland, Ohio and has a B.A. in Communications from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania (a liberal arts school!). He is a part of the No Coal Coalition and is currently organizing opposition to the Tenaska and White Stallion [...]
Get to Know an Activist: Carol Geiger
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Activism, carol geiger, get to know an activist, interconnected, non-profit junkie, public citizen texas on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Say hello to Carol Geiger. Carol is a Public Citizen stalwart and our Office Manager and EarthShare representative. She’s seen our Austin office grow from three to eight people and move into our current location right across from the Capitol building. Carol is a self-proclaimed “non-profit junkie” and all around do-gooder. If she had a [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Tom "Smitty" Smith, david power, texas vox, ryan rittenhouse, trevor lovell, patrick reck, get to know an activist, Andrew Sauls, smart meter texas portal, advanced metering infrastructure task force, smitty love on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s string of fossil fuel disasters–a Chinese coal carrier striking the Great Barrier Reef and dumping tons of oil into the Pacific Ocean, an oil pipeline spilling into the Louisiana Delta National Wildlife Refuge at the same time an Exxon Mobil barge was dredging off coast for oil exploration, and the tragic coal mine [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Activism, Andrew Sauls, carol geiger, david power, get to know an activist, health reform bill, las brisas energy center, Melissa Sanchez, mona avalos, patrick reck, Public Citizen, reengerize texas, ryan rittenhouse, sarah mcdonald, Tar Sands, trevor lovell, week in review, white stallion on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The staff at Public Citizen Texas would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and a pleasant weekend with family and friends. Thanks for taking time during the holiday to read about our energy advocacy progress. The week in review…
Get to Know an Activist: Melissa Sanchez
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Activism, energy advocacy, Melissa Sanchez, Public Citizen on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Another beautiful spring day and another bright and blooming Public Citizen Texas staffer to fill your screen. Melissa Sanchez is our administrative assistant and the first face you’ll see when you walk into our Austin office. Melissa is a self-proclaimed woman of many hats. She must wear these hats at home because I’ve never seen [...]
Get to Know an Activist: Citizen Sarah
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Activism, activist, Austin, citizen sarah, get to know an activist, Public Citizen, sarah mcdonald on March 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever wondered, “who is that citizensarah who writes so many engaging and informative articles on Texas Vox?” Well, today is your lucky day because I had a chance to temporarily slow down our queen blogging bee to ask her a few questions and learn about all the other things she does at Public [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Public Citizen, TCEQ, smitty, ryan rittenhouse, andy wilson, trevor lovell, sunset commission, matt johnson, patrick reck, Andrew Sauls, mona avalos, week in review, tom smith, carol geiger on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After Week in Review‘s SXSW hiatus, our weekly blog update is back in action, keeping you posted on Public Citizen’s energy advocacy work.
Week in Review
Posted in Global Warming, tagged smitty, Sierra Club, Tom "Smitty" Smith, david power, environment texas, coal plant, environmental defense fund, reenergize texas, ryan rittenhouse, trevor lovell, sarah mcdonald, Tar Sands, clean energy for austin, patrick reck, Andrew Sauls, mona avalos, week in review, think green, think green fund, Andrews County waste dump, P.A.C.E., PACE, property assessed clean energy, ICLEI, EPA hearing, ozone attainment standards, energy advocacy, Melissa Sanchez, univision dallas, austin generation plan on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?” — Vladimir, Waiting for Godot The Public Citizen Texas Week in Review
Week in Review
Posted in Global Warming, tagged advocacy, Andrew Sauls, austin climate protection plan, calendar committee, coal block, conference committee, Global Warming, matt johnson, mona avalos, patrick reck, ryan rittenhouse, smitty, think green, think green fund, Tom "Smitty" Smith, trevor lovell, water-energy nexus, week in review, white stallion on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the debut of the Public Citizen Texas Week in Review. Every day our advocacy staff works to organize citizens and politicians in order to realize our progressive vision of a healthy environment, a sustainable economy, and a government of, by, and for the people. This advocacy requires patience and discipline, resilience and fortitude, [...]
Get to Know an Activist: Mona Avalos
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged andy wilson, Colbert dimension, energy conservation, inspiration, internship, mona avalos, Sam Houston State, Stewart dimension, superpower on March 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Meet Mona Avalos. Mona is our charming, diligent global warming intern. She’s finishing up a master’s degree at Sam Houston State while working with Andy Wilson to educate the public about the strategies for and the benefits of energy conservation. Don’t be fooled by her studious demeanor; she is a fun-loving dork at heart. Plus… [...]
Introducing the Get to Know an Activist Series: Patrick Reck
Posted in Global Warming, tagged activist, austin activist, environmental activism, get to know an activist, internship, patrick reck, public citizen texas on February 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is the launch of our Get to Know an Activist Series. Everyday the staff of Public Citizen Texas works to protect and enhance the rights of Texas citizens. We scrutinize, work to reform, and disseminate the details of local policy and energy issues to ensure that our government is of, for, and by the [...]
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