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Could Texas’ Continued Defiance of EPA on Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Be Costly Posturing?

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged climate change, co2, Coal, EPA, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, perry, public citizen texas on August 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Public Citizen Calls For A Moratorium On Permitting All New Sources Of Greenhouse Gases Until Texas Gets Plan In Place EPA issued proposed rules today that will require Texas to modify its state implementation plan to cover Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG). If Texas does not, then EPA is proposing a federal implementation plan (FIP) that [...]

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Three steps are needed to create a solar boom in Texas

Posted in solar, tagged Austin, Austin American-Statesman, greenhouse gasses, incentives, michael webber, peak demand, renewable energy, solar, TXU, wind on March 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We can do the same thing for solar that we did for wind. Set a modest goal, say – 4,000 MW by 2020, and require every utility to buy some solar.

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Dallas Journalist Shares “6 things economists wish journalists knew about greenhouse gas reduction”

Posted in Global Warming, tagged cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, Dallas Morning News, elizabeth souder, Energy, environment, fossil fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, public policy on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dallas Morning News journalist Elizabeth Souder shares the Six things economists wish journalists knew about greenhouse gas reduction on the DMN’ Energy and Environment Blog. They sound a lot like the 6 things EVERYONE should know about greenhouse gas reduction, so I thought I’d share them. Kudos to Elizabeth Souder, and be sure to keep [...]

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Take Action to Fix Climate Change Bill

Posted in Global Warming, tagged carbon credits, climate change, climate change bill, climate change legislation, Coal, Democracy Now!, emissions, giveaways, greenhouse gasses, house energy and commerce, industry, Nuclear, oil, Public Citizen, tyson slocum on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As expected, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved climate change legislation last night and sent it along in the legislative process. We strongly urge lawmakers to make major overhauls to this bill or go back to the drawing board. The problem? Oil, coal and nuclear industries had far too much say in its shaping, [...]

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Meet Smitty, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american changemaker, campaigns for people, Clean Water Action, environmental hero, gary, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, greenwashing, indiana, nuclear plants, power plants, public citizen texas, sustainlane, texans for public justice, texas ratepayer's organization to save energy, Tom "Smitty" Smith, valparaiso university on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

SustainLane, an on-line “people powered sustainability guide”, recently wrote an in-depth profile piece on Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith. For an excellent glimpse of the man behind the machine, our very own white-hat-wearing fearless leader and official “American Changemaker,” check out the following: ‘Smitty’ Wrangles Texans for Environmental Battles by Amy Linn, SustainLane Staff [...]

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Friday Recommended Reading

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged andrews waste dump, cap and trade, carbon offsets, carbonfund, climate change, costs of inaction, greenhouse gasses, houston chronicle, mayland, net metering, New York Times, nuclear waste, nuclear waste dump, photovoltaics world, Washington Post, waxman-markey on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Time for a Friday wrap-up, all the news that’s fit to link: The Cost of Climate Inaction, Op-Ed in the Washington Post An Affordable Salvation, New York Times Op-Ed about the benefits of cap and trade Carbon Offsets in Waxman-Markey Bill, An Overview, Carbonfund.org Blog Maryland Passes Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, SustainableBusiness.com News Cap and [...]

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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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CPS and San Antonio: You can’t both be right…

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, capitol hill, central texas, climate change, climate policy group, coal power, CPS Energy, david spade, eco-friendliness, Global Warming, green jobs, greenhouse gasses, Greg Harman, kilowatt, lobbying, mission verde, Nuclear Power, public utility, San Antonio, san antonio current, sandra pulis, South Texas Project, tommy boy, washington, windtricity on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current broke this story a few days back and I just feel like we have to comment: As Washington strains under the weight of industry and environmental lobbyists seeking to influence the outcome of what would be our first national climate bill, CPS Energy has been quietly working the [...]

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You Know What They Say About Big, Orange Feet: UT Releases Its Carbon Footprint

Posted in Efficiency, Global Warming, tagged carbon audit, Carbon Dioxide, carbon footprint, climate change, emission, Global Warming, Good Company, greenhouse gasses, University of Texas at Austin, UT on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

DON”T FORGET: The general public townhall meeting regarding the release of this audit will be held tomorrow from 6:30 to 8:00 in the Sanchez Building on the UT Campus. After a long and grueling wait, UT is finally set to release an audit of its carbon footprint today. UT is having a student only event [...]

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NRG Coal Plant Hearing Protest

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Bonanza, Carbon Dioxide, clean air act, Clean Water Action, co2, coal plant, environment texas, EPA, epa vs mass, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, Karen Hadden, luke metzger, nrg limestone, permit application, Public Citizen, reenergize texas, SEED Coalition, soah, state office of administrative hearings, TCEQ, texas climate emergency campaign, Tom "Smitty" Smith on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last Friday two administrative law judges refused to hear testimony on the impact of carbon dioxide emissions during the permitting process for the NRG Limestone coal-fired power plant. The contested case hearing for NRG’s air quality permit application will be going on all week long, but testimony on the proposed plant’s contribution to global warming [...]

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