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Al Armendariz testifies in front of House Environmental Regulation Committee

Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, tagged Air Quaility, Armendariz, environmental regulation, EPA, flex permits, Texas on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Dr. Al Armendariz, a former SMU professor, made his first appearance before a state legislative committee in his new role as Regional 6 Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Most of the House Environmental Regulation Committee hearing was taken up with Armendariz’s testimony with the bulk of the discussion about EPA’s decision earlier this year to disallow the state’s [...]

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Countdown: 13 Days Left in Legislative Session, 7 High Priority Bills Left

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, tagged 81st session, alliance for a clean texas, anchia, averitt, burnam, business and commerce, energy resources, environmental regulation, fraser, house, isett, leibowitz, senate, state affairs, Texas Legislature, transportation and homeland security, watson on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Original post found at Alliance for a Clean Texas. With the deadline for House bills to pass third reading last Friday at midnight, the 81st Session entered its final phase. The good news is that seven of ACT’s high priority bills have made it to the last two weeks of the session. Here’s a run-down [...]

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Texas Observer’s Rundown of “the Chosen” Environmental Bills

Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged CFL, chosen ones, Coal Plants, earth day, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, environment texas, environmental regulation, fast tracking, hb 280, kip averitt, luke metzger, nuclear plants, president obama, public citizen texas, rafael anchia, republicans, sb 16, sb 545, sb 546, senate, speaker joe straus, strama, susan peterson, swinford, Texas Legislature, texas observer, Tom "Smitty" Smith, troy fraser on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m going to cross-post the following article from the Texas Observer’s Floor Pass blog whole hog, because it is just that good. Look for Smitty’s quote in bold, and hold on to your hat Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The Chosen Ones posted by Susan Peterson at 03:12 PM There’s a lot to celebrate this Earth [...]

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Help Stop Nuke Waste Loophole; Show Support for HB 3423

Posted in Nuclear, tagged andrews county, byron cook, compact loophole, environmental regulation, jessica farrar, jim dunnam, kelly hancock, ken legler, lon burnam, maine, marc veasey, NRC, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear waste, ogallala aquifer, radioactive waste, radionuclides, randy weber, Texas, vermont, warren chisum, waste dump on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Rep. Lon Burnam’s bill, HB 3423, will be heard on Wednesday, April 1st, in the House Committee on Environmental Regulation hearing at 10:30 AM or upon adjournment, in E1.014. If you are able to come, we’re trying to get as many people as possible to register their support of this bill (by filling out a [...]

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