Tonight San Antonio citizens will have a chance to weigh in on CPS Energy’s proposed rate hike. I have the following request from an activist in San Antonio: Monday night CPS will be taking comments from the public on the proposed rate increase. This is short notice but we need a strong showing. We are [...]
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San Antonio Public Forum on Proposed Rate Hikes
Posted in Energy, tagged CPS Energy, rate hike, San Antonio on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nuclear Renaissance Dealt Blow by South Texas Project Troubles
Posted in Energy, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged CPS Energy, doe, julian castro, larry noll, NINA, nrg energy, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, nuclear reactors, nuclear renaissance, public citizen texas, San Antonio, South Texas Project, Tom "Smitty" Smith on January 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A critical court ruling today rang the first chime in what could be the death knell of the so-called “nuclear renaissance,” starting with the failed expansion of the South Texas Project (STP). This afternoon’s ruling by 408th District Court Judge Larry Noll that CPS Energy can safely withdraw from the proposed STP expansion project without [...]
National Efforts support Clean Energy, Green Jobs for San Antonio
Posted in Energy, Renewables, solar, tagged center for community change, energy action coalition, green energy, green jobs, mayor castro, mission verde, San Antonio, solar, southwest workers union, Weatherization on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday January 26th at 4:30p Main Plaza (in front of City Hall) — Rally & Press Conference Two national coalitions, the Energy Action Coalition (EAC) and the Center for Community Change (CCC) join with Southwest Workers Union and local grassroots organizations to call on Mayor Castro to take real steps towards reducing energy consumption and [...]
San Antonio Opens Green Jobs Laboratory in Abandoned School on West Side
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged cooper middle school, dr. martin luther king, green jobs, green jobs lab, Greg Harman, mayor castro, mission verde, San Antonio, solar decathalon, texas a&m on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
San Antonians should be proud today, when Mayor Castro will dedicate the Mission Verde green jobs training center and demonstration lab at the former Cooper Middle School on the west side. The center will bring together sustainability education and the City’s green jobs ambitions by teaching students weatherization techniques and offering on-the-job training. The project [...]
Texas Green Network January Events
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, San Antonio, Texas Green Network on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2 big upcoming events for the Texas Green Network: January 21st — an inaugural San Antonio networking event, an introduction to San Antonio’s green business community January 27th – green tradeshow workshop & show featuring members of Texas Green Network (Austin)
Denied a substantial rate increase to fund their construction, Florida Power and Light nuclear reactors put on hold
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged florida, florida power and light, florida public service commission, miami, Nuclear, nuclear reactors, San Antonio, south texas nuclear project, Texas, turkey point on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two proposed nuclear reactors in Florida were put on hold this week after the Florida Public Service Commission denied the lion’s share of a rate increase necessary to fund the project’s construction. The utility Florida Power and Light (FPL) requested a record rate hike of $1.27 Billion, but was only granted a a $75.5 million [...]
Public Citizen Welcomes Opportunity for Senate to Hold Rogue Utility CPS Energy Accountable
Posted in Energy, Good Government, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Austin Energy, CPS Energy, low income families, municipal utilities, Nuclear Power, public citizen texas, San Antonio, senate business and commerce, South Texas Project, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office The latest interim charge of the state Senate Business and Commerce Committee provides a welcome opportunity for Texas to rein in rogue utilities like CPS Energy of San Antonio. Now tasked with studying the costs of municipally owned utilities’ generation plans and their impacts [...]
CPS-NRG Lawsuit: Settlement Meeting and Citizen Intervenors
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged citizen intervenors, City Council, city public services, CPS Energy, david crane, Greg Harman, karen seal, lawsuit, nrg energy, orlando gutierrez, ratepayer protection coalition, ratepayers, San Antonio, san antonio current, settlement, steve winn on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Representatives from San Antonio’s CPS Energy and NRG Energy, their partner in the proposed South Texas Nuclear Project expansion, met this morning to try and reach a settlement on their $32 Billion lawsuit. But CPS acting General Manager Jelynne LeBlanc-Burley apparently walked out of the meeting after learning that “neither Nuclear Innovation North America CEO [...]
