The Senate is about to hear legislation pertaining to coal ash waste regulation. There is an amendment proposed to slash EPA’s funding so that they cannot enforce safeguards at coal ash waste landfills. The following is a message from our friends with Environmental Integrity Project. Please take a few moments to contact your senator and [...]
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Urgent Action Needed! – Coal Ash Battle in US Senate
Posted in Coal, Energy, Toxics, tagged action, ash, Coal, coal ash, coal ash waste, Congress, EIP, Global Warming, landfill, senate, urgent, us on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Boxer and Kerry take two steps forward and two steps back on climate, but EPA looks ready to go!
Posted in Coal, Energy, Global Warming, tagged ACES, cap and trade, Carbon Dioxide, CEJAPA, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, climate change, Coal, coal plant, Congress, EPA, Global Warming, green jobs, Kerry-Boxer, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, senate, solar, waxman-markey on September 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This just in from EPA: LOS ANGELES – U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce today in a keynote address at the California Governor’s Global Climate Summit that the Agency has taken a significant step to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. The Administrator will announce a proposal requiring large [...]
Houston Mayor and Senate Hopeful Speaks on Energy Security
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged #nn09, bill white, building codes, cap and trade, consumer advocacy, Efficiency, Energy, fuel efficiency, Global Warming, houston mayor, low-income consumers, netroots nation, Nuclear, renewable energy, science, senate on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While at Netroots Nation a few weeks back, I had the opportunity to listen in on a panel discussing climate change, Texas’ energy future, and energy security featuring Houston Mayor Bill White (you might have also heard he is running for US Senate). Mayor White gave very measured, political answers. Throughout the panel, never did [...]
Countdown: 13 Days Left in Legislative Session, 7 High Priority Bills Left
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, tagged 81st session, alliance for a clean texas, anchia, averitt, burnam, business and commerce, energy resources, environmental regulation, fraser, house, isett, leibowitz, senate, state affairs, Texas Legislature, transportation and homeland security, watson on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Original post found at Alliance for a Clean Texas. With the deadline for House bills to pass third reading last Friday at midnight, the 81st Session entered its final phase. The good news is that seven of ACT’s high priority bills have made it to the last two weeks of the session. Here’s a run-down [...]
Texas Observer’s Rundown of “the Chosen” Environmental Bills
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged CFL, chosen ones, Coal Plants, earth day, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, environment texas, environmental regulation, fast tracking, hb 280, kip averitt, luke metzger, nuclear plants, president obama, public citizen texas, rafael anchia, republicans, sb 16, sb 545, sb 546, senate, speaker joe straus, strama, susan peterson, swinford, Texas Legislature, texas observer, Tom "Smitty" Smith, troy fraser on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to cross-post the following article from the Texas Observer’s Floor Pass blog whole hog, because it is just that good. Look for Smitty’s quote in bold, and hold on to your hat Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The Chosen Ones posted by Susan Peterson at 03:12 PM There’s a lot to celebrate this Earth [...]
Youth Storms US Congress at Powershift–Largest Lobby Day in Environmental History
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, tagged Air Quality, carbon cap, Carbon Dioxide, Clean energy corps, climate change, Coal, Congress, Department of Energy, geothermal, global climate treaty, green jobs, greenhouse gas, house of representatives, obama, powershift 09, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Renewables, senate, solar power, stimulus package, student activists, washington dc on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the fight for a greener future, America’s youth has and is continuing to be one of the strongest forces. Recently, I participated in Powershift 2009–the largest summit on climate and energy in United States’ history. Roughly 12,000 attended the conference, and the overwhelming majority of participants were students from high schools and colleges spanning [...]
Stimulus Package is Kosher!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged $50 billion, beyond nuclear, Congress, federal loan guarantees, house, kevin kamps, Loan Guarantees, Nuclear Pork, senate, stimulus package on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just last night the House and Senate came to agreement: a $789 billion Stimulus Package with no traces of nuclear pork! The $50 billion in federal loan guarantees that could have been used by nuclear and coal industries have been carved out. Thank you, Legislators, for finally seeing that the nuclear sector will not contribute [...]
Energy Efficiency Stimulates, but Nuclear Pork Fizzles
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, tagged Congress, congressional budget office, economic recovery, Energy Efficiency, house, karnes city, kingsville, Luminant, Nuclear, nuclear loan guarantees, nuclear loans, nuclear waste, obama, Public Citizen, PUC, renewable energy, senate, senate appropriations committee, shovel ready, south texas nuclear plant, stimulus bill, stimulus package, Tom "Smitty" Smith, uranium mining, wall street on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A message from our director, Tom “Smitty” Smith: Today the House and Senate are working to reconcile their different versions of the long-awaited economic stimulus package. The stakes are now higher than ever for Texans, who stand to gain from billions that could go toward developing renewable energy and efficiency in the state, reducing pollution [...]
Did the Senate rob schoolchildren and give the money to Mr. Burns?
Posted in Nuclear, tagged $50 billion, Loan Guarantees, nuclea, Nuclear, pork, senate, stimulus, wasteful spending on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During much of the debate over the stimulus in the Senate, the argument was made that it was simply too large and porky. I failed to see the logic of the stimulus being “too big” when the Senate Appropriations Committee strained at a few smaller points and then inserted big, porky $50 billion of loan [...]
Stimulating Facts on the Green Stimulus
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged climate change, Energy Efficiency, green spending measures, house of representatives, mass transit, president obama, public transportation, renewable energy, republican minority whip eric cantor, senate, speaker nancy pelosi, stimulus package, ways and means committee on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This week the House passed the $819 billion stimulus package, and even more exciting is that over $100 billion of the package is allocated to green spending. Amazingly, the package passed without a single Republican vote. Only 11 Democrats voted against the bill, with a final vote of 244-188. Here is a breakdown of the [...]
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