Native Americans protesting the Keystone XL pipeline will be compelled to stay in enclosure located miles from President’s pro-oil event Native American’s gathering in Cushing, OK today to protest President Obama’s words of praise for the Keystone XL pipeline were forced by local authorities to hold their event in a cage erected in Memorial Park. The [...]
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Tell TCEQ grading polluters on a curve doesn’t improve our air, our water or our health. And, oh yes, thanks for extending the comment period.
Posted in Air Quality, Coal Plants, Toxics, Water, tagged pollution, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Comment Period Extended to March 23rd The Texas Commission for Environmental Quality is the second largest environmental agency in the world—with a budget to match. Help hold TCEQ accountable for taxpayer’s interests and stop them from implementing rules that favor polluting businesses. TCEQ’s Mission Statement and Agency Philosophy includes a commitment to “ensure meaningful public [...]
Texas Pardons Pollution (Again!) – Public hearing next Tuesday and comments can be submitted before March 12th
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Sunset, TCEQ, Water, tagged Hearing (law), pollution, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on February 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Get tough on environmental crimes Texas law requires that the our state environmental agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), consider a facility’s past compliance when making decisions regarding permits or inspections. In fact, a facility’s Compliance History score affects every bit of its business with the TCEQ. New rules currently proposed by the [...]
A little bit of rain, a little less drought?
Posted in Coal Plants, Global Warming, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, Texas on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
While only 23 percent of Texas remains under “exceptional” drought, 90% of the state is still under some level of drought in spite of the recent rains many parts of the state have experienced. But we can’t get cocky, as the U.S. seasonal drought outlook indicates most of Texas can expect the drought to persist [...]
A Texas town runs out of water, will we see more?
Posted in Water, tagged drought, lake travis, texas drought on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Spicewood, Texas, a small community on Lake Travis, is precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of drinking water during this historic drought. On Monday, under dark clouds and with rain falling, Spicewood got its first delivery of 8,000-gallons of water after it became clear local wells could no longer produce enough [...]
Bill would give Oklahomans the right to vote on sale of water to Texas
Posted in Coal Plants, Water, tagged Oklahoma, Texas, Water right on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As Texas struggles to determine how they will meet their water needs in the face of what could be an extended 5 to 10 year period of drought, Oklahomans are looking to protect their water rights as their neighbors to the south look on lustfully. An Associated Press story says proposed legislation by two Oklahoma [...]
US environmental authorities have declared for the first time that fracking may be to blame for groundwater pollution.
Posted in Water, tagged EPA, hydraulic fracturing, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency on December 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A draft finding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could have a chilling effect on states trying to determine how to regulate the process. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping pressurised water, sand and chemicals underground to open fissures and improve the flow of oil or gas to the surface. The EPA found that [...]
Radioactive waste dump seeking amendment to its license
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, Water, tagged environment, radipactove waste, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, waste control specialists, WCS on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is seeking several amendments to its Radioactive Material License # R04100 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Five of the amendments request design changes to the Compact Waste Disposal Facility (CWF) and the Federal Waste Facility (FWF) for commercial and federal low-level radiactive waste disposal. The other two amendment [...]
Rerouting Keystone XL: From Poisoned Aquifers to Polluted Land
Posted in Air Quality, Water, tagged keystone, pipeline spills, tarsands on December 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is a guest blog by departing Public Citizen intern Chantelle B. In recent months, Nebraska’s government has taken a strong stand against the Keystone XL Pipeline’s route, which currently passes through the ecologically fragile Sandhills region and North America’s largest aquifer – the Ogallala – which, if polluted, could have disastrous effects. The majority of [...]
NPR reports on how energy and environmental issues affect you
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Nuclear, Texas Legislature, Water on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
StateImpact is a collaboration among NPR and local public radio stations in eight pilot states to examine issues of local importance. The project seeks to inform and engage communities with broadcast and online news about how state government decisions affect people’s lives. In Texas, a collaboration between local public radio stations KUT Austin, KUHF Houston and [...]
Texas Senator Troy Fraser focuses on the energy industry’s water use
Posted in Coal Plants, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, Energy, fracking, Texas, water on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to the Texas Energy Report, Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman Troy Fraser, called the energy industry a bit too “thirsty” during a record one-year drought, and warned the oil and gas companies to ramp up the recycling of water consumed during hydraulic fracturing. Currently much of the chemical-laced water and sand that Texas companies blast [...]
Austin League of Women Voters – Texas Water Study: “Should Water Be Treated as a Commodity?”
Posted in Coal Plants, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, League of Women Voters, Texas, Water resources on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ongoing drought, extended high temperatures, and wildfires have increased the importance of state water studies. In light of the study by the State of Texas and the critical nature of our water issues, the League of Women Voters (LWV) Austin is sponsoring a meeting for its members and the public featuring an outstanding panel of water experts [...]
SMITTY discusses impeachment, grand juries, nuclear energy, water supplies, and more on ACCESS News
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Nuclear Plants, Water on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ACCESS News! A program about being a better citizen (Presidents included). What happens when the President of the United States runs afoul of the law? What is a grand jury? Is the future of nuclear energy dead? Is our water supply properly managed? The Director of Public Citizen’s Texas office, Tom “SMITTY” Smith, discusses impeachment, [...]
Continued Drought Concerns ERCOT for 2012
Posted in Coal Plants, Efficiency, Water, tagged drought, electric reliability council of texas, Energy, Energy Efficiency, PUC, Texas on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The worst drought in more than 50 years in Texas is expected to continue as a weak La Nina weather pattern is predicted to strengthen this winter. Drought has already reduced cooling water needed by coal-fired power plants and may limit electric output from power plants next summer, an official from the Electric Reliability Council [...]
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