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Tar Sands Cronyism

Posted in Air Quality, Tarsands, tagged Keystone Pipeline, New York Times, state department on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a New York Times op-ed by Bill McKibbens, he talks about the cronyism of the TransCanada tar sands play. He makes reference to e-mails, made available by the environmental group Friends of the Earth, that show the State Department working with lobbyists to advance the interests of TransCanada, the company trying to build the [...]

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Texas’ proposed rule to accept radioactive waste from many other states concerns Vermont

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, TCEQ, Toxics, Transportation, tagged New York Times, nuclear reactor waste, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, smitty, Texas, texas low level radioactive waste dump, vermont, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant on December 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »

In an article by the New York Times that focuses on Vermont‘s concerns about losing space to waste from generators in other states, Matthew Wald writes: Waste disposal is so difficult, says the company, Waste Control Services, that power plants and other generating sources have reduced their volumes sharply. And Vermont and Texas together produce [...]

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ReEnergize Texas Hits the Big Times over Green Fee Bill

Posted in Global Warming, tagged college students, green, inc, New York Times, reenergize texas on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hey hey, looks like ReEnergize Texas was featured in a recent article on the New York Times’ Green, Inc blog. Check it out: College Students Clamor for “Green Fees” By Kate Galbraith College students often protest when administrators threaten to raise their fees. But rising numbers of students seem willing to self-impose a “green” fee, [...]

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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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Texas Solar is Famous

Posted in Renewables, tagged ad campaign, environment texas, environmental defense fund, fraser, mic sol-o, New York Times, Public Citizen, solar power, swinford, Texas, watson on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Texas solar is all kinds of famous. Whether it is in print papers, the New York Times green blog, classified ads, the nightly news, Mic SoL-o’s sweet rhymes, or Public Citizen staffers with too much time on their hands and a taste for the spotlight… solar is all over the place! But wait, there’s more. [...]

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We’ve hit the big Times

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin solar plant, david power, Global Warming, green, inc, Kate Galbraith, luke bellsynder, mark strama, New York Times, Public Citizen, renewable energy, solar, solar power, Texas, texas association of manufacturers on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Good mooooooorning Texas! Just woke up, haven’t even gotten out of my pajamas or had my coffee (okay, I’m running a little late), but I couldn’t wait a moment longer to spread the good news. We’ve hit the big Times. Yes, that Times. The New York Times. Check out the following post from Kate Galbraith [...]

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EPA to Reconsider Standards for Particulate Matter

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged appeals court, diesel engines, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, houston chronicle, matthew tejada, New York Times, particulate matter, PM, power plants, soot, steven johnson on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A federal appeals court yesterday ordered the EPA to reconsider its standards for pollutants, particularly particulate matter (PM). Fine particulates, such as soot, have been linked to premature death, asthma, lung cancer, and heart disease. Furthermore, black carbon soot is a major greenhouse player, as it absorbs and then radiates massive amounts of heat back [...]

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A very alternative energy source

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged alternative energy, New York Times, renewable energy, solar, space-based solar on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

An op-ed in the New York Times yesterday by O. Glenn Smith, a former NASA employee, suggests what is certainly a “thinking outside the box” kind of solution to our nation’s energy woes: solar panels…in outer space. Smith recommends building large solar panels that would orbit the earth and send energy back to us via [...]

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