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Austin has a dirty secret Happy Hour Wednesday

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin has a dirty secret, climate protection plan, Coal, fayette coal plant, fayette power plant, quit coal, spider house on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Wednesday afternoon from 5-7 pm, let’s get together to discuss how to make Austin’s Dirty Secret a secret no more! Join us at Spider House for our group’s first ever happy hour meet-up (complete with dirty drink specials!). We’ll discuss our plans for convincing City Council to phase out Fayette by 2020 or earlier and [...]

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Spooky Fun Rallies in 5 Texas Cities on Saturday, October 31

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged alpine, Austin, beaumont, bike ride, clean air, corpus christi, dallas, green jobs, halloween, Public Citizen, quit coal, roll beyond coal, Sierra Club, Texas on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Texans Concerned about Clean Air and Building the new Green Jobs Economy ROLL BEYOND COAL across Texas this Halloween — Fun Events on Saturday, October 31 WHO: Public Officials, Businesses, Sierra Club and their Environmental Partners such as Public Citizen, and Bicycling Communities across Texas WHAT: Roll Beyond Coal Rallies, Bike Rides, & Hikes for [...]

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Austin City Council Coal Action Success

Posted in Coal, tagged austin city council, austin has a dirty secret, austin texas, city hall, Coal, facebook, fayette coal plant, health impacts of coal, quit coal, ryan rittenhouse on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Many thanks to everyone that made it to the Austin City Council meeting yesterday for an anti-coal demonstration! Twenty five to thirty concerned citizens stood up in City Council chambers, dressed in black to represent the yearly moralities from our Fayette Coal Plant, as Ryan Rittenhouse addressed the Council. Check out the video below for [...]

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Participate in an anti-coal demonstration at Austin City Council meeting Thursday!

Posted in Coal, Energy, tagged asthma, Austin, Austin Energy, austin has a dirty secret, City Council, city of austin, clean air task force, Clean Energy, coal kills, day of the dead, fayette coal plant, health impacts of coal, quit coal, Texas on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

With the Day of the Dead just around the corner, it’s the time of year to remember friends and family members who have died. That’s why we’ve decided to hold a demonstration at City Hall on Thursday at noon, wearing black, to recognize those who have died from complications related to living around the City [...]

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Austin Energy Town Hall Meeting on the City’s generation and climate protection plan

Posted in Coal, tagged Austin Energy, climate protection plan, Coal, fayette power plant, generation plan, lcra, lower colorado river authority, PODER, Public Citizen, quit coal, Sierra Club, town hall on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Big event tonight for Austinites concerned about coal! Tonight, Sept. 1, will be an Austin Energy Town Hall Meeting on the City’s generation and climate protection plan. The event will be located at 721 Barton Springs Rd., Rm 130 from 6 – 8:30pm. Please attend this meeting so that Austin Energy can hear your voice [...]

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