The concert is FREE to the public and welcomes all ages. The Sierra Club and Texas Environmental Justice are rolling out the Great Texas Clean-Up Festival, from 4-10 at the Discovery Green in Houston, an event expected to kick off a larger campaign to clean up Texas. Public Citizen is a coalition partner and will [...]
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Come See Us This Saturday in Houston at The Great Texas Clean Up!
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, natural gas, solar, tagged renewable energy, Nuclear, Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Air Quality on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great Texas Cleanup Concert
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Coal, Clean Energy, Air Quality, coal plant on July 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Great Texas Cleanup: Outdoor Art & Music Festival July 24th in Houston at Discovery Green On July 24th, the Sierra Club and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Service (TEJAS) will host The Great Texas Cleanup: A Rally & Concert for Clean Energy and Clean Air. Environmental and community groups from Houston, Texas and around the [...]
Why Jeopardize Our Health for Dirty Energy Jobs when there are Clean Energy Jobs to be had?
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, TCEQ, green jobs, natural gas, solar, tagged TCEQ, Air Quality, EPA, cap and trade, drilling, drilling moratorium 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.
New EPA Air Quality rule will protect lives by cutting emissions from coal-fired power plants
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, tagged Coal, Air Quality, EPA, climate change, coal fired power plant, NAAQS on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a breaking story from the AP, we learn that the air pollution rules first proposed under George W. Bush’s EPA are moving forward. The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rules would cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 71 percent from 2005 levels by 2014 and nitrogen oxide emissions by 52 percent in the same [...]
TCEQ Decides That Regulating Pollution Isn’t Their Job
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Good Government, TCEQ, Toxics, tagged Global Warming, Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, climate change, Carbon Dioxide, solar power, public citizen texas on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the TCEQ remanded the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas petroleum-coke plant back to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. What they didn’t do is require the facility to do what’s called a case-by-case analysis of MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) for Hazardous Air Pollutants. In effect, TCEQ (the agency tasked with protecting [...]
GasLand: A Must Watch Documentary
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, natural gas, solar, tagged Air Quality, air pollution, water, Water Pollution, Water Quality, fracking, natural gas drilling, oil and gas wells, josh fox, gasland, T. Boone Pickens, Larry King, Larry King Live, documentary, HBO, HBO Documentaries, drinking water, water on fire, faucet on fire, pipe explosion, rig explosion on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A few days ago, Larry King interviewed T. Boone Pickens and if you were watching it, you heard him condemn the spill and the US dependence on oil then he raved about natural gas and how safe it is to drill for it. Pickens is not the first. Many have claimed that natural gas is [...]
Texas’ Political Culture Protects ‘Economic’ Interest Over Environment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Renewables, TCEQ, Toxics, green jobs, tagged Global Warming, TCEQ, Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, climate change 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 [...]
EPA Approves Tougher Pollution Emission Limits
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, climate change, Coal, coal plant, emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Public Citizen, SO2, sulfur dioxide on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Federal environmental regulators set new limits on sulfur dioxide emissions for the first time in 40 years. A move that could prevent thousands of asthma attacks and premature deaths while reducing health care costs.. The new rules, which take effect under court order, will prohibit short-term spikes of sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is primarily emitted [...]
Businesses, Environmental and Low-Income Groups Unite Behind Energy Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 20/20, Air Quality, Applied Materials, austin city council, Austin Energy, cary ferchill, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin, coal plant, coalition, electric utility, electric utility commission, Energy Efficiency, flexibility, fossil fuel reliance, foundation communities, generation and resource planning task force, green businesses, health, Lee Leffingwell, low income residents, matthew johnson, mayor, natural gas, nonprofits, nuclear plant, phillip schmandt, Public Citizen, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, Sierra Club, solar, Solar Austin, steve taylor, sunshine mathon, town hall, Weatherization, wind on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dozens of businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as more than 200 citizens have formed Clean Energy for Austin, a coalition whose purpose is to push Austin City Council to adopt a clean energy plan. Specifically, the coalition supports the passage of Austin Energy’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan and recommendations of a city task [...]
Houston’s Ozone Compliance Threatened by White Stallion Coal Plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, TCEQ, Air Quality, houston, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, environment, Texas Legislature, coal plant, state office of administrative hearings, clean air act, white stallion, jessica farrar, ozone, bay city, matagorda county, ryan rittenhouse, colorado river, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, galveston, ttc, asthma, beaumont, al armendariz, health, sunset review, smog, nox, compliance, ozone standards, ana hernandez, kristi thibaut, parish coal plant on February 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Public Citizen and Area Legislators Urge State to Deny Air Pollution Permit HOUSTON – Area legislators joined Public Citizen this week in urging environmental agencies to deny the White Stallion coal plant its air permit because if built, the facility would degrade air quality in Houston. The emissions from this proposed power plant would exacerbate [...]
Texans Speak Up for Clean Air at Houston EPA Hearing
Posted in Toxics, tagged Public Citizen, Air Quality, houston, SEED Coalition, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Sierra Club, clean air, environmental defense fund, public citizen texas, matthew tejada, ghasp, white stallion, ozone, matagorda county, ryan rittenhouse, american lung association, mothers for clean air, Texas Campaign for the Environment, no coal coalition, Health Professionals for Clean Air, public health, asthma, republican party, clean air texas, public hearing, Wendi Hammond, Kids for Clean Air, Bob Malina, janice nolen, respiratory disease, aaron smith, dr. bonnie new, galveston-houston alliance for smog prevention, dr neil carman on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on a newly proposed rule to strengthen federal ozone standards. A coalition of environmental and public health advocates called Clean Air Texas rallied in support of the new rule, which would improve air quality across the state and make our communities healthier. Over a [...]
Energy Generation Plan Presented to Austin City Council
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged Air Quality, Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, cap and reduction, Clean Energy, climate protection plan, electric utility commission, emissions reductions, Energy Efficiency, fayette coal plant, generation plan, green jobs, pollution, Public Citizen, renewable energy, renewable energy credits, resource management commission, Roger Duncan, solar, Texas, town hall, wind on February 4, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Last Thursday Austin Energy General Manager Roger Duncan briefed Austin City Council on the utility’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan. This plan is the culmination of 18 months of input from the public, the creation of a generation resource task force of various stakeholders to review various energy plans and make recommendations, and support and [...]
It’s Time to Weigh in on Smog Limits
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Air Quality, houston, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Texas, Sierra Club, environmental defense fund, matthew tejada, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ozone, american lung association, public health, asthma, smog, clean air texas, ozone levels, emergency room visits, bronchitis, emphysema on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the video and op-ed below by some of our Clean Air Texas coalition partners about the hearing in Houston tomorrow on the EPA’s new proposed rule to strengthen ozone standards. I’ll be at the hearing tomorrow, along with Ryan Rittenhouse, to represent Public Citizen and interview folks from around the state who’ve come [...]
Dallas Morning News Editorial: Texas, a state of denial on pollution rules
Posted in Toxics, tagged air pollution, Air Quality, Carbon Dioxide, Dallas Morning News, editorial, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, governor rick perry, ozone, pollution, smog, Texas on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great editorial in the Dallas Morning News this weekend. We couldn’t agree more Editorial: Texas, a state of denial on pollution rules To the surprise of no one, the Environmental Protection Agency announced tougher ozone limits this week. The move to tighten pollution standards had long been anticipated as evidence mounted to illustrate the serious [...]
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