Towards the end of January an independent panel of judges, the Office of Public Interest Counsel, and the EPA all recommended that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality deny the proposed permit for the Las Brisas petroleum-coke burning plant based on its multiple deficiencies and clear violations of the Clean Air Act. The Perry-appointed commissioners [...]
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Say No To The Las Brisas “Coal” Plant
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged blake farenthold, clean economy coalition, Coal, coke, connie scott, corpus christi, EPA, facebook, joe adame, juan hinojosa, judith zaffirini, las brisas, Lisa Jackson, opic, pet-coke, petroleum coke, rebecca lyons, TCEQ, Texas, todd hunter, youtube on May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Where’s the Outrage? TCEQ Approves Las Brisas Pollution Permit
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged CEC, clean air act, clean economy coalition, Coal, corpus christi, EPA, granted, hal suter, jerry sansing, las brisas, permit, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on January 26, 2011 | 8 Comments »
In a completely un-shocking and saddening display of administrative arrogance, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) commissioners Bryan Shaw and Buddy Garcia granted an air permit for the proposed Las Brisas coal plant. Commissioner Carlos Rubinstein abstained from voting due to being briefed on the permit when he previously served as deputy executive director. [...]
TCEQ Continues to Fail the People of Texas
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, TCEQ, tagged Coal, corpus christi, fail, hearing, judge, judges, las brisas, meeting, pet-coke, Petcoke, petroleum, pollution, Public Citizen, remand, soah, state office of administrative hearings, TCEQ, Texas on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The TCEQ ruled today on the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas pet-coke plant in Corpus Christi. The good news is they didn’t grant the permit (yet), instead they remanded the permit back to the State Office of Administrative Hearings on a number of issues. However, they refused to acknowledge some of the most [...]
Corpus Christi Residents Can Breathe a Short, but Clean, Sigh of Relief
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged CEC, clean economy coalition, Coal, corpus christi, decision, edf, energy center, james marston, judge, las brisas, Petcoke, plant, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, soah, state office of administrative hearings, TCEQ on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality received a recommendation from two administrative judges denying the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas Energy Center in Corpus Christi. The decision is a ray of hope in the battle to prevent the petcoke plant from showering the citizens of Corpus Christi with harmful pollutants including [...]
EPA to Announce New Air Quality Standard Limiting Ozone Pollution
Posted in Coal, Energy, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, Austin, beaumont, corpus christi, dallas, EPA, fort worth, galveston, houston, longview, non-attainment, ozone pollution, port arthur, San Antonio, state implementation plan, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, tyler, Waco on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today Texas environmentalists, legislators, and medical practitioners wait with bated breath for an announcement from the EPA about a new air quality standard for ozone pollution. The proposed rule would strengthen the Bush administration’s ozone standard, which did not meet scientific scrutiny or standards to protect public health. Now that scientists have demonstrated that ozone [...]
Recap: Roll Beyond Coal Tour
Posted in Coal, tagged abilene, Austin, bay city, clean air act, clean economy coalition, coal block, coal plant, college station, corpus christi, dallas, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal climate change legislation, flex permits, grandfathering, grassroots, H.R. 2454, houston, john cornyn, kay bailey hutchison, lone star chapter, Multi-County Coalition, no coal coalition, public citizen texas, roll beyond coal, ryan rittenhouse, Sierra Club, sweetwater, T.P.O.W.E.R., TCEQ, Texans Protecting Our Water Environment and Resources, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Waco on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The November/December edition of Public Citizen News, a bi-monthly newsletter distributed to Public Citizen members, featured this article on our statewide “Roll Beyond Coal” Tour. Since not all of you out there get the newsletter, I thought I’d share: ‘Roll Beyond Coal’ Tours Texas By Geena Wardaki It’s not often that you lug a 20-foot-tall [...]
Public Citizen Texas Honors Texas’ Outstanding Public Servants
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 25th anniversary, amarillo, Austin American-Statesman, austin chronicle, austin city council, Austin Energy, awards, claudia grisales, clean economy coalition, corpus christi, david swinford, democracy, doug lewin, environmental journalism, fort worth, gerry sansing, glenn lewis, green building program, greenchoice, Greg Harman, health, las brisas coal plant, lifetime achievement award, lon burnam, pedernales electric cooperative, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, Rodney Ellis, safety, San Antonio, san antonio current, tarrant county, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas outstanding public service, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Victoria, waste control specialists, wendy davis, wes stafford, whistleblower, wind warrior award 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 [...]
