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Green-up Your Life! Make change happen

Posted in Global Warming, tagged cap and trade, change, climate change, green, greensboro, individual, politics, president obama, responsibility, Waxman-Markey bill on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By Kirsten Bokenkamp During his campaign, President Obama said “change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” As individuals, we need to internalize this, and act on it. This is the last blog [...]

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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up

Posted in Global Warming, tagged aruba petroleum, asian american action fund, Barnett shale, bay area houston, bill white, brains and eggs, coalition for life, denton county, dewhurst, elizabeth ames jones, eye on williamson, florence shapiro, hank gilbert, houston mayoral race, iran, john coby, john sharp, left of college station, mcblogger, mean rachel, michael williams, off the kuff, perry, planned parenthood, president obama, Public Citizen, roger williams, Texas, texas cloverleaf, texas kaos, texas progressive alliance, texpac, toxic drilling waste, tpa, whosplayin on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to get out and vote on Tuesday. Here are this week’s highlights. Aruba Petroleum is drilling a Barnett Shale gas well in the backyard of Tim and Christine. Their property was taken, it’s value diminished, they were threatened and now Aruba Petroleum spilled toxic drilling waste a few feet [...]

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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round-Up

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 81st legislative session, Barnett shale, bay area houston, bluedaze, bosskitty, brains and eggs, castle hill democrats, couldbetrue, denton county, dfw, dos centavos, electricity deregulation, eye on williamson, governor perry, hutchison, john coby, john cornyn, left of college station, leo berman, liberty university democrats, lightseeker, mcblogger, nitrogen oxide, off the kuff, pdiddie, president obama, sonia sotomayor, south texas chisme, TCEQ, texas kaos, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, toxic burritos, truthhugger, wcnews on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week from the Texas Progressive Alliance, emission from drilling are more than cars and airports, women are running things in Denton County, Liberty University Democrats lose their recognition, President Obama’s political coalition leaves out the far-right and the poor, and much more on this weeks TPA Roundup. This week’s roundup was compiled by Teddy [...]

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Everyone Weighing in on Climate Bill

Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, america, american clean energy and security act, charlie gonzalez, climate change, Democracy Now!, economist, Energy, environmental groups, Global Warming, Greg Harman, house energy and commerce committee, hr 2454, industry lobbying, Markey, president obama, Public Citizen, san antonio current, tyson slocum, Washington Post, Waxman on May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Let the news storm begin. For those thirsting for more information on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a few recommendations: Watch Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program, weigh in on Democracy Now! — Environmental Groups See Divide over Landmark Climate, Energy Bill Weakened [...]

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House Committee Passes Landmark Clean Energy Legislation

Posted in Global Warming, tagged ACES, allowances, american clean energy and security act, andy wilson, cap and trade, carbon credits, Carbon Dioxide, charlie gonzalez, charlie melancon, climate change, ed markey, energy and commerce committee, EPA, Gene Green, giveaways, Global Warming, government accountability office, green jobs, henry waxman, hr 2454, ipcc, jim matheson, Joe Barton, john barrow, mike ross, president obama, rick boucher, union of concerned scientists on May 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Public Citizen disappointed by process as Big Money works to weaken, kill bill Statement by Andy Wilson, Global Warming Program Director, Texas Office This evening, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed HR 2454, The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES or ACESA), sponsored by Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), by a [...]

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Texas Observer’s Rundown of “the Chosen” Environmental Bills

Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged CFL, chosen ones, Coal Plants, earth day, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, environment texas, environmental regulation, fast tracking, hb 280, kip averitt, luke metzger, nuclear plants, president obama, public citizen texas, rafael anchia, republicans, sb 16, sb 545, sb 546, senate, speaker joe straus, strama, susan peterson, swinford, Texas Legislature, texas observer, Tom "Smitty" Smith, troy fraser on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m going to cross-post the following article from the Texas Observer’s Floor Pass blog whole hog, because it is just that good. Look for Smitty’s quote in bold, and hold on to your hat Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The Chosen Ones posted by Susan Peterson at 03:12 PM There’s a lot to celebrate this Earth [...]

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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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Public Citizen’s Energy Efficiency Op-Ed in Houston Chronicle

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Energy Efficiency, green jobs, houston chronicle, matthew johnson, president obama, Public Citizen, public utility commission, PUC, Texas, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Houston Chronicle ran an Op-Ed Sunday entitled An energy winner: Big savings are possible by upgrading efficiency goals. Authors: Public Citizen’s Tom “Smitty” Smith and Matthew Johnson. Check it out: In the world of energy, there’s one clear winner when it comes to cost, cleanliness and speed: energy efficiency. Although regulated utilities in Texas, [...]

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Stimulating Facts on the Green Stimulus

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged climate change, Energy Efficiency, green spending measures, house of representatives, mass transit, president obama, public transportation, renewable energy, republican minority whip eric cantor, senate, speaker nancy pelosi, stimulus package, ways and means committee on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This week the House passed the $819 billion stimulus package, and even more exciting is that over $100 billion of the package is allocated to green spending. Amazingly, the package passed without a single Republican vote. Only 11 Democrats voted against the bill, with a final vote of 244-188. Here is a breakdown of the [...]

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