In Winter of 2008 a coal ash slurry pond in Tennessee broke its damn, contaminating miles of downstream waterways and people’s homes with deadly carcinogens and other toxic substances. At the time it was called the worst environmental disaster since the Exxon Valdez and brought a wake up call to the EPA that this waste [...]
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Report Shows Dangers of Coal Ash Waste Sites Throughout the US
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged ash, Austin, climate change, Coal, coal ash waste, EIP, environmental integrity project, EPA, Global Warming, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, report, study, Texas, waste on August 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Tres Amigas SuperStation on Track for 2014
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Renewables, tagged Austin, Energy, energy storage, green jobs, public citizen texas, renewable energy on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Local energy storage company Xtream Power inks a deal to supply the Tres Amigas project with their technology. CH2M, another firm with central Texas connections (who has been hiring some of Austins finest green talent) lands the construction contract. Will local green engineers Kurt Lyell (one of the original founders of Austin Bio-fuels) or John [...]
Smitty: Austin and San Antonio took different paths when choosing new electric utility management
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, CPS Energy, public citizen texas, San Antonio, Tom "Smitty" Smith, transparency on July 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This is Andy checking in from Vegas and Netroots Nation: sheesh, we leave Texas for a few days and the wheels start to come off the bus, don’t they? Of course, our fearless and tireless leader, Tom “Smitty” Smith is there to handle everything, as he has done for the last 2 and a half [...]
Three Finalists for Austin Energy GM Announced!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, Energy Efficiency, green jobs, public citizen texas, Texas on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From the Austin Business Journal: The finalists include Ronald Davis, Larry Weis and David Wright. Ronald Davis (Burbank, Calif.) Davis has worked 30 years in the electric industry and has led Burbank Water and Power for the last 12 years. Burbank Water and Power is a municipal utility in urban Southern California with a 2009 [...]
Monday’s Earth Week Action: Get One Person to sign on to Clean Energy for Austin!
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, clean energy for austin, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, environmental defense fund, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wanna do something green to start off Earth Week? You can do this from your desk. Quick and easy: Sign up as a supporter for Clean Energy for Austin. Tell a friend or co-worker to sign on too!* Austin City Council will vote on this forward-thinking energy plan this week! Clean Energy for Austin is [...]
Prevent Texas from Becoming the Nation’s Radioactive Waste Dump
Posted in Nuclear, tagged andrews county, Austin, compact commission, Nuclear, public citizen texas, state district court, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas low level radioactive waste dump, waste control specialists on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This month, the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission will hear feedback on a proposed rule allowing the importation of so-called low-level radioactive waste into Texas from across the nation. Under the proposed rules Waste Control Specialists (WCS) would be allowed to import additional radioactive waste from other areas of the country and [...]
Three steps are needed to create a solar boom in Texas
Posted in solar, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, greenhouse gasses, incentives, michael webber, peak demand, renewable energy, solar, TXU, wind on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We can do the same thing for solar that we did for wind. Set a modest goal, say – 4,000 MW by 2020, and require every utility to buy some solar.
Get to Know an Activist: Citizen Sarah
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Activism, activist, Austin, citizen sarah, get to know an activist, Public Citizen, sarah mcdonald on March 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Have you ever wondered, “who is that citizensarah who writes so many engaging and informative articles on Texas Vox?” Well, today is your lucky day because I had a chance to temporarily slow down our queen blogging bee to ask her a few questions and learn about all the other things she does at Public [...]
Drop by Drop: 7 Ways Texas Cities Can Conserve Water
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, climate change, Drop by Drop, ken kramer, mona avalos, National Wildlife Federation, outdoor water ordinances, population increase, San Antonio, Sierra Club, Texas, Texas Water Development Board, water, water conservation, water efficiency, water supplies on March 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The National Wildlife Federation and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club have created a splash with their latest report: Drop by Drop: 7 Ways Texas Cities Can Conserve Water. Austin should be proud. Out of 19 cities studied in this report, our capital city was highly ranked on outdoor water ordinances and has [...]
“Women in Green Jobs” Solar Training Information Session
Posted in Energy, solar, tagged acc, Austin, austin community college, green jobs, installation, pv, riverside campus, solar, Texas, women on March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Austin Community College is having a free information session on their Women In Solar class, a women-focused solar installation course being offered this spring and summer. Check it out, but register today — its the deadline for Saturday’s session! Learn more: “Women in Green Jobs” Solar Training Information Session The registration deadline for this event [...]
Austinites Call on City Council for Renewed Climate Leadership
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, City Council, climate protection plan, commitment, jake stewart, petition, will wynn on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, three years after Mayor Will Wynn stated, “We’re going to lead by example“1 referring to adoption of the City’s Climate Protection Plan, Jake Stewart, former manager of Austin’s Climate Protection Program who left the program in dissatisfaction, stood before City Council to present a successful citizen petition drive. The ongoing petition’s objective is [...]
SNOWPOCALYPSE Strikes Austin, Texas
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, climate change, climate deniers, creamed corn, dallas, drought, Global Warming, hurricanes, ice, obama, olympics, snow, snowmageddom, snowpocalypse, Texas, weather, wonk room on February 23, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Holy *%$&! its snowing in Austin, Texas! What do I do? Can I still drive? Do I have to go to work? Should I put on big boots and go buy as much bottled water and creamed corn as I can fit into a stolen borrowed shopping cart? Or just jump on the global warming [...]
Town Hall Meeting on Energy Plan for Austin TONIGHT
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, City Council, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin coalition, Efficiency, energy plan, fayette coal plant, Lee Leffingwell, mayor, palmer events center, Public Citizen, Renewables, solar, wind on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell will host a town hall meeting on an energy plan for Austin Energy that would establish our own carbon dioxide cap and reduction plan. The great news is that by 2020, Austin’s investments in solar, wind and energy efficiency would allow us to reduce our dependence on the Fayette coal [...]
Watch my debut on Austin at Issue: Energy for the Future!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, austin at issue, citizen sarah, City Council, clean energy for austin, Energy, Energy Efficiency, klru, kut, matthew johnson, palmer events center, Public Citizen, Renewables on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: Here it is. Great job KLRU, KUT and the Statesman for putting together a great show on an important topic! http://www.klru.org/aai/ Unable to embed unfortunately. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Public Citizen participated in developing an energy plan for Austin to cut carbon emissions, use more renewables, and promote energy efficiency. And because we did, I’m about to [...]
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