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Alert For Houstonians: Urge Gene Green to Protect Chemical Plants from Disasters

Posted in Toxics, tagged chemical, Congress, congressman, disaster, district, Gene Green, green, homeland security, houston, hr 908, safety, Texas on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you live in the Houston area, you may be in the danger zone of a toxic chemical facility, and oil and chemical industry executives are trying to keep it that way. These toxic chemical facilities are vulnerable to accidents or terrorist attacks, even though safer alternatives are available. Now Congress is considering industry-backed legislation [...]

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Power to the People: The Fair Elections Now Act

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Arlen Spector, big money, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, charlie gonzalez, clean elections texas, Dick Durbin, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, FENA, Gene Green, John Larson, Lloyd Doggett, money, Shiela Jackson Lee, Silvestre Reyes, Solomon Ortiz, Walter Jones on December 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »

As early as the time of Socrates, people have identified money as a corruptive influence in politics, specifically in democracies. Elections now cost double and triple what they used to, which means more and more of our Senators’ and Representatives’ time is spent dialing for dollars. The average member of the House of Representatives will [...]

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House Committee Passes Landmark Clean Energy Legislation

Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, allowances, american clean energy and security act, andy wilson, cap and trade, carbon credits, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, charlie melancon, climate change, ed markey, energy and commerce committee, EPA, Gene Green, giveaways, Global Warming, government accountability office, green jobs, henry waxman, hr 2454, ipcc, jim matheson, Joe Barton, john barrow, mike ross, president obama, rick boucher, union of concerned scientists on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Public Citizen disappointed by process as Big Money works to weaken, kill bill Statement by Andy Wilson, Global Warming Program Director, Texas Office This evening, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed HR 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES or ACESA), sponsored by Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), by a [...]

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Texas Voters Support Climate Change Bill, According to Survey

Posted in Global Warming, tagged acesa, american clean energy and security act, arizona, California, cap and trade, charlie gonzalez, Congress, Gene Green, house energy and commerce, latino leadership, los angeles, San Antonio, tejanos for a better future, Texas, wcvi, willie velasquez institute on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Excellent news from San Antonio! One: According to a new poll by the Willie Velasquez Institute, the majority of Texans are in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), the big cap and trade bill currently being debated in Congress. Two: Latino leaders and organizations in San Antonio have formed a coalition [...]

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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Gene Green, Pakistan, Denton, Rick Perry, bush administration, mother's day, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, south texas chisme, truthhugger, brains and eggs, whosplayin, mcblogger, wcnews, texas liberal, left of college station, bluedaze, weekly roundup, bosskitty, toxic drilling waste, mean rachel, couldbetrue, hunger, easter lemming liberal news, texas freedom network, department of education, neil durrance, stimulus money, off the kuff, unemployment insurance, eye on williamson, john carter, john coby, bay area houston, jim olson, texas kaos, liberaltexan, xanthippas, three wise men, ahmed rashid, progressive activists on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It’s Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly round-up. At Bluedaze, TXsharon asks: What are the chances that an industry in charge of conducting its own testing to determine waste disposal methods will find toxin levels too high if that means disposal of the waste will [...]

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Waxman/Markey Draft Released, Deals Struck with Texas Congressman

Posted in Global Warming, tagged american clean energy and security act, auction, carbon crisis, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, congressdaily, discussion draft, Gene Green, Global Warming, house energy and commerce, hr 2454, Markey, Waxman on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This afternoon Waxman and Markey finally formally introduced H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Up to now, they’ve just been circulating an unofficial ‘discussion draft’, but now that we’ve got some actual language (932 pages of it), we’ve got a better idea of the bill’s specifics. And it looks like [...]

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Great Opportunity for Latino Leaders to Influence Climate Change Legislation

Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, american clean energy and security act, climate change, congressman gonzalez, Gene Green, houston, patricia gonzalez, San Antonio, wcvi, william c velasquez institute, willie velasguez institute on May 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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Houston’s Congressman Gene Green Another Swing on Climate Change Legislation

Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, Fair Elections Now Act, Gas, Gene Green, Global Warming, houston, houston chronicle, oil, refining, Waxman-Markey bill on May 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »

We’ve been putting a lot of effort into pressuring US Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to support a strong climate change bill, but according to an article in the Houston Chronicle this morning, Congressman Gene Green from Houston is another key swing vote on cap and trade: A 17-year veteran of Washington politics known for his low-key [...]

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Vets Urge Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to Support Climate Bill

Posted in Global Warming, tagged advertisement, american clean energy and security act, burnt orange report, carbon credits, charlie gonzalez, Clean Energy, european union, Gene Green, iraq war, king william's fair, national security, patrick bellon, polluter giveaways, San Antonio, veterans, votevets, waxman-markey on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Phillip Martin at Burnt Orange Report reports that VoteVets.org is running a telelvision ad in San Antonio urging Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act (aka the Waxman & Markey bill, the federal cap and trade bill, or, as Trevor over at ReEnergize Texas has taken to calling it, the [...]

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San Antonio Rep. Charlie Gonzalez Wants CPS to Get a Free Ride

Posted in Global Warming, tagged bloomberg, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, climate change, consumer protection, Energy Efficiency, free allowances, Gene Green, house energy and commerce committee, Markey, Public Citizen, rick boucher, San Antonio, swing vote, Waxman on April 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »

According to a Bloomberg article this morning, San Antonio Representative Charlie Gonzalez has joined a group of Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee (who) want to give utilities free permits for all their existing carbon emissions, according to people familiar with a plan sent to the committee’s chairman. The article continues: Representative Rick [...]

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EPA’s Declaration that Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endanger Public is Long Overdue

Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, cap and trade, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, citizen andy, clean air act, climate change, co2, coal plant, Congress, drought, endangerment finding, EPA, Gene Green, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, house energy and commerce, Joe Barton, Lisa Jackson, lowered crop yields, Markey, mass v epa, michael burgess, president obama, Public Citizen, supreme court, Texas, Waxman on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

NEWSFLASH! Carbon Dioxide emissions may represent a threat to public health or welfare. Shocking, I know. But what is old news to the rest of us, released in the form of a proposed endangerment finding by the EPA, is actually a really big deal. Environmentalists and concerned citizens alike have been waiting years for this [...]

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Washington’s off-shore oil drilling policy: Spew

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged Energy, Gene Green, Global Warming, offshore drilling on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Gas prices are abominably high. The good news? It’s time to kick the oil habit. When i lived in New York City and the price of cigarettes went up to $10, my smoker friends took the hint and kicked the butt. We face the same problem with gas prices, and with the overwhelming sentiment to [...]

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