Governor Perry sent a letter to Congressional leadership and the Texas delegation asking them to strip the EPA of the authority to regulate greenhouse gases, which they were told to do by the Supreme Court in 2007′s Massachusetts v. EPA. Governor Perry needs to check his facts a little more carefully. He stated in the [...]
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FACTCHECK: Governor Perry sends a letter to Congress about the EPA- More hot air?
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged EPA, governor perry, governor rick perry, Massachusetts v EPA on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dallas Morning News Editorial: Texas, a state of denial on pollution rules
Posted in Toxics, tagged air pollution, Air Quality, Carbon Dioxide, Dallas Morning News, editorial, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, governor rick perry, ozone, pollution, smog, Texas on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great editorial in the Dallas Morning News this weekend. We couldn’t agree more Editorial: Texas, a state of denial on pollution rules To the surprise of no one, the Environmental Protection Agency announced tougher ozone limits this week. The move to tighten pollution standards had long been anticipated as evidence mounted to illustrate the serious [...]
Perry spews hot air on warming
Posted in Global Warming, tagged amarillo, andy wilson, carbon regulation, Clean Energy, climate change, electrical reliability council of texas, electricity, ercot, Global Warming, governor rick perry, green energy, green jobs, hot air, Inconvenient Truth, public citizen texas, Renewables, rose bowl, union of concerned scientists, university of east anglia, University of Texas, wind power on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Op-ed originally published in Sunday’s Amarillo Globe: Column – Andy Wilson: Perry spews hot air on warming AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry’s recent essay (“EPA ‘science’ doesn’t add up in global warming equation,” Dec. 27, 2009) is full of hot air and not much else. The governor’s outrage produces more heat than light, revealing his [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Roundup
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay area houston, bryan-college station, clear lake hospital, eye on williamson, governor rick perry, health care, john cornyn, mcblogger, mexico, off the kuff, principles of community organising, san jacinto battlefield, sonia soto, sonia sotomayor, south texas chisme, stimulus, Texas, texas kaos, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, unemployment insurance, wcnews on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Time again for the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog roundup. Off the Kuff takes closer look at that story about Texas turnout in last year’s election. WCNews at Eye On Williamson adds some context to what’s being said in Texas about Unemployment insurance, the stimulus, and Gov. Perry. This week at McBlogger, Krispy Kreme takes [...]
Special Session Begins Today
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Austin, department of insurance, department of transportation, governor rick perry, public insurance counsel, special session, State Affordable Housing Corporation, Texas, Texas Legislature, texas racing ocmmission on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The special session that Governor Rick Perry called started this morning. On the agenda: extending the life-line of several state agencies that were up for review, such as the Department of Transportation, Insurance, Public Insurance Counsel, and the Texas Racing Commission and the State Affordable Housing Corporation. If legislators don’t pass a bill to extend [...]
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