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Texas Environmental Community Welcomes EPA Cross State Air Pollution Rule

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

New EPA Safeguard will Improve Health & Lives of Millions of Americans Earlier today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  announced a new Cross State Air Pollution Rule designed to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. The new protections will reduce power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) [...]

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The fairy tale of Texas politics

Posted in Good Government, tagged , , , on July 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In an Austin American-Statesman editorial that ran last Saturday, July 2nd, the paper talked quite candidly about the lack of a level playing field in the Texas capital as pointed out by conservative East Texas republican freshman Representative David Simpson and liberal Austin-based Public Citizen director, Tom “Smitty” Smith. The odd man from East Texas Austin [...]

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Clean Air Act Restrictions Pushed Aside in Wake of Political Preparation and Industry Pressure

Posted in Air Quality, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, Toxics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Election season is imminent and advocates for environmental welfare and public health need not look very far for the hyper-political red tape and drawbacks to pollution legislation. Like many of her colleagues in the Democratic Party, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has been campaigning nationwide for the regulation of toxins such as mercury from [...]

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Money and Politics Going Hand in Hand

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In a recent NPR show, former Labor Secretary and political commentator Robert Reich addressed the potential executive order by President Obama to require government contractors to disclose their political spending. Reich wants to take the executive order a step farther by eliminating all political contributions from government contractors. Reich explains that contractors such as Lockheed [...]

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Yesterday Texans made their voices heard, defending their property rights

Posted in Air Quality, Global Warming, Texas Legislature, tagged , , , , , on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, Texans from across the state made their voices heard in the Texas state house by calling their state senators and asking them to stand up to  industry’s power play to pollute at will.  On Tuesday night, Rep. Dennis Bonnen (HB 25, Angleton), offered an amendment on SB 875 that would provide industry an affirmative defense against [...]

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Your Grocery Bill and the Amazon Rainforest: What’s the Big Deal?

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Could your trip down to the neighborhood meat market, or your favorite burger joint be contributing to the demise of the Amazon rainforest?  Cattle ranching in Brazil is the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon. This is old news though.  Cattle ranching has been the leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since [...]

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Bill of the Day – SB 15 – was good, now not so much

Posted in Air Quality, Coal, Energy, tagged , , , on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today, the Senate Natural Resources Committee passed out a state energy policy bill that no longer calls for the closure of the state’s worst air polluting power plants According to committee chair Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay), Senate Bill 15 would create a 12-member Texas Energy Policy Council to advise legislators on “strategic, market-based” energy and [...]

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Celebrate Earth Day in April with H-E-B and EarthShare of Texas

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to all who donated to EarthShare of Texas through H.E.B.’s charitable giving campaign.  Every dollar of this  money will be distributed to all the environmental and conservation non-profit organizations that participate in EarthShare so they can continue the good work that they do.

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The Texas Livestock Industry: Are our cows at risk?

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Americans tend to think of climate change as a ‘down the road’ future phenomenon. But the fact of the matter is that although the world isn’t coming to an end tomorrow, we are being impacted by climate change, and much more than we may think.  We may feel like we don’t know anyone dealing with [...]

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Texas needs to still care about the Stimulus

Posted in Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Public Citizen has been a member of a coalition that has attempted to bring more sunshine, more transparency, and more good government to the implementation on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as “The Stimulus.” Two years since its passage much of the funding appropriated has been spent, but there is still more [...]

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New explosion at beleagured Japanese nuclear plant has dire implications

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Major US news agencies reporting a hydrogen explosion at Fukushima Dai-ichi No. 2 may have breached the containment vessel. Tepco, the Japanese company that owns this plant has evacuated operators from the area.  There are reports of elevated radiation levels in the area near the plant. This plant just had its license extended in February.  [...]

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Time for a moratorium on new nuclear reactors, license extensions.

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Robert Singleton, an anti-nuclear activist and writer, is calling for a moratorium on new nuclear reactors, license extensions.  Robert  is a member of Solar Si Nuclear No in Austin, Texas.  Click here to read Robert’s blog. As of today, several countries have announced intentions to review their nuclear power policies as a result of the unfolding drama in [...]

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Nikkei down, nuclear industry hit hard. Will STP’s expansion plans be affected?

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged , , , , , on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Investors dumped Japanese shares Monday, sending the Nikkei down 6.2% amid concerns about a nuclear emergency in the country following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, with stocks of exporters and plant operators hardest hit. Analysts say stocks were being largely driven by the quake-related news flow; while news of the devastating tsunami effects in northeastern Japan [...]

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Japan’s current nuclear fiasco and implications for STP

Posted in Nuclear, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The word “meltdown” goes to the heart of the big nuclear question – is nuclear power safe?  Richard Black,  Environment correspondent with the BBC News tries to answer this question and address questions about what is happening at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.   Click here to read the BBC article. One issue he does bring [...]

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FERC to use Texas outage inquiry to evaluate national energy issues

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) wants to know the reasons for the Texas power generation outages and for the interruptions in natural gas delivery to New Mexico. As Texas officials began looking into the causes of the Texas electricity blackouts, New Mexico was holding its own hearings.  The ripple effect felt by down pipeline [...]

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