Environmentalists may soon find a powerful ally in big business. Some of the United States’ top corporations are now rallying together in support of climate and energy reform, after finally realizing the severity of climate change and the negative effects of global warming on our society. Several Fortune 500 companies, including GE, Johnson & Johnson, [...]
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The Business of Climate Change
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged american clean energy and security act, Apple, big business, clean air act, climate bill, climate change, eBay, energy reform, environment, EPA, Exelon, GE, Global Warming, HP, Johnson & Johnson, legislation, Nature Conservatory, Nike, the Gap, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, United Technologies, washington, We Can Lead on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dallas Journalist Shares “6 things economists wish journalists knew about greenhouse gas reduction”
Posted in Global Warming, tagged cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, Dallas Morning News, elizabeth souder, Energy, environment, fossil fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, public policy on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dallas Morning News journalist Elizabeth Souder shares the Six things economists wish journalists knew about greenhouse gas reduction on the DMN’ Energy and Environment Blog. They sound a lot like the 6 things EVERYONE should know about greenhouse gas reduction, so I thought I’d share them. Kudos to Elizabeth Souder, and be sure to keep [...]
David’s Internship Testimony
Posted in Good Government, Uncategorized, tagged environment, internship, Job, Political Reform, Public Citizen, Research, smitty, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Work on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NOTE: David really wrote this and while Citizen Sarah might have put him up to it, she didn’t tell him what to say — just to write about his experience. The moral of the story is: interning at Public Citizen is awesome. Apply today (or tomorrow, if you already have plans for today). But soon! [...]
Want to intern at Public Citizen’s Texas Office?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advocacy, Austin, Efficiency, Energy, environment, interns, internship, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Renewables, Texas on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear readers: We need fall interns for our Austin office. Think you’ve got what it takes to make me coffee contribute in a meaningful way to our team? Want to be the next Citizen X? Check out the following infos and apply today! Feel free to ask questions about the internship in the comments section, [...]
Flat-Earth View of Climate Change Will Send Texas Back to the Energy Dark Ages
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged economics, Energy Efficiency, environment, Global Warming, governor perry, low-income, renewable energy, Renewables, Rick Perry, Texas on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By: Citizen Brem Even though Texas leads the nation in greenhouse gas emissions, Governor Perry balks at making any major stand on producing reliable renewable energy. “Are the Democrats willing to say we’re fixing to raise everyone’s cost of living in America, on science yet to be solidified?” said Rick Perry several weeks ago. Perry [...]
Personal Actions to Save the World: Thoughts for You the Consumer
Posted in Consumers, tagged Activism, Alaska, CAFO, Confined Animal Feeding Operation, consumer, Consumer Activism, Ecopledge, environment, Local, Mayor's climate agreement, PIRG, pollution, Product on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Maybe I am underestimating the reach of this blog, but I am guessing that if your are reading this you probably a pretty well- educated American (if not, you certainly are an English speaker, and are probably from a western country — but most likely yer from Texas), who has the ability to access a [...]
Hogwash: Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Posted in Global Warming, Toxics, tagged Agriculture, antibiotics, CAFO, Confined Animal Feeding Operation, Confinements, environment, Factory Farm, FarM Bill, Hog Factory, Manure, Pfisteria, Pigs, pollution, Runoff, Subsidies, Texas, Water Pollution, Water Quality on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I would like to discuss an issue that has been important to me for several years, but does not get much attention outside the Midwest or agriculture heavy states like North Carolina. In these states much of the landscape is covered by large indoor animal feeding units. These confinements, or Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOS), [...]
Just Kidding: Mountain Top Removal Battle Continues
Posted in Coal, tagged army corps of engineers, bush administration, clean water act, coal mines, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, lamar alexander, Lisa Jackson, mountain top removal on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The EPA in the last day or so has assumed the dreaded playground title of “taker backer”. Tuesday, Lisa Jackson announced that they would be putting a moratorium on all mountain top removal mining permits, which could delay 150-200 surface coal mines. Yay for the environment right? Well, not so fast. Later that day the [...]
Rick Perry, the Environmentalist? Maybe!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Air Quality, alternative fuels, clean air, environment, green, green rebate, hybrid, Plug ins, Renewables, Rick Perry, tax incentive, Texas on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Governor announced this week that he supports legislation for a $5,000 rebate for plug-in hybrids. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Perry is an outspoken critic of government environmental regulation, saying that the “increasingly activist EPA['s]” initiatives to stem greenhouse gas output are “absolutely disastrous” for the Texas economy. The WSJ says this [...]
A Clean Energy Economy
Posted in Global Warming, tagged California Waiver, climate change, Energy, environment, Environmental Policy, EPA, Executive order, fuel efficiency, Global Warming, green, obama on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning President Obama outlined his energy and environmental policy and how it fit into his broader effort to jump start our flailing economy. It was a like taking a breath of fresh air to hear someone actually addressing the environmental problems we face reasonably. Finally! He focused on the problems we face as an [...]
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