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Dallas Morning News Editorial: Editorial: Clean air vs. jobs is a false choice

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, clean air, Energy Efficiency, EPA, governor perry, green jobs, lawsuit, solar panels, weatherstripping, windmills on February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This editorial from the Dallas Morning News is a little bit old news, responding to Governor Perry’s lawsuit against the EPA’s endangerment finding about carbon dioxide, BUT I really like the message that clean air vs. jobs is a false choice. Because everything we would have to do to create a new clean economy, is [...]

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Stimulus Dollars At Work

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clean economy, clean up, EPA, green economy, green jobs training, petroleum tanks, solar hot water heaters, solar panels, stimulus on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Reports are beginning to roll in as to how funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka “the stimulus”) are being used in various communities, and as promised, many of the projects are an economically friendly shade of green. Just yesterday, the EPA announced that it would dole out $10.7 million to [...]

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San Antonio’s Mayor Hardberger and Council Members Urge Strong Climate Action

Posted in Global Warming, tagged charlie gonzalez, EPA, jennifer ramos, justin rodriguez, lourdes galvan, phillip cortez, polluter giveaways, San Antonio, san antonio current, smart grid, solar panels, waxman-markey, Weatherization, wind turbines on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Kudos and many thanks to San Antonio’s outgoing Mayor Hardberger and council members Justin Rodriguez, Jennifer Ramos, Lourdes Galvan, and Phillip Cortez for signing on to a letter urging Congressman Charlie Gonzalez to get with the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act program. The letter reads: We have an unprecedented opportunity to put San [...]

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Go Solar: Make Utilities Give Consumers a Fair Price for Surplus Electricity

Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged buy back rates, electric rates, environment texas, foreign oil, gallego, house state affairs committee, lubbock, luke metzger, net metering, pollution, public utilities commission of texas, PUCT, shallowater high school, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, solomons, Texas, texas house, Texas Legislature, texas senate, TXU on May 11, 2009 | 13 Comments »

Thanks to Luke Metzger at the Environment Texas blog for this take on pending net metering legislation (read: making sure folks with solar panels get paid back for the excess energy they produce): On Monday, the Texas House will decide whether to promote solar energy by requiring utilities to pay consumers fair prices for surplus [...]

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Texas’ Solar Future is on top of Texas Schools

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Energy, HB 3405, incentive program, Representative Strama, savings, solar energy, solar panels, Texas schools, utility bills on April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Representative Mark Strama has crafted a genius amendment to HB 3405. The bill, co-authored by Representative Swinford and Representative Anchia, calls for an incentive program for solar power generation through surcharges on utility bills, and Mark Strama is looking at how Texas Schools specifically could benefit from the construction of solar panels on their rooftops. [...]

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