On Wednesday, Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced that the city of Austin will receive $4.8 Million in stimulus funds to train 1,000 workers in energy efficiency and clean energy jobs. Workers will be trained for jobs at solar plants in Austin, San Antonio and surrounding cities and states, and but the trainings will prepare participants for [...]
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Austin Scores $4.8M in Stimulus Funds for Green Jobs Trainings
Posted in Energy, solar, tagged austin texas, green jobs, Lloyd Doggett, Public Citizen, San Antonio, solar, stimulus funds on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another Texas Wind Project Up and Running
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Clean Energy, ercot, green jobs, north american wind power, NRG, Texas, wind power on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to San Angelo, Texas, where a new 150 MW wind farm is up, spinning, and on with commercial operations. According to North American Wind Power, The project’s 100 General Electric 1.5 MW turbine generators are expected to generate more than 525,000 MWh of wind energy per year, which will be sold into the ERCOT [...]
Spooky Fun Rallies in 5 Texas Cities on Saturday, October 31
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged alpine, Austin, beaumont, bike ride, clean air, corpus christi, dallas, green jobs, halloween, Public Citizen, quit coal, roll beyond coal, Sierra Club, Texas on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Texans Concerned about Clean Air and Building the new Green Jobs Economy ROLL BEYOND COAL across Texas this Halloween — Fun Events on Saturday, October 31 WHO: Public Officials, Businesses, Sierra Club and their Environmental Partners such as Public Citizen, and Bicycling Communities across Texas WHAT: Roll Beyond Coal Rallies, Bike Rides, & Hikes for [...]
Texas: Sparkly Mythical Wonderland of Green Jobs
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin American-Statesman, green jobs, susan combs, sweetwater, unicorns, wind turbines on October 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Texas is a sparkly mythical wonderland full of unicorns. And by unicorns, I mean green jobs. And by green jobs, I mean well-paying, long-term jobs ranging from maintenance to operations, project management, and high-tech engineering. Wortham: Unicorns are alive, well and working the wind out west Greg Wortham, Special Contributor Monday, October 05, 2009 Texas [...]
Boxer and Kerry take two steps forward and two steps back on climate, but EPA looks ready to go!
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged ACES, cap and trade, Carbon Dioxide, CEJAPA, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, climate change, Coal, coal plant, Congress, EPA, Global Warming, green jobs, Kerry-Boxer, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, senate, solar, waxman-markey on September 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This just in from EPA: LOS ANGELES – U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce today in a keynote address at the California Governor’s Global Climate Summit that the Agency has taken a significant step to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. The Administrator will announce a proposal requiring large [...]
Hutchison Takes “Head in the Hot Sand” Approach to Climate Bill
Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, cap and trade, CBO, climate change, Coal, economic crisis, Energy Efficiency, energy policy, EPA, global waming, green jobs, house of representatives, kay bailey hutchison, kbh, Nuclear, oil, renewable energy, sen. hutchison, solar, union of concerned scientists, wall street journal, wind power, wind turbines on September 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Check out our editorial in the Round Rock Leader, in response to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s piece “Cap and Trade is No Good For Texas”: A rebuttal to Sen. Hutchison’s piece concerning Cap and Trade policies By ANDY WILSON Special to the Leader United States Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison takes a head-in-the-hot-sand approach to climate [...]
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 [...]
Big Oil Astroturf rally in Houston more company picnic than grassroots campaign
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged ACES, API, astroturf, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, Energy, Energy Citizens, Global Warming, green jobs, houston, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, Texas, waxman-markey on August 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Your intrepid friends at Public Citizen tried to attend the astroturf “Energy Citizens” rally yesterday in Houston. We’re busy pulling together our bloggings and all the footage we shot, but keep checking back here for updates throughout the day. We were not allowed in the meeting, as we did not work for an energy company, [...]
