SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN FROM JIM HIGHTOWER Originally posted at http://www.jimhightower.com/ Thank you, California. And you, too, Florida, Maine, Missouri, and the 32 other states that intend to send a very special gift to Texas – namely, their radioactive waste. Now there’s a gift that truly keeps on giving! Of course, Texas asked for it. Well, [...]
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Dumping on Texas for Fun and Profit
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Nuclear, Radioactive Waste, tagged Harold Simmons, Jim Hightower, Rick Perry on January 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »
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 »
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 [...]
Texas and EPA: Going to battle over waste water permits now?
Posted in TCEQ, tagged Rick Perry, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency, water permits, Water Quality on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has publically demanded that Texas immediately take steps to reissue Clean Water Act permits to some 80 facilities that have been operating without the necessary paperwork. Not pleased with what they felt was a decision to, “ jump the gun prematurely with this notice,” the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality [...]
Perry Banks on Texas Politics through Appointments
Posted in Campaign Finance, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged appointments in Texas, bill white, parry patronage, PUC, Rick Perry, rick perry campaign, TCEQ, texans for public justice on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Perry has raised over $17 million in political donations from people he gave jobs to– in the government! Call it cronyism, call it kickbacks– whatever it is, it’s unethical and should be erased from our political sphere and replaced with public financing for public office.
Bill White Talks Solar, Clean Energy Jobs
Posted in Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged bill white, renewable energy, Rick Perry, solar, solar energy, wind power on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Finally, energy is now moving to the center of the debate in the governor race. Bill White announced yesterday his energy plan. For a while, the democratic candidate’s position on energy was a bit blurry but yesterday White set the record straight. He is in for green energy. While the current governor has wasted state resources on [...]
Texas sends Hot-headed letter to EPA on CO2: partisan political ploy at its worst
Posted in Global Warming, TCEQ, tagged bryan shaw, carbon regulation, clean air act, deregulation, Dr. Al Armendariz, EPA, greenhouse gas emissions, greg abbott, Lisa Jackson, Massachusetts v EPA, public citizen texas, Rick Perry, tailoring rule, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Attorney General on August 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Monday Aug 2, the Texas Attorney General and TCEQ Commissioner sent a strongly-worded (read: childish and churlish) letter to the EPA saying in no way would Texas comply with regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. But their ploy reeks more of politics than sound public policy.
Press Release: Perry Government Mishandles Programs that Benefit Consumers, Groups Say
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged Burt Solomons, david power, Energy Efficiency, Jim Keffer, Kate Robertson, matt johnson, PUC, Railroad Commission, Rick Perry, seco, TDHCA, troy fraser, Water Development Board on August 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Public Citizen, Environmental Defense Fund Call for Independent State Agency to Coordinate State’s Energy Efficiency Efforts AUSTIN – In response to the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) planned adoption of new energy efficiency goals, Public Citizen and Environmental Defense Fund today called for sweeping changes to the way Texas runs its energy efficiency programs. The groups [...]
Who Watches the Watchmen? YOU DO- read your Representatives’ personal financial disclosure!
Posted in Good Government, tagged bill white, personal financial disclosures, Rick Perry, Texas, texas tribune, Todd Staples on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Texas Tribune has just published their list of Texas Personal Financial Statements: 2009, in which you can search for the personal financial statements of over 3,000 Texas officials and political candidates. Why not look up your representative or senator, your favorite TCEQ commissioner, the governor, perhaps? You will be able to see the source of [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bill white, brains and eggs, bryan, burnt orange report, chamber of commerce, college station, dallas, democrats, EPA, eye on williamson, health care, homeowners insurance, lakeisha rogers, left of college station, lewisville, louis gohmert, march madness, off the kuff, phillip martin, proposed ozone standards, public hearing, republicans, rick green, Rick Perry, school districts, school finance, south texas chisme, tax dodging, tea bagger, Texas, texas progressive alliance, texas supreme court, texas-mexico border, texaskaos, txsharon on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance’s weekly blog roundup will reach 32 million more Americans regardless of their pre-existing conditions. Last week, TXsharon made a video statement at the EPA Public Hearing on the proposed ozone standards. Who Needs a Proctologist when you have former State Representative Rick Green running for the Texas Supreme Court? This week [...]
Your Representatives Spending Taxpayer Money Traveling the World in Style- UPDATED!!
Posted in Good Government, tagged congressmen, Rick Perry, senators, tax payer, Texas Legislature, travel on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
UPDATED!!!! After receiving communications from the office of Senator Carlos Uresti, we realize that there was an inaccuracy in the original form of this post. Senator Uresti has apparently never taken a charter flight from Austin to San Antonio, rather, he has taken flights from Austin to other areas in his sizeable district, and then [...]
Rick Perry Paying Volunteers in Gubernatorial Campaign
Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Austin, campaign, gubernatorial election, kay bailey hutchinson, money, profit, Public Citizen, Rick Perry, Texas, volunteers on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you need some extra cash? Then Rick Perry’s campaign is the place to “volunteer” these days. Governor Rick Perry of Texas is rewarding his volunteers in the governor’s race, not with the usual candidate goods or an opportunity to meet with the candidate, but with flat-out cash. Though not a common practice, paying campaign [...]
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