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ReEnergize Texas Aids “Green Fee” Campaigns Statewide at 7 Texas Colleges

Posted in Global Warming, tagged 2009 texas legislative session, 81st legislative session, aggies, campaigns, colleges, environmental service fees, facebook, florida, green fee, hb 3353, house bill 3353, reenergize texas, rice university, texas a&m, video, vimeo on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Posted by Trevor Lovell Having passed House Bill 3353 (known as the “green fee bill,” it was one of the few green bills passed this session and made into law) in the 2009 Texas Legislative Session, the student leaders that comprise the ReEnergize Texas coalition knew they had much work ahead of them. The legislation [...]

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Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, solar, tagged 2009, 2010, 81st legislative session, Air Quality, american petroleum institute, API, astroturf, auld lange syne, calendars, chubbing, City Council, clean air act, Clean Energy, climate, climate legislation, Energy, Energy Citizens, Energy Efficiency, freedomworks, governor perry, green fleets, green gee, Netroots, new year, no regrets, north carolina, Obama administration, public citizen texas, solar districts, solar power, Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), texas vox, voter id on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Now that the ball’s dropped, toasts made, fireworks popped and black eyed peas consumed, we’re feeling reflective today. Faced with that eternally annual question, “Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?“, I’m moved to such mental poetry as “Heck no, this year was too much fun!” We’ve had a hell of a year here at Texas Vox. [...]

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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 81st legislative session, Barnett shale, bay area houston, bluedaze, bosskitty, brains and eggs, castle hill democrats, couldbetrue, denton county, dfw, dos centavos, electricity deregulation, eye on williamson, governor perry, hutchison, john coby, john cornyn, left of college station, leo berman, liberty university democrats, lightseeker, mcblogger, nitrogen oxide, off the kuff, pdiddie, president obama, sonia sotomayor, south texas chisme, TCEQ, texas kaos, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, toxic burritos, truthhugger, wcnews on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week from the Texas Progressive Alliance, emission from drilling are more than cars and airports, women are running things in Denton County, Liberty University Democrats lose their recognition, President Obama’s political coalition leaves out the far-right and the poor, and much more on this weeks TPA Roundup. This week’s roundup was compiled by Teddy [...]

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