In December Texans for Public Justice reported that Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons had contributed $620,000 to Governor Rick Perry. TPJ’s publication Lobby Watch questioned how Perry’s appointees could objectively regulate Simmons’ nuclear ambitions. That question looms larger after Simmons gave Perry another $500,000 this in 2010. Having given him a total of $1,120,000, Simmons now [...]
Posts Tagged ‘radioactive waste’
Harold Simmons: the political contributor who keeps on giving
Posted in Campaign Finance, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged David Porter, Harold Simmons, radioactive waste, Rick Perry, Texas Ethics Commission on January 20, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Don’t you pour radioactive waste on my blue suede shoes
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Nuclear Power, Peter Shumlin, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, Texas on January 5, 2011 | 10 Comments »
The Texas Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) approved rules yesterday that pave the way for 36 states to export low-level radioactive waste to a remote landfill along the Texas-New Mexico border. The 5-2 vote by the TLLRWDCC came after last-minute legal maneuvering on Monday failed to delay the meeting when a federal judge threw [...]
VOTE on Radioactive Waste – We Got Screwed
Posted in Global Warming, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County Texas, Harold Simmons, Nuclear, nuclear waste, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, Texas, vermont on January 4, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Well for those who have been waiting to hear how the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC) voted on the new rule that would open Texas up to accepting radioactive waste from as many as 36 other states (and possibly beyond that), it is no surprise that the Compact Commission voted in favor of [...]
Correction and Update: VOTE on Radioactive Waste NOT Halted
Posted in Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, nuclear waste, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, water, WCS on January 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
UPDATE: Judge Sam Sparks of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas just dismissed the case to enjoin the Compact Commission meeting tomorrow, saying while he was concerned about the issue of citizen’s ability to participate fully, he did not have jurisdiction to enjoin the meeting, and threw the whole case out allowing [...]
Judge orders halt to Compact Commission meeting: did opponents of expansion of waste dump just win?
Posted in Radioactive Waste, tagged nuclear waste, Public Citizen, radioactive waste on December 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
UPDATE: Hope you’ve been keeping an eye on this, but just needed to point out there have been major developments on this which make this post now completely false. We don’t believe in just dumping things down the memory hole here, but do believe in making sure we get things right. The updates are all [...]
Texas may get a lump of radioactive waste in their stocking if billionaire donor to Governor Perry has his way
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Andrews County waste dump, Grinch, Harold Simmons, radioactive waste, waste control specialists, WCS on December 23, 2010 | 7 Comments »
UPDATED: Thanks to everyone who commented! We’ll have a blog wrapup/ news release ASAP. VIDEO FROM OUR PRESS CONFERENCE ! And check our flikr photostream here on the blog for non moving pictures from this morning, if that’s more your thing. We now return you to your regularly scheduled snark, already in progress. ORIGINAL POST: [...]
Texas’ proposed rule to accept radioactive waste from many other states concerns Vermont
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, TCEQ, Toxics, Transportation, tagged New York Times, nuclear reactor waste, public citizen texas, radioactive waste, smitty, Texas, texas low level radioactive waste dump, vermont, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant on December 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In an article by the New York Times that focuses on Vermont‘s concerns about losing space to waste from generators in other states, Matthew Wald writes: Waste disposal is so difficult, says the company, Waste Control Services, that power plants and other generating sources have reduced their volumes sharply. And Vermont and Texas together produce [...]
STOP TEXAS FROM BECOMING THE NATION’S RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP!
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, tagged radioactive waste, Texas on November 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Texas is at risk of becoming the nation’s radioactive dumping ground. The new proposed rules were posted in the Texas Register on Friday, November 24th and the public comment period is through December 26th. In the meantime, the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission (TLLRWCC) has scheduled a public hearing on the import/export Rule on December [...]
Radioactive Waste Dump Ruling Comment Period Through Dec. 26th
Posted in Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactive Waste, Texas Legislature, tagged Nuclear Regulatory Commission, radioactive waste on November 29, 2010 | 10 Comments »
People will have through Dec. 26 to provide feedback to a rule published by the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (the Commission) this weekend that could allow radioactive waste to be shipped from around the country to Andrews County for storage. As proposed, the rule would give up to 36 states the ability to [...]
Hearing to reconsider allowing radioactive waste shipments from around the country into Texas scheduled November 13th
Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged environment, Low level waste, Nuclear, nuclear waste, radioactive waste, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, united states department of energy, WCS on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission TLLRWDCC will meet in Midland, Texas a week from Saturday (November 13th) to reconsider adopting a rule that was withdrawn in July that would allow for export of low-level radioactive waste for management and disposal from facilities outside of the Texas Compact, this will be followed by a host of generator [...]
Radioactive waste dump owner forks over another quarter million dollars to Perry
Posted in Nuclear, tagged campaign contributions, influence pedaling, nuclear waste, perry, radioactive waste, Simmons, WCS on October 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rick Perry’s latest campaign cash report shows Harold Simmons has just given Perry another $250,000 at the same time that he’s seeking permission to expand his Andrews County radioactive waste dump so 36 other states can dump their “low-level” radioactive waste right here in Texas. This brings Simmons’ contributions to Perry up to almost $900,000. Simmons’ [...]
Citizens Win Right to a Hearing in Opposing South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors
Posted in Nuclear, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, department of agriculture, energy security, environmental report, Global Warming, Karen Hadden, livestock, matagorda county, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, robert v. eye, safety, san antonio water system, saws, SEED Coalition, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, susan dancer, toxic discharge, tritium on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
UPDATE: Safety panel hearing in the news: at the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News Citizen opposition to two proposed nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project continues with another success. On August 27th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that the nuclear applicant, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company [...]
Help Stop Nuke Waste Loophole; Show Support for HB 3423
Posted in Nuclear, tagged andrews county, byron cook, compact loophole, environmental regulation, jessica farrar, jim dunnam, kelly hancock, ken legler, lon burnam, maine, marc veasey, NRC, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear waste, ogallala aquifer, radioactive waste, radionuclides, randy weber, Texas, vermont, warren chisum, waste dump on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rep. Lon Burnam’s bill, HB 3423, will be heard on Wednesday, April 1st, in the House Committee on Environmental Regulation hearing at 10:30 AM or upon adjournment, in E1.014. If you are able to come, we’re trying to get as many people as possible to register their support of this bill (by filling out a [...]
Support our work!
Subscribe by Email
Socialize With Us!
Categories
Follow us on Twitter- @PublicCitizenTX
- ow.ly/9Gpba 2 months ago
- #BandC the PUC Energy Efficiency rule can be increased, save people money, and keep the lights on. 4 months ago
- Call your Senator and ask them to not block CSAPR! - wp.me/phIHj-3N6 6 months ago
- State Department's tar sands hearing in Austin, TX a farce. Protester arrested - http://ow.ly/6IILh 8 months ago
- Austin Hearing - State Department on Tar Sands Pipeline; from Canada to Texas - Wednesday, September 28th - http://ow.ly/6FwcE 8 months ago
Popular Tags
-
Flickr Photos
More Photos 
Citizen Vox Blog- One year since Citizens United v. FEC January 21, 2011 Rick Claypool
- The Midmorning Refill: Despite oil spill, runaway cars, Jersey Shore, 2010 may have not been the absolute worst year ever January 3, 2011 Dorry Samuels
- The Midmorning Refill: Nancy Pelosi says health care law will be her crowning achievement December 21, 2010 Joe Newman
-
![[Valid RSS]](valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed")
350 Challenge
Pages
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
Meta
