Texas is not immune to the effects of increasing greenhouse gases, according to the state climatologist, John Nielsen-Gammon, of Texas A&M University’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Nielsen-Gammon also says the international science on climate change is fundamentally sound despite challenges from state officials, and the drought in Central Texas is likely to continue. Below [...]
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Texas State Climatoligist talks about Texas and Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change, Current sea level rise, greenhouse gas, intergovernmental panel on climate change, Texas on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Texas vs EPA – the saga continues
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, TCEQ, tagged clean air act, greenhouse gas, Texas, United States Environmental Protection Agency on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a December 1, 2011 deadline for 13 states to develop plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, as the agency prepares to implement its major new rule January 2. A dozen of the states plan to submit emissions plans that do not account for GHG emissions, thereby triggering federal [...]
The EPA’s new Tailoring Rule
Posted in Global Warming, tagged clean air act, greenhouse gas, tailoring rule, United States Environmental Protection Agency on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a 100-page proposal, the “PSD and Title V Permitting Guidance for Greenhouse Gases” for public review and feedback in mid-November, providing two weeks for responses by a Dec. 1 deadline. Finalized terms will be put in place by Jan. 2, 2011, in accordance with an implementing “Tailoring Rule” to guide [...]
How is the new Republican Congress going to deal with the EPA?
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, tagged greenhouse gas, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a Republican dominated America with many Republicans deeply skeptical of global warming, it is unlikely the new Congress will do much on the energy front. A broad plan to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and use the revenue to fund alternative energy — known as cap-and-trade — is dead Vyng for the leadership post of [...]
Victoria follows EPA Greenhouse Gas rules even if Texas does not
Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, tagged clean air act, coleto creek, EPA, greenhouse gas, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Victoria Advocate on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s Victoria Advocate, Victoria Environmental Programs Coordinator Marie Lester said that they will be in compliance with the EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations.
Texas last holdout on issuing greenhouse gas permits
Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Renewables, TCEQ, tagged clean air act, EPA, flex permits, fort worth star telegram, George W. Bush, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gases, Major stationary source, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency on October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With states scrambling to align their own rules with U.S. EPA‘s new regulations, which are set to take effect on Jan. 2, 2011 and require regulators to start issuing Clean Air Act permits next year for large stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions, Texas is now the lone holdout, according to an analysis by the National [...]
60 Seconds to Save the Earth
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged acid rain, Bottled Water, carbon dioxide emissions, Citizen :60, Coal Plants, cotton, dallas, deadzones, energy efficient light bulbs, environment, EPA, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, light, methane, organic clothing, organic food, Power, public citizen texas, recycle, renewable energy, reuse, synthetic fertilizers, water conservation on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sixty seconds doesn’t seem like a lot of time; however, there are lots of things that can be done in sixty seconds or less. For instance, an average adult can type 38 to 40 words and blink between ten and 30 times every sixty seconds (sometimes simultaneously). Furthermore, an elite distance runner can run about [...]
UT Has Big Carbon Feet
Posted in Consumers, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Campus Environmental Center, Carbon Dioxide, carbon footprint, Druscilla Tigner, emissions, GHG, Good Company, greenhouse gas, natural gas consumption, University of Texas on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past several months, researchers at the Good Company have been compiling a report to measure our own University of Texas’ emissions. Last week the results were announced…. We’ve got big feet. Thereport showed that UT’s total carbon emissions were a 292,434 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2006. Emissions sources not required [...]
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 [...]
Global Warming Causes More Than Heat
Posted in Global Warming, tagged atmosphere, climate change, extreme weather, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, meteorological, powershift, snowstorm, storm, temperature on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The incredible snowstorm that swept across the east coast yesterday was a bit of a surprise to the thousands of people that flocked to Washington, DC for Powershift 2009. While it did not stop the enviro-activists from protesting dirty energy sources such as coal, some blog noise today indicates that the snowstorm may have blurred [...]
Could this be Texas’ solar session?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, andrew mccalla, Austin, business and commerce, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, CPS Energy, distributed solar, eliot shapiro, emerging technology fund, energy conservation office, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, green jobs, greenhouse gas, hb 516, jose beceiro, kirk watson, leticia van de putte, made in texas, mark strama, meridian energy systems, peak energy prices, peak power, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, sb 435, sb 541, sb 542, sb 545, sb 546, sb 598, sb 603, senator rodney ellis, Sierra Club, solar legislation, solar power, texas center for sustainable business, texas solar roadmap, troy fraser, tx, wildcatting the sun on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
At last! I can fill you in on Monday’s fantastic solar press conference at the capitol! Public Citizen, Environment Texas and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a statewide round of press conferences this week to roll out our solar report, Texas Solar Roadmap — which of course can be downloaded at [...]
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