Dozens of businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as more than 200 citizens have formed Clean Energy for Austin, a coalition whose purpose is to push Austin City Council to adopt a clean energy plan. Specifically, the coalition supports the passage of Austin Energy’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan and recommendations of a city task [...]
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Businesses, Environmental and Low-Income Groups Unite Behind Energy Plan
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 20/20, Air Quality, Applied Materials, austin city council, Austin Energy, cary ferchill, Clean Energy, clean energy for austin, coal plant, coalition, electric utility, electric utility commission, Energy Efficiency, flexibility, fossil fuel reliance, foundation communities, generation and resource planning task force, green businesses, health, Lee Leffingwell, low income residents, matthew johnson, mayor, natural gas, nonprofits, nuclear plant, phillip schmandt, Public Citizen, renewable energy, resource and climate protection plan, Sierra Club, solar, Solar Austin, steve taylor, sunshine mathon, town hall, Weatherization, wind on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Energy Generation Plan Presented to Austin City Council
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged Air Quality, Austin, austin city council, Austin Energy, cap and reduction, Clean Energy, climate protection plan, electric utility commission, emissions reductions, Energy Efficiency, fayette coal plant, generation plan, green jobs, pollution, Public Citizen, renewable energy, renewable energy credits, resource management commission, Roger Duncan, solar, Texas, town hall, wind on February 4, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Last Thursday Austin Energy General Manager Roger Duncan briefed Austin City Council on the utility’s Resource and Climate Protection Plan. This plan is the culmination of 18 months of input from the public, the creation of a generation resource task force of various stakeholders to review various energy plans and make recommendations, and support and [...]
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 [...]
Renewable Energy Opportunities for Rural Communities and Agriculture
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Agriculture, renewable energy, rural communities, solar, stephenville, wind on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Live anywhere close to Stephenville? Next Tuesday, January 26th there will be a forum there titled “Renewable Energy Opportunities for Rural Communities and Agriculture.” Speakers will present information on how rural communitities, agriculture, and landowners can benefit from partnering to develop renewable resources such as wind and solar. It will be held from 8 am [...]
Attention: Green businesses and Austinites!
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Applied Materials, Austin, Austin Energy, Carbon Dioxide, co2, copenhagen, Energy Efficiency, energy plan, environmental defense fund, fayette coal plant, greenling organic delivery, matt johnson, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, solar, Texas, wind on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you were as frustrated as I was watching world leaders dither in Copenhagen while the Earth heats up and island nations continue making evacuation plans, there is good news on the horizon for Austin. Austin Energy has developed a consensus plan that would establish our own CO2 cap and reduction plan. The great news [...]
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 [...]
Year in Review: Solar Power
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, City Council, environment texas, mic sol-o, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, solar, solar plant, solar power, texas solar roadmap, Webberville, wildcatting the sun on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Part 4. Sunny With a Chance of Economic Development: Solar Potential, the Solar Session that wasn’t, and City of Austin Solar Plant Last spring, our minds were budding with thoughts of birds, bees, and… Texas’ solar potential (didn’t you know, a robust solar program would put Texans back to work and position the state as [...]
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 [...]
Austin Community College: A Leader in Sustainability
Posted in Global Warming, tagged acc, acc green pass program, austin community college, Austin Energy, austin texas, bus passes, energy efficieny cars, green building, green technology, parking garage, powerpoint, recycling, renewable energy program, rio grande campus, semiconductor industry, solar, solar installer, sustainability, sustainable ACC, times magazine on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a student at Austin Community College, I have witnessed the school adopt many environmental programs and truly set a great example to its student as to how be good stewards of our environment. The college has been recently featured in the Times magazine to recognize its new Renewable Energy Program, When Austin’s semiconductor industry [...]
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 [...]
Join Public Citizen at the Renewable Energy Roundup!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Efficiency, energy districts, fredericksburg, net metering, public citizen texas, renewable energy, renewable roundup, SEED Coalition, smart meters, solar, wind on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Still not sure what to do this weekend, Sept 25 – 27th? Come on out to Fredericksburg and join Public Citizen Texas at the 10th annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair! Over the past 10 years, this community and family oriented Green Living Fair has grown to be the largest “green show” in [...]
Nuclear or Not? Hear the Experts at Free Evening Talk Wednesday Sept. 16
Posted in Nuclear, tagged Arjun Makhijani, carbon free and nuclear free, center for american progress, craig severance, Energia Mia, Nuclear, San Antonio, solar, South Texas Project, STP, wind on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nuclear or Not? That’s the question on everyone’s lips in San Antonio these days, but some are still waiting to hear from the experts before they make a decision. What are the consequences and risks? What affordable and safe options exist? We want to know, but we want to hear from folks we can trust. [...]
Hutchison Takes “Head in the Hot Sand” Approach to Climate Bill
Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, cap and trade, CBO, climate change, Coal, economic crisis, Energy Efficiency, energy policy, EPA, global waming, green jobs, house of representatives, kay bailey hutchison, kbh, Nuclear, oil, renewable energy, sen. hutchison, solar, union of concerned scientists, wall street journal, wind power, wind turbines on September 10, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Check out our editorial in the Round Rock Leader, in response to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s piece “Cap and Trade is No Good For Texas”: A rebuttal to Sen. Hutchison’s piece concerning Cap and Trade policies By ANDY WILSON Special to the Leader United States Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison takes a head-in-the-hot-sand approach to climate [...]
San Antonio Protest of Nuclear Reactors TOMORROW, Thursday Sept. 10
Posted in Global Warming, tagged AGUA, cancer, Clean Water Action, CPS, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, genetic damage, geothermal, green jobs, Highland Hills and Jefferson Heights Neighborhood Associations, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Project Verde, Public Citizen, renewable energy, San Antonio, San Antonio Area Progressive Action Coalition, SEED Coalition, solar, South Texas Project, Southwest Workers’ Union, STP, Texas, the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, the Green Party, the Texas Drought Project, wind on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hey San Antonio! There will be a protest against nuclear power tomorrow at lunchtime downtown outside of City Hall. Join us and the rest of the Energia Mia coalition and make your voice heard! Details below. WHAT: Protest against CPS Energy’s pursuit of more nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project. Not only is nuclear [...]
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