Although the taxi cab industry in Austin is not often considered a power player in politics, individuals, top executives and owners have spent thousands of dollars in this city council election cycle. In particular, the election for the Austin City Council Place 3 seat has seen substantial amounts of money flow into it from the [...]
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Austin Taxi Industry Influences City Council Race
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, austin city council, Campaign Finance, city of austin, electric cars, Kathie Tovo, randi shade, Taxi, taxis on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Austin Energy and the EGRSO: EUC Chairman Schmandt weighs in
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged austin city council, Austin Energy, EGRSO, electric utility commission, facebook, Friday Night Lights, heliovolt, Home Depot, LegalZoom, phillip schmandt on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those in Austin who don’t know, the EGRSO (the Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office… I had to look it up too) gets a substantial portion of its funding from the municipally-owned utility Austin Energy. What does this office do? From its city website: [The EGRSO] implements the City of Austin Economic Development Policy [...]
Celebrating Earth Day: City Council passes AE Generation Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged austin city council, Austin Energy, Austin Energy Generation Plan, clean energy for austin, Cyrus Ree, david power, earth day, energy affordability, Energy Efficiency, matt johnson, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Ryan Rittenhous on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
YeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Today is a great day. Not only is this the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, but Austin City Council just gave every Texan a reason to celebrate: Mayor Lee Leffingwell and City Council passed the Austin Energy Generation Plan! After two years of hard work, enormous inclusive cooperation and citizen participation, the council unanimously [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Year in Review: San Antonio Nuclear Debacle/Amores Nucleares Telenovela
Posted in Nuclear, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, austin city council, center for american progress, city public services, CPS, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, japan, mark cooper, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear reactors, nukes, Public Citizen, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas nuclear project, steve hennigan, STP, Texas, texas vox on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Update: Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current just published a fantastic and very thorough recap of the twisted nuclear saga. Check it out! Here’s part 2 in this year’s first annual Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009 series. Part 1 is just a hop, skip and scroll down. 3. San Antonio [...]
Public Citizen Texas Honors Texas’ Outstanding Public Servants
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Public Citizen, Victoria, San Antonio, Austin American-Statesman, corpus christi, Austin Energy, Texas, Rodney Ellis, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Greg Harman, san antonio current, rafael anchia, austin city council, clean economy coalition, waste control specialists, doug lewin, lon burnam, fort worth, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, austin chronicle, greenchoice, safety, democracy, 25th anniversary, texas outstanding public service, awards, health, whistleblower, claudia grisales, david swinford, gerry sansing, wes stafford, wendy davis, glenn lewis, lifetime achievement award, green building program, pedernales electric cooperative, environmental journalism, wind warrior award, tarrant county, las brisas coal plant, amarillo on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
AUSTIN – Public Citizen Texas will be honoring the recipients of this year’s Texas Outstanding Public Service (TOPS) Awards at the organization’s 25th anniversary dinner today. The awardees are local visionaries, recognized experts and celebrated advocates who have aided in the effort to help Texas realize a more environmentally conscious and sustainable energy future. Those [...]
Dr. Al Armendariz named Region 6 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Posted in Global Warming, tagged al armendariz, arkansas, austin city council, brigid shea, clean air act, downwinders at risk, Dr. Al Armendariz, ej, environment texas, environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, gulf coast, larry starfield, Lisa Jackson, Louisiana, luke metzger, midlothian, neil carman, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Public Citizen, region 6, Region 6 Administrator, regional administrator, sierra club lone star chapter, suzie canales, Texas, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Tom "Smitty" Smith on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Environmental Groups Applaud EPA Choice New Regional Administrator could signal change in direction for polluted state DALLAS – Environmental advocates across several states are applauding the Obama Administration’s choice of Dr. Al Armendariz to lead Region 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency, which includes Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Armendariz, an engineering professor [...]
Austin City Council Coal Action Success
Posted in Coal, tagged austin city council, austin has a dirty secret, austin texas, city hall, Coal, facebook, fayette coal plant, health impacts of coal, quit coal, ryan rittenhouse on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Many thanks to everyone that made it to the Austin City Council meeting yesterday for an anti-coal demonstration! Twenty five to thirty concerned citizens stood up in City Council chambers, dressed in black to represent the yearly moralities from our Fayette Coal Plant, as Ryan Rittenhouse addressed the Council. Check out the video below for [...]
Austin Energy’s Generation Plan: More Renewables and Efficiency, Less Coal?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, coal plant, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, lcra, Lee Leffingwell, Nuclear Power, renewable energy, Renewables, Roger Duncan, solar power, wind on August 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It has been less than 24 hours since I received a copy of Austin Energy’s Generation Plan recommendation and there’s a lot here to like. Before I get to the highlights, let me just say that those of you who spoke up, filled out the survey, played the sim game and demanded more renewable energy, [...]
Pecan Street Project Public Meeting June 23rd
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged airport blvd, Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, capital area workforce board, Clean Energy, highland mall, pecan street project, smart grid, Texas, University of Texas on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You are invited to learn about and provide input to the Austin Pecan Street Project tomorrow, June 23 from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Capital Area Workforce Board, 6505 Airport Blvd., Suite 101-E (please enter from the Highland Mall side of the building). The Pecan Street Project is an initiative charged with exploring [...]
Texas House: Green Jobs Bill Hearing
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, tagged 81st Texas Legislative Session, acc, austin city council, austin community college, green jobs, hb 516, mark strama, stimulus package, technology economic development and workforce committee, Texas Legislature, texas unemployment, texas workforce commission on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The House Technology, Economic Development and Workforce Committee met today to discuss HB 516, a bill to establish and fund a green job skills training program under the Texas Workforce Commission. Representative Mark Strama (D-Austin) authored the bill, which specifies green jobs as being “jobs in the field of renewable energy or energy efficiency.” These [...]
Austin City Council Votes for Nation’s Largest Photovoltaic Array
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, boma, building owners and managers association, david power, gemini solar, laura morrison, Lee Leffingwell, mike martinez, Public Citizen, randi shade, sheryl cole, solar plant, solar power, spansion, Webberville on March 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This afternoon the Austin City Council moved unanimously to approve Item 16 on the agenda, the purchasing power agreement with Gemini Solar Development Company to build a 30 MW solar plant at the Webberville tract. That means that by the end of 2011, Austin should be the proud home of the nation’s largest utility scale [...]
Austin City Council Solar Vote this Thursday
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin city council, Brewster McCracken, burnt orange report, item 16, Lee Leffingwell, phillip martin, renewable energy, solar power, webberville solar plant on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that the Austin City Council will have its final vote on the proposed 30 MW Webberville Solar Plant at a meeting this Thursday, March 5. The Council meeting is of course open to the public, so please come by City Hall starting at 10 a.m. to show your support for the plant! [...]
Save the Austin Solar Plant!
Posted in Renewables, tagged austin city council, environment texas, public citien, solar plant, solar power, the watchmen, Webberville on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back we reported on the Austin City Council’s decision to delay their vote on the proposed Webberville solar plant. Local environmental groups are working now to rally public support for this plant. This is the time to show the council that Austin wants more solar power, Now! Go to Environment Texas’s internet action [...]
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