Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is seeking several amendments to its Radioactive Material License # R04100 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Five of the amendments request design changes to the Compact Waste Disposal Facility (CWF) and the Federal Waste Facility (FWF) for commercial and federal low-level radiactive waste disposal. The other two amendment [...]
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Radioactive waste dump seeking amendment to its license
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, Water, tagged environment, radipactove waste, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, waste control specialists, WCS on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Simmons’ Cronies
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, Toxics, tagged environment, Harold Simmons, nuclear waste, texans for public justice, The Texas Solution, Toxic Waste, waste control specialists on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
All rights reserved by Public Citizen Texas Infamously dubbed by Dallas Magazine “Dallas’ Most Evil Genius”, socialite and energy tycoon Harold Simmons is no stranger to Texas lobbying. As this blog previously reported in January, Simmons has contributed $1.12 million from 2001 to September 2010 to Rick Perry significantly increasing his contributions between 6/25/2009 and [...]
Representative Lon Burnam (D-Ft Worth) taking on climate change
Posted in Global Warming, Texas Legislature, tagged climate change, environment, greenhouse gas, lon burnam, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Vulnerability assessment, Water resources on January 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
State Rep. Lon Burnam filed legislation (House Bill 977) that would have state agencies develop plans to address the implications their policies might have on climate change. Burnam’s bill is similar to a measure he offered last session. The bill would have 12 entities in the state each publish a plan assessing that entity’s role with [...]
No Environmental Groups in the Navajo Nation
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Global Warming, tagged arizona, Coal, coal plant, Energy, environment, green jobs, Hopi, Navajo Nation, Navajo people, peabody, Peabody Energy, renewable energy on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not (by any stretch of the imagination) an expert on Native American affairs, but there is an interesting and rather sad drama playing out in the Navajo Nation (a semi-autonomous Native American homeland covering parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico). The Nation also encompasses the Hopi Reservation, represented by the Hopi Tribal Council. [...]
Happy Thanksgiving? Not if climate change has anything to say about it
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change, environment, public citizen texas, Thanksgiving, turkey on November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Climate change may be affecting the nasty weather that is ensnaring many holiday travelers. And to add insult to injury, warming will affect the price, quality, and availability of your favorite Thanksgiving foods, especially turkey, whose meat will become firmer, less juicy, and tasteless.
Watch the “Story of Electronics”
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, Waste Management on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, is available to watch today, Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made [...]
Hearing to reconsider allowing radioactive waste shipments from around the country into Texas scheduled November 13th
Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged environment, Low level waste, Nuclear, nuclear waste, radioactive waste, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, united states department of energy, WCS on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission TLLRWDCC will meet in Midland, Texas a week from Saturday (November 13th) to reconsider adopting a rule that was withdrawn in July that would allow for export of low-level radioactive waste for management and disposal from facilities outside of the Texas Compact, this will be followed by a host of generator [...]
The Story of Electronics online film release coming
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, recycling, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, United States, Waste Management on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, will be released on Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made to [...]
CALIFORNIA PUSHES BACK AGAINST TEXAS
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Adrian Grenier, California, California law, climate change, David Arquette, environment, Matthew Cooke, Texas on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Supporters of a California law designed to battle climate change are pushing back against money from Texas oil and gas interests that’s helping to fund an initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot in the Golden State that would roll back some of the law’s provisions Starring David Arquette – Written & Directed by Matthew Cooke [...]
Houston’s Ozone Compliance Threatened by White Stallion Coal Plant
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, al armendariz, ana hernandez, asthma, bay city, beaumont, clean air act, coal plant, colorado river, compliance, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, galveston, health, houston, jessica farrar, kristi thibaut, matagorda county, nox, ozone, ozone standards, parish coal plant, Public Citizen, ryan rittenhouse, smog, state office of administrative hearings, sunset review, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith, ttc, white stallion on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen and Area Legislators Urge State to Deny Air Pollution Permit HOUSTON – Area legislators joined Public Citizen this week in urging environmental agencies to deny the White Stallion coal plant its air permit because if built, the facility would degrade air quality in Houston. The emissions from this proposed power plant would exacerbate [...]
National Day of Action Against Coal Waste
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged ash, call, Coal, coal ash waste, coal plant, contamination, disaster, environment, Global Warming, national day of action, obama, president, Tennessee, TVA, waste, white house on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
TODAY is our National Coal Ash Day of Action - please ask the White House to allow the US EPA to finally regulate coal ash as the hazardous waste it is. Currently, coal ash is less regulated than household trash! This toxic waste stream has never been regulated and that must change, now. 1. Please [...]
60 Seconds to Save the Earth
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged acid rain, Bottled Water, carbon dioxide emissions, Citizen :60, Coal Plants, cotton, dallas, deadzones, energy efficient light bulbs, environment, EPA, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, light, methane, organic clothing, organic food, Power, public citizen texas, recycle, renewable energy, reuse, synthetic fertilizers, water conservation on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sixty seconds doesn’t seem like a lot of time; however, there are lots of things that can be done in sixty seconds or less. For instance, an average adult can type 38 to 40 words and blink between ten and 30 times every sixty seconds (sometimes simultaneously). Furthermore, an elite distance runner can run about [...]
Green-up Your Life! Holiday Edition
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Christmas, eat less meat, Energy Efficiency, environment, food, gift, green, holiday lights, holiday meal, holiday travel, holidays, new year's resolution, organic, oxfam, presents on December 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
By Kirsten Bokenkamp Happy Holidays! Just saying those words is enough to evoke joyful images of families gathered in the kitchen preparing a succulent holiday meal to be enjoyed together, or excited and wide-eyed children opening gifts next to a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. When I close my eyes, I can almost taste the cinnamon-spiced [...]
Green-up your life! Teach your children well.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged children, climate change, eduation, environment, generation m, Global Warming, kids, nature-deficit disorder, School on November 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Kirsten Bokenkamp Ask any kid what they do in their free time and the answer will likely include watching TV and playing video games. Indeed, children ages 8-18 watch an average of almost 4 hours of TV or movies a day – with an additional 2 hours playing video games! Don’t get me wrong [...]
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