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San Antonio Protest of Nuclear Reactors TOMORROW, Thursday Sept. 10

Posted in Global Warming, tagged AGUA, cancer, Clean Water Action, CPS, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, genetic damage, geothermal, green jobs, Highland Hills and Jefferson Heights Neighborhood Associations, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Project Verde, Public Citizen, renewable energy, San Antonio, San Antonio Area Progressive Action Coalition, SEED Coalition, solar, South Texas Project, Southwest Workers’ Union, STP, Texas, the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, the Green Party, the Texas Drought Project, wind on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hey San Antonio! There will be a protest against nuclear power tomorrow at lunchtime downtown outside of City Hall. Join us and the rest of the Energia Mia coalition and make your voice heard! Details below. WHAT: Protest against CPS Energy’s pursuit of more nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project. Not only is nuclear [...]

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Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, birth defects, cancer, cell mutilation, colorado river, CPS Energy, discharge standards, drought, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environmental report, geothermal, glenrose engin, glenrose engineering, groundwater, gulf coast chict aquifer, gulf of mexico, highland lakes, lauren ross, lcra, lower colorado river authority, matagorda county, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, radioactive contamination, radionuclides, San Antonio, saws, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, STP, Texas, tritium, water use, wind on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio, TX – Nuclear power is the most water intensive energy source available. When San Antonio and all of Texas are suffering from extreme drought and are increasingly in need of sources of drinking water, pursuing more nuclear reactors doesn’t make sense, especially true since cheaper, safer alternatives such as energy efficiency, wind, geothermal [...]

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Renewable Energy Bill Passes Senate

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged biomass, Clean Energy, distributed solar, geothermal, public citizen texas, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standard, sb 541, senator watson, solar, texas house, texas senate, Twitter, utility scale solar on May 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Yesterday afternoon the Texas Senate passed through SB 541, a bill authored by Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin) to create a non-wind renewable portfolio standard. If passed through the House, SB 541 would put Texas on course to have 1500 MW of renewable energy from non-wind sources such as solar, geothermal, and biomass. If you follow [...]

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Youth Storms US Congress at Powershift–Largest Lobby Day in Environmental History

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, carbon cap, Carbon Dioxide, Clean energy corps, climate change, Coal, Congress, Department of Energy, geothermal, global climate treaty, green jobs, greenhouse gas, house of representatives, obama, powershift 09, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Renewables, senate, solar power, stimulus package, student activists, washington dc on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the fight for a greener future, America’s youth has and is continuing to be one of the strongest forces. Recently, I participated in Powershift 2009–the largest summit on climate and energy in United States’ history. Roughly 12,000 attended the conference, and the overwhelming majority of participants were students from high schools and colleges spanning [...]

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