Former House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, collapsed in the Capitol this morning while laying out a bill before the House Transportation Committee. His office sent out a statement saying EMS does not consider the situation serious. For updates, we suggest checking the Texas Tribune.
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Former House Speaker Tom Craddick collapses
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Formula One: Economic Fantasy and Fiscal Myth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged austin texas, Formula One, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on March 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The following post is a guest contribution by Citizen Richard of Audits in the Public Interest. In late spring of 2010, Austin residents woke to the grand news their city had been selected as the host city for Formula One racing in the United States. Amidst the hype, and not immediately noticed, was the price tag hanging [...]
House Committee Assignments for 82nd Legislature
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 82nd legislature, Committees, Texas Legislature on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we’ve waited for these, and here they are, the Committee Chairs for your 82nd Texas Legislature: Agriculture & Livestock: Representative Rick Hardcastle (R-Vernon) Appropriations: Representative Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie) Border & Intergovernmental Affairs: Representative Veronica Gonzales (D-McAllen) Business & Industry: Representative Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont) Calendars: Representative Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) Corrections: Representative Jerry Madden [...]
An unusual day in Austin, TX
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Uncategorized, tagged austin texas, Matt Lauer, Michio Kaku, Physics, Texas on February 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here is a photo of Austin, Texas as a winter wonderland – shared by a friend on facebook who lives in Arkansas. If you are interested some other amazing photographs of Austin in snow by this photographer, you can go to Stanford Moore’s website by clicking here. If you didn’t catch it last week, check out MSNBC’s [...]
Join us at the 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party next week
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged austin texas, Public Citizen, Sierra Club on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t already pre-registered to celebrate the holidays at the 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party, do so now. It is coming up soon and this year it is hosted 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 [...]
Offshore-drilling safety record declining?
Posted in Energy, Uncategorized, tagged bp, Deepwater Horizon, gulf of mexico, offshore drilling on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Deepwater Horizon rig catastrophe has been called a unique event by the oil industry, but the recent history of offshore drilling suggests otherwise according to an investigative story by the Wall Street Journal. In the months before and after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, spilling millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, [...]
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 [...]
Join your friends from Public Citizen Texas at Netroots Nation July 22-25! #NN10
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Las Vegas, netroots nation, netroots nation 2010, NN10, Public Citizen, public citizen texas on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, friends, it is that time again: Netroots Nation! Your favorite convergence of bloggers most likely to be called Lenin’s Pioneers by Fox News. And this time it’s in lovely Las Vegas, Andy’s personal least favorite city in the US (don’t drink, don’t smoke- what do you do?). Hey, I have an idea– let’s have [...]
Wishing BP a Happy World Oceans Day
Posted in Global Warming, Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged bp, oil spill on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
World Oceans Day has been celebrated unofficially since 1992, and officially since December 2008 when the UN formally recognized it. Organized by The Ocean Project and the World Ocean Network, this holiday celebrates our oceans which bring us clean air, clean food, and clean water- that is, until April 20. The explosion at BP’s Deepwater [...]
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 [...]
Citizen Sarah going on hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged citizen sarah, old settler's on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hey folks! Just letting you know that I’m going to be taking a little summer-time breather from Public Citizen. All this advocacy awesomeness is my passion and has been invigorating, but I need to unplug for a little while. Expect to see me again sometime this July! If you’re going to miss me, miss me [...]
Donate at your local HEB in April to benefit environmental organizations, including Public Citizen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged earth day, earthshare, environmental organizations, heb, public citizen texas, San Antonio on April 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
April is HEB environment month
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…
Week in Review
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrew Sauls, andy wilson, carol geiger, matt johnson, mona avalos, patrick reck, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smitty, sunset commission, TCEQ, tom smith, trevor lovell, week in review on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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