Perry Announces Special Session
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Clean Energy, economic growth, governor perry, green jobs, jim kyle, memphis, Office of Public Insurance Counsel, pew, renewable energy, Rick Perry, Rodney Ellis, solar, special session, State Affordable Housing Corporation, sunset safety net, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Department of Insurance, texas department of transportation, Texas Racing Commission, voter id, wind on June 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this week, Governor Perry announced that he would, in fact, call back legislators for an extended special session. What exactly this session will cover (voter ID? please no!) remains unclear, but the Governor has committed to addressing the “sunset safety net” bill that was left on the table. The Houston Chronicle reports, The governor [...]
Take Aim at Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, climate change, coal plant, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, green jobs, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power, take aim, video, what can I do on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Music Video on climate change and personal choices, artist Rhythm,Rhyme, Results, produced by polar-palooza.com
Texas Legislature Advances Clean Power and Green Jobs, but Loses Steam in Political Wranglings
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 81st Texas Legislative Session, AECT, andrews county, building codes, carbon sequestration, clean coal, Clean Energy, clean power, compact loophole, Cyrus Reed, distributed energy, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, environmental defense fund, environmental groups, fast tracked water permits, flynn, germaneness, Global Warming, green fee bill, green fleets, green jobs, greenhouse gas emissions, house committee on environmental regulation, Karen Hadden, lon burnam, luke metzger, mtbe, no regrets, Nuclear, plug-in hybrids, Public Citizen, PUC, radioactive waste dump, recycling, renewable energy, representative rafael anchia, SEED Coalition, senator ellis, senator troy fraser, Sierra Club, TAM, TCEQ, tdot, texas association of manufacturers, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith, txdot, utility efficiency goal, voter id, water contamination, Weatherization on June 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Environmental Groups See Clean Energy Groundwork Laid for the Future (Austin) Senate and House members from both political parties showed unprecedented support for developing more renewable energy and energy efficiency in Texas by filing a large number of clean power, green jobs bills in the 81st Texas State Legislature. A number of major bills passed [...]
So Much for the Solar Session
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged anchia, citizen sarah, fraser, Global Warming, green fee bill, green fleets, green jobs, hb 1243, larry mcmurtry, leonard cohen, no regrets, plug-in hybrids, public citizen texas, solar, Texas, Texas Legislature, tom waits, townes van zandt, warren chisum, Weatherization on June 1, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Well, the sun has just about gone down on the so-called “solar session”. Today is Sine Die — the last day of the legislative session. Friday night, HB 1243 – solar’s last lifeline — was killed on the House floor. Earlier in the week, Rep. Warren Chisum called for a strict enforcement of the House [...]
Net Metering and Resurrected Solar Bill Passes Texas Senate
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged distributed solar, electric coops, environment texas, governor perry, green jobs, hb 1243, houston chronicle, made in texas, pec scandal, public citizen texas, retail electric providers, sb 545, sb 921, solar, solar rebates, texas consumers, texas senate, transparency on May 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Last night at 11:58 pm (wink, wink), just as we suspected would happen, the Texas Senate unanimously passed through the net metering bill, HB 1243, with solar SB 545 amended on as a bonus. This is great news for Texas consumers, the environment, and solar power. As you may recall, HB 1243 will ensure that [...]
Good Day (for Texas) Sunshine!
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged good day sunshine, green jobs, hb 1243, net metering, sb 545, solar energy, solar in schools, solar power, Texas Legislature on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Help air quality and solar in Texas!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 2009 iecc building codes, auto emissions, building codes, clean air, dirty energy, Energy Efficiency, federal stimuls funds, green jobs, lobbyists, plug-in hybrids, sb 541, sb 545, sb16, solar energy, texas capitol, texas house, voter id on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The House has been moving very slowly in an effort to kill a Voter ID bill, but it appears the logjam has been broken. Now we have to pass our key solar and clean air bills before midnight Tuesday, May 26, which is the deadline for the House to pass any bills from the Senate. [...]
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