Consumer, low income and environmental groups say the low-income and low energy use customers will bear a disproportionate share of the proposed Austin Energy rate increase and are calling on Austin Energy customers to attend the second of four hearings of the Electric Utility Commission (EUC) on Monday night, September 19th at the Austin Energy [...]
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Austin Energy’s Proposed Rate Increases Hurt Austin’s Residential Consumers and Continues the City’s Corporate Welfare Program
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin Energy, austin texas, rate increase on September 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
LIGHTS, CAMERA, HELP – a cause-driven film festival in Austin featuring “On Coal River”
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, tagged austin texas, Film, Film festival, massey energy on July 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lights. Camera. Help is a nonprofit film festival dedicated entirely to nonprofit and cause-driven films. This 3-day event held in Austin Texas, July 28th through July 30th, gives films-for-a-cause the attention they deserve by putting them up on the big screen in a theater setting. One of the films, On Coal River, showing at Lights. [...]
Austin, TX 100+ degree days finally at an end?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 100 degrees F, austin texas, heat wave on July 21, 2011 | 66 Comments »
On the last day of September in Austin, Texas, we may have put the 100 degree days behind us. No guarantees, but unless we have a very late heat wave, yesterday’s 100+ degree day may have set the new record to break of 90 days* of 100+ degree days in 2011. We have also tied [...]
Zero Waste and How to Get There
Posted in Global Warming, tagged austin texas, Zero Waste Event on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas Green Network Networking Event at Austin Energy A Panel Discussion on Zero Waste and How to Get There Thursday, July 21st 5:30pm-8:30pm Sponsored by Texas Green Network Hosted by: Austin Energy 721 Barton Springs, Austin, TX 78704 Please R.S.V.P. to rsvpaustin@texasgreennetwork.org Austin Energy hosts Texas Green Network’s July event in Austin with a panel discussion [...]
Renewable Energy and the 82nd Legislature
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged austin texas, solar energy, solar power, Texas on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you live in Austin, TX and put solar on your rooftop, you might be able to pay only about a quarter of the initial cost estimate, making this a viable option for many homeowners. But for many Texans, there is still a good reason not to go with solar: the generous local incentives that Austinites [...]
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 [...]
ACT Lobby Day is Tuesday, March 15th at the Capitol.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged austin texas, Legislative session, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On March 15th, Texans from all corners of the state will be in Austin, visiting our elected officials and letting them know that we want them to protect our land, our water, and our health. Sign up now!
Could Austin make another bad deal with STP
Posted in Energy, tagged Austin Energy, austin texas, Energy, nrg energy, Nuclear on February 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On January 25th, Juan Garza, President of Advanced Technology with NRG Energy, Inc. sent a letter to Austin Energy general manager, Larry Weis. The contents of that letter are outlined below. Two months ago, I informally delivered a proposal to you for Austin Energy and NRG Energy to explore a purchase power agreement from the [...]
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 [...]
Ho Ho Ho, it’s Austin’s 3rd Annual “Green” Holiday Party
Posted in green jobs, tagged austin texas, holiday party, sustainability on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Join us to celebrate the holidays at our 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party, hosted this year 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 Accepted at Door) Click here for $30 General Admission Pre-Registration Click here [...]
Help Stop Ozone Pollution, Show Support for Proposed EPA Rule
Posted in Toxics, tagged austin texas, coal industry, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, houston, ozone pollution, Texas on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Right now the EPA is accepting public comments on proposed new ozone standards that will make the air we breathe cleaner and our communities healthier, but they are facing fierce opposition from the coal industry and its allies. The Houston EPA hearing on new ozone standards is one of only three across the country (the [...]
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