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Worried About Water

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Agriculture, atascosa county, bastrop county, cinderella, clean water act, coal block, coal power, comanche peak, contaminated water, crop and livestock losses, drought, Exelon, federal disaster, fossil fuels, gerald north, Glen Rose, halliburton loophole, hay prices, hurrican katrina, hydraulic fracturing, ipcc, kerrville, lake buchanana, lake travis, matagorda bay, natural gas, Nuclear, safe drinking water act, Texas, texas a&m, Victoria, water, waxo, white stallion on July 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’ve been thinking (and worrying) about water a lot lately. I suppose that the drought has brought all this concern along. Just a few months ago, folks were comparing this drought to the one that devastated Texas agriculture in the ’50s (when crop yields dropped by as much as 50%, all but one county in [...]

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CPS and San Antonio: You can’t both be right…

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, capitol hill, central texas, climate change, climate policy group, coal power, CPS Energy, david spade, eco-friendliness, Global Warming, green jobs, greenhouse gasses, Greg Harman, kilowatt, lobbying, mission verde, Nuclear Power, public utility, San Antonio, san antonio current, sandra pulis, South Texas Project, tommy boy, washington, windtricity on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current broke this story a few days back and I just feel like we have to comment: As Washington strains under the weight of industry and environmental lobbyists seeking to influence the outcome of what would be our first national climate bill, CPS Energy has been quietly working the [...]

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Daddy Coal Shakes Finger at Texas Youth

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged american coalition for clean coal electricity, Austin, burnt orange report, coal power, doug lewin, leticia van de putte, Nuclear Power, reenergize texas, senator ellis, tara rios ybarra, texas state capitol, Tom "Smitty" Smith on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

We’re already getting push-back from coal industry on account of the ReEnergize Texas Rally at the capitol Monday morning. When the coal industry’s “clean coal” PR machine is running scared and feels the need to release official press releases… you’re doin’ it right. Original post found at Burnt Orange Report: This weekend 170+ students from [...]

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