Now that the ball’s dropped, toasts made, fireworks popped and black eyed peas consumed, we’re feeling reflective today. Faced with that eternally annual question, “Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?“, I’m moved to such mental poetry as “Heck no, this year was too much fun!” We’ve had a hell of a year here at Texas Vox. [...]
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Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, solar, tagged 2009, 2010, 81st legislative session, Air Quality, american petroleum institute, API, astroturf, auld lange syne, calendars, chubbing, City Council, clean air act, Clean Energy, climate, climate legislation, Energy, Energy Citizens, Energy Efficiency, freedomworks, governor perry, green fleets, green gee, Netroots, new year, no regrets, north carolina, Obama administration, public citizen texas, solar districts, solar power, Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), texas vox, voter id on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
San Antonio Nuclear Show Down: VIDEO from KSTX Town Hall on Energy
Posted in Renewables, tagged bay city, citizens against nuclear power, CPS Energy, Energy, julian castro, kstx, lanny sinkin, michael kotara, Nuclear Power, nuke, Public Citizen, Renewables, San Antonio, solar power, solar san antonio, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith, town hall on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we invited folks to attend KSTX’s Town Hall on Energy in San Antonio. This event featured Michael Kotara, Executive Vice President for Energy Development, CPS Energy and Mayor Julián Castro, Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director, Solar San Antonio and co-founder of Citizens Against Nuclear Power, and Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith, whitehat extraordinaire [...]
Austin Energy’s Generation Plan: More Renewables and Efficiency, Less Coal?
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, Coal, coal plant, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, lcra, Lee Leffingwell, Nuclear Power, renewable energy, Renewables, Roger Duncan, solar power, wind on August 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It has been less than 24 hours since I received a copy of Austin Energy’s Generation Plan recommendation and there’s a lot here to like. Before I get to the highlights, let me just say that those of you who spoke up, filled out the survey, played the sim game and demanded more renewable energy, [...]
Take Aim at Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, climate change, coal plant, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, green jobs, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power, take aim, video, what can I do on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Music Video on climate change and personal choices, artist Rhythm,Rhyme, Results, produced by polar-palooza.com
Good Day (for Texas) Sunshine!
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged good day sunshine, green jobs, hb 1243, net metering, sb 545, solar energy, solar in schools, solar power, Texas Legislature on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Voter ID Chubfest Put Texas Environmental Bills At Risk
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, amendments, austin american stateman, chubbing, driver's license, electric coops, Energy Efficiency, kip averitt, solar energy, solar power, stalling, texas house, texas senate, voter id, Waco on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been following the Texas Legislature at all over the weekend, you’ve probably heard the term “chubbing” at least once. Yesterday marked the deadline for all bills that originated in the Senate to pass second reading — which means that any bills that didn’t make it through the House by midnight last night are [...]
House Calendars Committee Has Ultimate Power over Solar
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Allan Ritter, Brandon Creighton, Brian McCall, Burt R. Solomons, byron cook, Charlie Geren, conference committee, Eddie Lucio III, Edmund Kuempel, farabee, fraser, Garnet Coleman, Jim Keffer, Jim McReynolds, Lois W. Kolkhorst, Norma Chavez, pink dome, Renewables, sb 541, sb 545, sine die, solar, solar power, strama, texas house, Texas Legislature, texas senate, watson on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bad news from the big pink dome. Looks like two of our key bills to promote solar power this session, SB 545 (Fraser/Strama) and SB 541 (Watson/Farabee) are getting stuck in the gummy gears of the legislative process. These bills have both made it through committee and the Senate, but still need to be voted [...]
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 [...]
We’ve hit the big Times
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin solar plant, david power, Global Warming, green, inc, Kate Galbraith, luke bellsynder, mark strama, New York Times, Public Citizen, renewable energy, solar, solar power, Texas, texas association of manufacturers on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good mooooooorning Texas! Just woke up, haven’t even gotten out of my pajamas or had my coffee (okay, I’m running a little late), but I couldn’t wait a moment longer to spread the good news. We’ve hit the big Times. Yes, that Times. The New York Times. Check out the following post from Kate Galbraith [...]
Busy day, a quick news roundup
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, climate change, Coal, coal moratorium, EPA, Global Warming, Public Citizen, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, solar, solar power, Texas Legislature on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen will be testifying on nearly three dozen bills today during committee meetings in the House and Senate. You can watch the action in the House or the Senate by going to the individual committees. Be sure to tune in to our 10am Press Conference on a coal moratorium by clicking on the link [...]
Wildcatting the Sun – Solar Energy and You!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Austin Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, photovoltaic. distributed generation, Public Citizen, pv, renewable energy, Renewables, solar, solar power on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wondered why Texas should invest in solar energy? Ever wanted it explained to you in 5 minutes in a way reminiscent of a 1940s newsreel? Or just tired of The Sham-wow Song and want a new viral video to watch? Written, produced, and starring members of the Public Citizen Texas staff, “Wildcatting the Sun” [...]
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 [...]
Austin City Council Votes for Nation’s Largest Photovoltaic Array
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, boma, building owners and managers association, david power, gemini solar, laura morrison, Lee Leffingwell, mike martinez, Public Citizen, randi shade, sheryl cole, solar plant, solar power, spansion, Webberville on March 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This afternoon the Austin City Council moved unanimously to approve Item 16 on the agenda, the purchasing power agreement with Gemini Solar Development Company to build a 30 MW solar plant at the Webberville tract. That means that by the end of 2011, Austin should be the proud home of the nation’s largest utility scale [...]
Austin City Council Solar Vote this Thursday
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged austin city council, Brewster McCracken, burnt orange report, item 16, Lee Leffingwell, phillip martin, renewable energy, solar power, webberville solar plant on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that the Austin City Council will have its final vote on the proposed 30 MW Webberville Solar Plant at a meeting this Thursday, March 5. The Council meeting is of course open to the public, so please come by City Hall starting at 10 a.m. to show your support for the plant! [...]
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