Republicans keep rejecting the success of the stimulus package but that is nothing new, being opposed is just a Republican thing to do nowadays. President Obama said yesterday that even if he said the sky is blue, Republicans would disagree. Despite all that, in Texas, the stimulus seems to serve its purpose just fine, especially [...]
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Local, Small Businesses Benefit from Stimulus
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged doe, economy, green economy, green jobs, jobs, Select Committee on Federal Economic Stabilization Funding, solar energy, SOLAR PANEL, stimulus, TEXAS STIMULUS FUNDS on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tres Amigas SuperStation on Track for 2014
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Renewables, tagged Austin, Energy, energy storage, green jobs, public citizen texas, renewable energy on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Local energy storage company Xtream Power inks a deal to supply the Tres Amigas project with their technology. CH2M, another firm with central Texas connections (who has been hiring some of Austins finest green talent) lands the construction contract. Will local green engineers Kurt Lyell (one of the original founders of Austin Bio-fuels) or John [...]
Oncor to give away a limited number of free in-home energy displays
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, tagged conservation, dfw, energy conservation, energy reduction, in home monitor, oncor, public citizen texas, Real time energy display, smart meter on August 16, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Oncor wants to get some home energy monitors in the field to see how they work and get customer feedback. There are a limited number available, so you would need to act fast to have a chance at one. There are a couple of qualifications, of course. First you must live in the Oncor service [...]
Texas’ Dirty-Energy Money Affects California’s Clean Air
Posted in Air Quality, Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Renewables, Toxics, tagged Big Oil, California AB32, California Environmental Justice Alliance, California Governor, california unemployment, clean air act, dirty energy, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger, oil refineries, Prop 23, Proposition 23, public citizen texas, public health, Tesoro, Valero on August 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Not only does the pollution of dirty energy companies extend across other states but so does their influence. Not far from Texas, California is fighting two big Texas oil companies to keep its air cleaner. To give you some background, California passed historic legislation in 2006 that mandates the state to cut 25% of its [...]
What’s the frequency, Kenneth? In this case it’s 60.000 cycles per second.
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, natural gas, Renewables, solar, Uncategorized, tagged Clean Energy, climate change, Energy Efficiency, ercot, Nikola Tesla, public citizen texas on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Come close together, cats and kitties, and gather ’round, while the Powerman gets his story-telling hat- the one with the fine white brim- slips it on and talks about what’s going down with a happening riff:, with a tip o’ the hat to Lord Buckley for those yet to be hip to the flip, we [...]
Netroots Nation Wrap-Up
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Renewables, tagged climate change, Global Warming, nation, Netroots, Public Citizen, Texas, wrap up on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check out our final vlog on our visit to Las Vegas and Netroots Nation! ### By promoting cleaner energy, cleaner government, and cleaner air for all Texans, we hope to provide for a healthy place to live and prosper. We arePublic Citizen Texas.
Netroots Nation Day Dos
Posted in green jobs, tagged climate change, documentary, karaoke, Las Vegas, Melissa Sanchez, netroots nation 2010, NN10, patriots, public citizen texas, speaking in tongues, van jones on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Melissa Sanchez of Public Citizen Texas tells us about karaoke last night, Van Jones, and lots of good panels today. Links: Van Jones Breakfast Keynote this morning Speaking in Tongues movie site Se y’all tomorrow for our final update from Vegas.
Why Jeopardize Our Health for Dirty Energy Jobs when there are Clean Energy Jobs to be had?
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, natural gas, Renewables, solar, TCEQ, tagged Air Quality, cap and trade, drilling, drilling moratorium, EPA, TCEQ on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is frustrating that our local and federal governments are strained from taking action to ameliorate our air and water quality because once they try to do so, the other side recites loss in jobs as the result– but never do they mention any public health concerns and the effect that has on the economy.
Climategate: The Real Climate Sham
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, tagged anthropogenic, britain, climategate, controversy, denial, denier, Global Warming, house of commons, man made, panel, phil jones, university of east anglia on July 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) deniers went crazy a few months ago with an email controversy involving the University of East Anglia in Britain. Joining an earlier finding by the House of Commons, a British panel has just issued a sweeping exoneration of all scientists involved. Climatologist Phil Jones was immediately reinstated in his position at [...]
Climate Activist Ted Glick Sentenced
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Renewables, tagged activist, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, climate change, Coal, Glick, Global Warming, green jobs, hart senate, Public Citizen, sentence, sentenced, Ted Glick on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Three Finalists for Austin Energy GM Announced!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, Energy Efficiency, green jobs, public citizen texas, Texas on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the Austin Business Journal: The finalists include Ronald Davis, Larry Weis and David Wright. Ronald Davis (Burbank, Calif.) Davis has worked 30 years in the electric industry and has led Burbank Water and Power for the last 12 years. Burbank Water and Power is a municipal utility in urban Southern California with a 2009 [...]
Texas’ Political Culture Protects ‘Economic’ Interest Over Environment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Renewables, TCEQ, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, climate change, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Global Warming, TCEQ on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was a bit surprising that the EPA finally has taken a stand against the TCEQ’s practices of giving “flexible permits.” Prominent Texas politicians including the governor criticized the action taken by the EPA and once again, Gov Perry used a very important local issue to launch his attacks on the Federal government as part [...]
New study shows jobs from Kerry-Lieberman mostly in Nukes, CCS
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Nuclear, tagged American Power Act, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, Global Warming, green jobs, jobs, Kerry-Lieberman, Nuclear on May 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
One point we often forget when debating climate change strategies is the major economic case for changing our economy to new, clean technology. A new study has been released on the impacts of the Kerry-Lieberman bill, which we’ve never been so hot on, but it shows that despite what the chicken littles at the Chamber [...]
Week in Review
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Nuclear, Renewables, 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:
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