Spooky Fun Rallies in 5 Texas Cities on Saturday, October 31
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged alpine, Austin, beaumont, bike ride, clean air, corpus christi, dallas, green jobs, halloween, Public Citizen, quit coal, roll beyond coal, Sierra Club, Texas on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Texans Concerned about Clean Air and Building the new Green Jobs Economy ROLL BEYOND COAL across Texas this Halloween — Fun Events on Saturday, October 31 WHO: Public Officials, Businesses, Sierra Club and their Environmental Partners such as Public Citizen, and Bicycling Communities across Texas WHAT: Roll Beyond Coal Rallies, Bike Rides, & Hikes for [...]
That’s the Story of the Hurricane: Las Brisas Drowns Itself
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged climate change, Coal, Coast, corpus christi, corpus christi bay, Global Warming, Hurricane, hurricane season, jen irish, katrina, las brisas, mustang island, padre island, Petcoke, rita, storm surge on June 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If we look at the distribution of the U.S population, we notice there are huge concentrations along the coasts. I was once told that more than half the population lives within 5 miles of the coasts. With so many people living on the coasts, our population is extremely susceptible to destruction from hurricanes. Recent examples [...]
Stop the Dirty Dozen: Tell the Texas Legislature, Don’t Create Another Generation of Grandfathered Coal Plants
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged clean air act, coal plant, Congress, corpus christi, grandfathered power plants, Obama administration, stop the dirty dozen, sweetwater, Texas Legislature, Victoria, Waco on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you live in the Waco, Sweetwater, Corpus Christi, or Victoria area, you may have seen this op-ed run in your local newspaper under a variety of titles such as “Stop the Dirty Dozen”, “New generation of grandfathered polluters?”, and “Don’t create another generation of grandfathered power plants.” If not, you should give it a [...]
Las Brisas Hearing is Big Success
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged clean economy coalition, coal plant, corpus christi, del mar, environmental defense fund, fire marshall, kris-tv, las brisas, preliminary hearing, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, smith, soah, state office of adminstrative hearings on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Corpus Christi residents stirred up quite a stink at the Las Brisas preliminary hearing last Tuesday. Four hundred residents showed up to make their feelings known about the coal plant, which if built will be clearly visible from Town Hall. Originally the hearing was to be held in a 50 person capacity room, which was [...]
Teachers Union and LULAC Join Las Brisas Opponents
Posted in Coal, tagged american federation of teachers union, chase power, corpus chrisit caller times, corpus christi, crosstown expressway, environmental discrimination, juan guerra, kathleen smith, las brisas power plant, league of united latin america citizens council, lulac on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two new groups, the local American Federation of Teachers union and the League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 1 (LULAC) have joined the coalition formed in opposition to Corpus Christi’s proposed Las Brisas Power Plant, reports the Caller-Times. At a membership meeting last week, 38 members of the teacher’s union voted unanimously to [...]
Corpus Christi Marches Against Coal Power Plant
Posted in Coal, tagged american federation of teachers, clean economy coaltion, coal plant, corpus christi, las brisas, leopard street, north beach tenants association, nueces county medical society, preliminary hearing, tamucc, valentine's day on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More than 200 citizens gathered in Corpus Christi this Valentine’s Day to march in protest of the proposed Las Brisas Power Plant. Public Citizen staffers were on hand to lend their support to the display, but this march was all local, baby. Groups as varied as the Clean Economy Coalition of the Coastal Bend, Nueces [...]
Sparkle, Sparkle, little coal plant…
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Coal, corpus christi, Global Warming, las brisas, plant, TCEQ on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Corpus Christi – October 7, 2008 The “Sparkling City by the Sea” has been losing its sparkle through the years, as more and more refineries pollute its air and water. Now a new threat looms to increase the pollution that is damaging and degrading what should be the glistening jewel of the Texas Gulf Coast. [...]
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