Today, the US House Administration Committee voted the Fair Elections Now Act out of committee. San Antonio Representative Charlie Gonzalez cast a decisive vote in favor of the bill, putting a bill that would give optional public financing to all Congressional candidates for further than it has ever gone before. Tell Charlie Gonzalez how you [...]
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Rick Perry Paying Volunteers in Gubernatorial Campaign
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Austin, campaign, gubernatorial election, kay bailey hutchinson, money, profit, Public Citizen, Rick Perry, Texas, volunteers on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you need some extra cash? Then Rick Perry’s campaign is the place to “volunteer” these days. Governor Rick Perry of Texas is rewarding his volunteers in the governor’s race, not with the usual candidate goods or an opportunity to meet with the candidate, but with flat-out cash. Though not a common practice, paying campaign [...]
Tell Texas Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson Not to Grandfather Coal Plants in Texas
Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, American Clean Energy and Securities, Coal, coal plant, cornyn, Global Warming, grandfather, hutchinson, john, kay bailey hutchinson, Public Citizen, senator, Texas, tour on September 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In 1977 Congress passed amendments to the Clean Air Act that provided exemptions to existing coal plants, allowing them to ignore the new emissions standards any new plants would have to adhere to. It was thought these plants would simply age and be retired quickly, but because these plants suddenly became much cheaper to operate [...]
Pushback to Energy Citizens Rally in NC, State Rep Turned Away
Posted in Global Warming, tagged astroturf, cap and trade, citizen, climate change bill, costs, Energy Citizen, energy legislation, gas prices, greensboro, jobs, Jon Cornyn, kay bailey hutchinson, labor, north carolina, north carolina conservation network, Public Citizen, Senator Cornyn, Senator Hutchinson, taxes, Texas on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kudos to the North Carolina Conservation Network for rallying the troops for a real grassroots protest outside of today’s Energy Citizen company picnic in Greensboro. Fifty protesters turned out to show their support for clean energy and green jobs development, NCCN reports: Local folks gathered on the sidewalks surrounding the coliseum to make sure that [...]
Energy Citizens (Corporate Employees) Say the Darndest Things at API Astroturf Event
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Global Warming, tagged astroturf, cap and trade, citizen, climate change bill, costs, Energy Citizen, energy legislation, gas prices, jobs, Jon Cornyn, kay bailey hutchinson, labor, Public Citizen, Senator Cornyn, Senator Hutchinson, taxes, Texas on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Even though we were denied access, our intrepid Citizen Sarah was able to blend in with a crowd walking in and starting talking to energy company employees about climate change legislation. You know, Energy Company Employees Can Say the Darndest Things: Look for: Global Warming Deniers! People Who Have NO IDEA What is actually in [...]
Real Anti-Cap and Trade Grassroots blocked from Energy Citizens Rally
Posted in Global Warming, tagged astroturf, cap and trade, citizen, climate change bill, costs, Energy Citizen, energy legislation, gas prices, jobs, Jon Cornyn, kay bailey hutchinson, labor, Public Citizen, Senator Cornyn, Senator Hutchinson, taxes, Texas, unemployment, waxman-markey on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Energy Citizens’ rallies company picnics, such as the one we crashed yesterday in Houston, have been getting a lot of attention through the Netroots, in national publications, and even last night on Rachel Maddow (where one of our videos was featured, even if credit was not given — no worries this time Rach, we [...]
“Clean Energy Bank” to Write Blank Check for Nuclear Industry
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged congressional budget office, jay inslee, jeff bingaman, kay bailey hutchinson, Loan Guarantees, nirs, nuclear industry, nuclear information and resource service, Nuclear Power, senate energy committee on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Buried in the language of the “Clean Energy Bank” legislation sponsored by Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman and Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) is a blank check to the nuclear industry. This bill includes unlimited availability of taxpayer loan guarantees for construction of new nuclear reactors. Unlimited guaranteed loans. As in, as many as the [...]
ReEnergize Texas Interviews Texas US Senate Front Runners
Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged 2010 senate race, bill white, carbon policy, clean coal, climate change, democrat, energy storage, florence shapiro, houston mayor, interview, john sharp, kay bailey hutchinson, michael williams, nuclear energy, reenergize texas, renewable energy, republican, texas governor, texas railroad commissioner, trevor lovell on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like our friends over at ReEnergize Texas have scored a couple interviews with two 2010 Senate race hopefuls, Democratic Mayor of Houston Bill White and Republican Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams. Trevor Lovell, Statewide Director for ReEnergize Texas, reports: We are not joining the throng of cable news reporters more concerned [...]
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