In a statement this afternoon, Obama said that he received a recommendation from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton earlier today recommending that the Keystone XL tar sands Presidential permit application be denied. TransCanada’s first tar sands pipeline leaked 12 times in its first year of operation, although the company estimated it would leak just [...]
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Obama’s Rejection of Keystone A Sensible Decision
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Keystone Pipeline, keystone xl, Obama administration, Public Citizen on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Why the Solyndra solar bankruptcy scandal is a big deal, but not the big deal some are making of it
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, solar, Tarsands, tagged Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, loan guarantee, Obama administration, solar energy, Solyndra, united states department of energy, white house on September 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
California solar energy company Solyndra had its offices raided last week by federal agents as part of an ongoing investigation into their bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees they’d received form the Department of Energy. Some critics have cried foul, trying to show how federal money spent on emerging technology is a waste. Others have tried [...]
GOP’s secret EPA love
Posted in Air Quality, tagged air pollution, Obama administration, republican, United States Environmental Protection Agency on March 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As the administration and Congress get down to brass tacks in slashing the federal budget, one would think that President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut $1.3 billion from EPA’s budget would be well-received by Republicans who have spent a lot of time this year criticizing the agency. In fact, according to a story by Politico, that is in [...]
Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, solar, tagged 2009, 2010, 81st legislative session, Air Quality, american petroleum institute, API, astroturf, auld lange syne, calendars, chubbing, City Council, clean air act, Clean Energy, climate, climate legislation, Energy, Energy Citizens, Energy Efficiency, freedomworks, governor perry, green fleets, green gee, Netroots, new year, no regrets, north carolina, Obama administration, public citizen texas, solar districts, solar power, Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), texas vox, voter id on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Now that the ball’s dropped, toasts made, fireworks popped and black eyed peas consumed, we’re feeling reflective today. Faced with that eternally annual question, “Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?“, I’m moved to such mental poetry as “Heck no, this year was too much fun!” We’ve had a hell of a year here at Texas Vox. [...]
Climate Change Bill Suffers from Backroom Dealings, Industry Influence
Posted in Global Warming, tagged auction, charlie rangel, clean energy bank, climate change, coal and oil industry, Congress, energy and commerce, energy prices, Environmental Protection Agency, ferc, fossil fuels, Global Warming, goldman sachs, highly regressive, james hansen, john wellinghoff, Obama administration, pollution allowances, Public Citizen, renewable energy, sustainable energy, temple of doom, tyson slocum, Waxman, ways and means on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the weekend we had a little more time to look over the language in the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and have found it wanting. Check out this thoughtful statement from our Energy Program Director for the skinny on the bill and what went wrong: Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of the Energy [...]
Stop the Dirty Dozen: Tell the Texas Legislature, Don’t Create Another Generation of Grandfathered Coal Plants
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged clean air act, coal plant, Congress, corpus christi, grandfathered power plants, Obama administration, stop the dirty dozen, sweetwater, Texas Legislature, Victoria, Waco on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you live in the Waco, Sweetwater, Corpus Christi, or Victoria area, you may have seen this op-ed run in your local newspaper under a variety of titles such as “Stop the Dirty Dozen”, “New generation of grandfathered polluters?”, and “Don’t create another generation of grandfathered power plants.” If not, you should give it a [...]
Texas to Receive Additional $208 Million for Energy Efficiency, thanks Feds!
Posted in Efficiency, tagged Austin, dallas, doe, double panes, energy audits, Energy Efficiency, energy efficiency and conservation block grant program, houston, Obama administration, recovery and reinvestment act, retrofits, San Antonio, state energy office, Texas on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Breaking, wicked-sweet news from the U.S. Department of Energy: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 26, 2009 Obama Administration Announces Additional $208,759,900 for Local Energy Efficiency Improvements in Texas Block Grants to Support Jobs, Cut Energy Bills, and Increase Energy Independence WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced plans to [...]
EPA Freezes Hundreds of Mountain Top Removal Permits
Posted in Coal, tagged ap, appalachian mountains, army corps of engineers, associated press, clean water act, Coal, coal mining, dina cappiello, EPA, Lisa Jackson, mountain top removal, Obama administration, richmond, va on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MOST EXCELLENT news from Dina Cappiello at the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency put hundreds of mountaintop coal-mining permits on hold Tuesday, saying it wants to evaluate the projects’ impact on streams and wetlands. The decision by EPA administrator Lisa Jackson targets a controversial practice that allows coal mining companies to dump [...]
Huge Coal Ash Spill in North Potomac, Terrible Message Moves Toward Washington DC
Posted in Global Warming, Toxics, Coal, tagged Congress, Obama administration, washington dc, coal ash spill, north potomac, pete altman, nrdc, switchboard blog, maryland department of the environment, luke, md, coal waste, toxic ash, combustion waste, 1Sky, Skywriter blog on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A ruptured pipeline has just spilled 4,000 gallons of toxic coal ash into the north Potomac River, reports Pete Altman at NRDC’s Switchboard blog: The Maryland Department of the Environment just reported that a ruptured pipeline carrying wet coal ash has spilled 4,000 gallons of the toxic-laden stuff into the North Branch of the Potomac [...]
Van Jones Officially “Green Jobs” Special Advisor to Obama Administration
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Global Warming, tagged ap, bush administration, dina cappiello, Energy Efficiency, green economy, green jobs, Obama administration, Public Citizen, solar, special advisor, texas energy future, Texas Impact, van jones, white house council on environmental quality, wind on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This just in from the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Author and activist Van Jones will be a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation in the Obama administration. Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a release Monday that Jones will start work next week to help direct [...]
Public Citizen and The Texas Observer: Voices in the Same Choir? Come sing along!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Bea Moorehead, Carbon Dioxide, Citizen Action, climate change, Congress, Eliot Shapleigh, Energy Efficiency, Obama administration, Solar Incentives, Texas Impact, Texas Legislature, The Texas Observer, Who Represents Me? on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Observer just ran an article on the top ten issues the Texas Legislature should address this session. Anybody want to guess what number two was? If you guessed climate change… you’ve probably been reading this blog. And you’d be right! The Observer expects for Texas leaders to more amenable to climate change action [...]
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