The proposed revisions to the state’s controversial (and according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - illegal) flexible air permitting programs submitted in June in an effort to reach a compromise with the EPA, are scheduled for a formal vote at tomorrow’s hearing of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Under the proposed revisions, facilities with [...]
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TCEQ to vote on flex permit revisions, but EPA says it still may not be good enough
Posted in Air Quality, TCEQ, tagged abilene, goliad, Sunset Advisory Commission, sweetwater, tenaska, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, United States Environmental Protection Agency, uranium mining on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recap: Roll Beyond Coal Tour
Posted in Coal, tagged abilene, Austin, bay city, clean air act, clean economy coalition, coal block, coal plant, college station, corpus christi, dallas, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, federal climate change legislation, flex permits, grandfathering, grassroots, H.R. 2454, houston, john cornyn, kay bailey hutchison, lone star chapter, Multi-County Coalition, no coal coalition, public citizen texas, roll beyond coal, ryan rittenhouse, Sierra Club, sweetwater, T.P.O.W.E.R., TCEQ, Texans Protecting Our Water Environment and Resources, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Waco on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The November/December edition of Public Citizen News, a bi-monthly newsletter distributed to Public Citizen members, featured this article on our statewide “Roll Beyond Coal” Tour. Since not all of you out there get the newsletter, I thought I’d share: ‘Roll Beyond Coal’ Tours Texas By Geena Wardaki It’s not often that you lug a 20-foot-tall [...]
Jim Boston: Living in the West with Tenaska
Posted in Coal, tagged abilene reporter news, coal plant, jim boston, roscoe, sweetwater, tenaska, west texas on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m very impressed with this op-ed from Jim Boston, which refers to the Tenaska coal plant proposed near Sweetwater, Texas. It was originally published Monday, December 13th in the Abilene Reporter News. Why live in West Texas when it is somewhat a hostile environment? Faced with frequent droughts, sandstorms, hail, constant wind, tornadoes, rattlesnakes, scorpions, [...]
West Texans Question How Proposed Tenaska Coal Plant Would Affect Water Availability and Water Quality
Posted in Coal, Toxics, tagged abilene texas, city of abilene, Coal, criteria pollutnats, jeff haseltine, mercury, mulit county coalition, neil carman, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, ryan rittenhouse, Sierra Club, sweetwater, TCEQ, tenaska coal plant, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water availability, Water Quality, west texas on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Citizens aware of extreme drought conditions point to potential serious conflict over water if coal plant were built (Abilene) – The Multi-County Coalition, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and individuals from the West Texas areas of Sweetwater and Abilene raised questions about how a proposed Tenaska coal plant would affect water availability and water quantity in [...]
Texas: Sparkly Mythical Wonderland of Green Jobs
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin American-Statesman, green jobs, susan combs, sweetwater, unicorns, wind turbines on October 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Texas is a sparkly mythical wonderland full of unicorns. And by unicorns, I mean green jobs. And by green jobs, I mean well-paying, long-term jobs ranging from maintenance to operations, project management, and high-tech engineering. Wortham: Unicorns are alive, well and working the wind out west Greg Wortham, Special Contributor Monday, October 05, 2009 Texas [...]
Sunday Morning Sequestration Revelation
Posted in Coal, tagged abilene, Carbon Dioxide, carbon sequestration, Coal, mercury, pollution, sweetwater on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the following letter to the editor from the Abilene Reporter News. Turns out a local resident of Sweetwater recently had a revelation about the nature of coal and carbon sequestration. Interesting theory… Why are we digging up stuff God wants buried? I believe that God has a purpose for coal, and it’s up [...]
Stop the Dirty Dozen: Tell the Texas Legislature, Don’t Create Another Generation of Grandfathered Coal Plants
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged clean air act, coal plant, Congress, corpus christi, grandfathered power plants, Obama administration, stop the dirty dozen, sweetwater, Texas Legislature, Victoria, Waco on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you live in the Waco, Sweetwater, Corpus Christi, or Victoria area, you may have seen this op-ed run in your local newspaper under a variety of titles such as “Stop the Dirty Dozen”, “New generation of grandfathered polluters?”, and “Don’t create another generation of grandfathered power plants.” If not, you should give it a [...]
Coal Moratorium Press Conference and Testimony Yesterday
Posted in Coal, tagged carbon capture, carbon legislation, clean economy coalition, climate change, Coal, coal moratorium, coal plant, corpus christi bay, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, floor pass, hb 4383, Karen Hadden, las brisas, mulit county coalition, patricia broadwell, Public Citizen, public citizen texas, representative allen vaught, roger landress, sb 126, SEED Coalition, senator rodney ellis, sequestration, sweetwater, texas medical association, texas observer, Tom "Smitty" Smith, white stallion on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday morning we held a press conference to highlight the importance of the proposed coal moratorium bill, SB 126, sponsored by State Sen. Rodney Ellis, and its companion bill in the house, HB 4384, sponsored by Rep. Allen Vaught. SB 126 , which went into committee late Tuesday night, would put a temporary moratorium on [...]
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