Austin Scores $4.8M in Stimulus Funds for Green Jobs Trainings
Posted in Energy, solar, tagged austin texas, green jobs, Lloyd Doggett, Public Citizen, San Antonio, solar, stimulus funds on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced that the city of Austin will receive $4.8 Million in stimulus funds to train 1,000 workers in energy efficiency and clean energy jobs. Workers will be trained for jobs at solar plants in Austin, San Antonio and surrounding cities and states, and but the trainings will prepare participants for [...]
EPA to Announce New Air Quality Standard Limiting Ozone Pollution
Posted in Coal, Energy, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, Austin, beaumont, corpus christi, dallas, EPA, fort worth, galveston, houston, longview, non-attainment, ozone pollution, port arthur, San Antonio, state implementation plan, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, tyler, Waco on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today Texas environmentalists, legislators, and medical practitioners wait with bated breath for an announcement from the EPA about a new air quality standard for ozone pollution. The proposed rule would strengthen the Bush administration’s ozone standard, which did not meet scientific scrutiny or standards to protect public health. Now that scientists have demonstrated that ozone [...]
Year in Review: San Antonio Nuclear Debacle/Amores Nucleares Telenovela
Posted in Nuclear, tagged amores nucleares, Arjun Makhijani, austin city council, center for american progress, city public services, CPS, CPS Energy, craig severance, Energia Mia, japan, mark cooper, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear reactors, nukes, Public Citizen, San Antonio, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas nuclear project, steve hennigan, STP, Texas, texas vox on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
*Update: Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current just published a fantastic and very thorough recap of the twisted nuclear saga. Check it out! Here’s part 2 in this year’s first annual Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009 series. Part 1 is just a hop, skip and scroll down. 3. San Antonio [...]
$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 [...]
Copenhagen Negotiations begin today!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged citizen sarah, climate change, climate justice, cop15, copenhagen, daily texan, Global Warming, San Antonio, southwest workers union on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The international climate negotiations in Copenhagen begin today, and will continue until December 18th. No time for a full reckoning now of what this means in the big picture, what’s at stake, and what to expect — but since others have done a great job already, at the moment there’s no need to. Plus, there [...]
No Nuclear! San Antonio Platica Tonight featuring energy expert Arjun Makhijani
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, carbon free, climate justice, Energia Mia, environmental justice, esperanza peace and justice center, genevieve rodriguez, IEER, marisol cortez, no nuclear platica, Nuclear, nuclear free, nuclear fuel cycle, Nuke Free Texas, San Antonio, southwest workers union, Texas on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please join the Energia Mia Coalition including the Esperanza Center, Southwest Worker’s Union No Nuclear! Platica Tonight a discussion with local activists and visiting energy expert Arjun Makhijani FRIDAY, Dec. 4th – 7pm at the Esperanza Center (210)228-0201 922 San Pedro Ave, SA, TX 78212 Marisol Cortez currently works as the climate justice organizer for [...]
Public Citizen Texas Honors Texas’ Outstanding Public Servants
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 25th anniversary, amarillo, Austin American-Statesman, austin chronicle, austin city council, Austin Energy, awards, claudia grisales, clean economy coalition, corpus christi, david swinford, democracy, doug lewin, environmental journalism, fort worth, gerry sansing, glenn lewis, green building program, greenchoice, Greg Harman, health, las brisas coal plant, lifetime achievement award, lon burnam, pedernales electric cooperative, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, Rodney Ellis, safety, San Antonio, san antonio current, tarrant county, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas outstanding public service, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Victoria, waste control specialists, wendy davis, wes stafford, whistleblower, wind warrior award on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
AUSTIN – Public Citizen Texas will be honoring the recipients of this year’s Texas Outstanding Public Service (TOPS) Awards at the organization’s 25th anniversary dinner today. The awardees are local visionaries, recognized experts and celebrated advocates who have aided in the effort to help Texas realize a more environmentally conscious and sustainable energy future. Those [...]
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