Hey folks, tomorrow a whole host of solar bills are going into be heard in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee. Our friends over at Environment Texas have a petition up where you can show legislators your support for solar. The sun’s setting on this petition, so sign up today! From the horse’s mouth, here’s [...]
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Make Every Day Solar Day in Texas
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged business and commerce, environment texas, luke metzger, Public Citizen, solar, Texas, vote solar on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wildcatting for the Win!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged environment texas, Public Citizen, wildcatting the sun on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we entered our video, Wildcatting the Sun, into Environment Texas‘ solar video contest. The winning video will be used to make the case for solar energy at a screening for key Texas lawmakers, and its creators will win $$2,000! So go to Environment Texas’ voting page, check out some of the other videos, and [...]
NRG Coal Plant Hearing Protest
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Bonanza, Carbon Dioxide, clean air act, Clean Water Action, co2, coal plant, environment texas, EPA, epa vs mass, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, Karen Hadden, luke metzger, nrg limestone, permit application, Public Citizen, reenergize texas, SEED Coalition, soah, state office of administrative hearings, TCEQ, texas climate emergency campaign, Tom "Smitty" Smith on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last Friday two administrative law judges refused to hear testimony on the impact of carbon dioxide emissions during the permitting process for the NRG Limestone coal-fired power plant. The contested case hearing for NRG’s air quality permit application will be going on all week long, but testimony on the proposed plant’s contribution to global warming [...]
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 [...]
City Delays on Solar Plant Vote
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, austin community college, Austin Energy, Brewster McCracken, david power, environment texas, freescale semiconductor, gemini solar, green choice, green jobs, Lee Leffingwell, luke metzger, matthew kresha, mike martinez, paul robbins, Public Citizen, renewable energy student's association, Roger Duncan, roger wood, save the austin solar plant, solar plant, solar power, spansion, Texas, texas vox, tim lasake, Webberville on February 13, 2009 | 8 Comments »
As expected, the Austin City Council made the decision to delay the vote on Austin Energy’s proposed solar plant until March 5th. Council Member Mike Martinez wanted to put it off longer, but since the bid for the plant will actually expire just seven days after this March meeting, the council agreed unanimously to have [...]
Could this be Texas’ solar session?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, andrew mccalla, Austin, business and commerce, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, CPS Energy, distributed solar, eliot shapiro, emerging technology fund, energy conservation office, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, green jobs, greenhouse gas, hb 516, jose beceiro, kirk watson, leticia van de putte, made in texas, mark strama, meridian energy systems, peak energy prices, peak power, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, sb 435, sb 541, sb 542, sb 545, sb 546, sb 598, sb 603, senator rodney ellis, Sierra Club, solar legislation, solar power, texas center for sustainable business, texas solar roadmap, troy fraser, tx, wildcatting the sun on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
At last! I can fill you in on Monday’s fantastic solar press conference at the capitol! Public Citizen, Environment Texas and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a statewide round of press conferences this week to roll out our solar report, Texas Solar Roadmap — which of course can be downloaded at [...]
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