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Texas Railroad Commission Trying to Block Renewable Energy Lines to Help Big Oil

Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Renewables, tagged Big Oil, Block Renewable Energy Lines, carbon dioxide emissions, Clean Energy, david power, deputy director, kay bailey hutchison, michael williams, natural gas, oil and gas companies, panhandle, public citizen texas, PUC, regulation, renewable energy, special interests, Texas Legislature, texas public utility commission, Texas Railroad Commission, transmission lines, US senate, west texas, wind farms on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Statement of David Power, Deputy Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Seemingly out of concern that competitive renewable energy will damage Big Oil’s bottom line, the Texas Railroad Commission wants to block renewable energy transmission lines that would put affordable energy from west Texas wind farms on an even playing field with the historical titans of [...]

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Andrews County: A Radioactive Risk for West Texas

Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged andrews county, Capitol Annex, Cyrus Reed, diane d'arrigo, dump, forrest wilder, Karen Hadden, nirs, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear waste, Odessa, panhandle, rose gardner, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, TCEQ, terry burns, texas observer, Vince Leibowitz, waste control specialists on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have been remiss in my duties as Blog Lady because I haven’t told you anything about the slated Andrews County nuclear waste dump. Oh, you hadn’t heard? TCEQ approved a “low-level” radioactive dump out in the lower panhandle. There wasn’t a contested case hearing — and citizens of Eunice, New Mexico, the closest town [...]

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