Ain’t timing a funny thing? The very morning our most excellent op-ed on the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program gets published in the San Antonio Express-News, the Comptroller’s Office decides to change the reservation date from April 5th to the 7th. Silly stuff. Check out our amended op-ed below, and visit the Express-News to [...]
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Appliance rebate program good for Texans
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliance rebate, comptroller's office, consortium for energy efficiency (CEE), david power, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Public Citizen, rebate reservation, san antonio express news, seco, state energy conservation office, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program on April 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
$18.2 Billion! Amores Nucleares: San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera Update
Posted in Global Warming, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, clarence johnson, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, mark cooper, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, Nuke Free Texas, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, soap opera, South Texas Project, transparency on December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The San Antonio Nuclear Expansion Soap Opera plot thickens. Today’s update brings the shocking news that South Texas Project Reactors 3 & 4 could actually cost, not $13 Billion, not even $17 Billion… but $18.2 Billion! With all the trouble CPS has gotten into recently regarding transparency (a gentle term we’re using that translates roughly [...]
New Anti-Nuclear Group, Energía Mía, Putting Heat on CPS
Posted in Nuclear, tagged cindy weehler, CPS, Energia Mia, green pary, julian casto, nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio area progressive action coalitioin, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, South Texas Project, southwest workers union, STP, texas drought project on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As many of you already know, the nuclear battle is getting pretty heated in San Antonio these days. That’s why a new citizen’s group, Energía Mía, has recently formed. But they can tell you their intentions better than I can: Citizens are uniting in efforts to halt CPS’ spending for more nuclear reactors. Speakers from [...]
Express News Editorial Gets It, Why Doesn’t CPS?
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, CPS Energy, electricity, energy storage, Nuclear, renewable energy, San Antonio, san antonio express news, solar, South Texas Project, wind on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following editorial from the San Antonio Express News is an excellent take on the issue of the South Texas Project nuclear expansion. Kudos to Carlos Guerra! Expert offers uniquely Texan power solution Carlos Guerra – San Antonio Express News With a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from UC-Berkeley, Arjun Makhijani has followed energy issues and [...]
South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors Too Expensive, CPS Cost Estimate Overly Optimistic
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged $13 billion, Arjun Makhijani, bay city, City Council, city public services, clarence johnson, CPS, energy policy, mark cooper, matthew johnson, Moody's, NRC, nrg energy, nuclear expansion, nuclear reactor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, nuclear renaissance, Public Citizen, san antonio express news, South Texas Project, STP, Texas, vermont law school, wallstreet on July 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last week San Antonio’s CPS released their cost estimate for the proposed South Texas Project Nuclear Expansion, and we found their numbers naive optimistic ignored history wanting. To find out why, check out this Guest Column, printed in today’s San Antonio Express-News, from Public Citizen’s own Energy Policy Analyst Matthew Johnson. Nuclear reactors too expensive [...]
Texas religious leaders lean on Congressman Charlie Gonzalez
Posted in Global Warming, tagged cap and trade, charlie gonzalez, Clean Energy, energy independence, Global Warming, green jobs, national security, religious leaders, san antonio express news, texas interfaith power and light on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we’ve said before, there are a lot of good reasons to support a federal cap and trade bill: it would address the looming threat of global warming, create thousands of new green jobs while kick-starting a the clean energy economy, increase national security by achieving energy independence, and done right could even address long-entrenched [...]
Proposed Nuclear Projects in Texas Could Cost $22 Billion
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged bay city, clarence johnson, comanche peak, costs of current and planned nuclear plants in texas, CPS Energy, fort worth, fort worth star telegram, Glen Rose, mayor hardberger, mission verde, Nuclear Power, nukes, San Antonio, san antonio express news, South Texas Project, tommy adkisson, true cost of nukes on April 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Impressive nuclear headlines in the papers these days, largely as a result of a new report released by our office entitled: “Costs of Current and Planned Nuclear Power Plants in Texas: A Consumer Perspective. The report finds that the proposed expansions of nuclear power plants in Bay City (South Texas Project) and Glen Rose (Comanche [...]
San Antonio: Mission Verde, CPS Energy, and (Real Ultimate) Solar Power
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged bill sinkin, CPS Energy, david power, Greg Harman, mayor hardberger, mission verd, queblog, real ultimate power, San Antonio, san antonio current, san antonio express news, solar energy, solar power, superman, tommy adkisson on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m embarrassed. Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current beat me to covering my own press conference. And he did a way better job than I ever could have done. The only explanation is that Greg Harman is Superman. Or, that I am one very busy media coordinator who needs to re-align her priorities (from [...]
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