Also cross-posted at our Energy Blog: President Obama announced this morning he was putting the government on a low carbon diet. Through a series of initiatives, he hopes to decrease energy consumption through efficiency and switching to alternative energy that is less carbon intensive. As the single largest energy consumer in the U.S. economy, the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Texas Legislature’
Obama announces new government goal for reducing greenhouse gases: 28% by 2020
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, climate change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, no regrets, Texas, Texas Legislature on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Texas Railroad Commission Trying to Block Renewable Energy Lines to Help Big Oil
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Renewables, tagged Big Oil, Block Renewable Energy Lines, carbon dioxide emissions, Clean Energy, david power, deputy director, kay bailey hutchison, michael williams, natural gas, oil and gas companies, panhandle, public citizen texas, PUC, regulation, renewable energy, special interests, Texas Legislature, texas public utility commission, Texas Railroad Commission, transmission lines, US senate, west texas, wind farms on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of David Power, Deputy Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Seemingly out of concern that competitive renewable energy will damage Big Oil’s bottom line, the Texas Railroad Commission wants to block renewable energy transmission lines that would put affordable energy from west Texas wind farms on an even playing field with the historical titans of [...]
Your Representatives Spending Taxpayer Money Traveling the World in Style- UPDATED!!
Posted in Good Government, tagged congressmen, Rick Perry, senators, tax payer, Texas Legislature, travel on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
UPDATED!!!! After receiving communications from the office of Senator Carlos Uresti, we realize that there was an inaccuracy in the original form of this post. Senator Uresti has apparently never taken a charter flight from Austin to San Antonio, rather, he has taken flights from Austin to other areas in his sizeable district, and then [...]
The History of Wind Power in Texas
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged energy policy, history, renewable portfolio standard, Renewables, Texas, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith, wind energy on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The booming wind energy industry in Texas didn’t just pop up over night — it was a result of years of research, advocacy, and policy work. Ever wondered how it all happened? Smitty, the director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office, has a story to tell — check it out! Seeing as we are just at [...]
Second Chance to Update State Energy Codes
Posted in Global Warming, tagged building codes, energy codes, lone star chapter, seco, Sierra Club, state energy conservation office, Texas Legislature on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The word, according to the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club: The Texas Legislature failed to update state energy codes for new commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. That doesn’t mean Texas can’t move forward. We can get the job done in other ways. There is a silver lining to this spring’s legislative shortfall: proposed [...]
New iPhone App Makes Political Action Even Easier
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged campaign expansion pack, directory, google maps, iPhone, my texas lege, mynor rodriguez, Texas Legislature on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new iPhone application My Texas Lege will make it even easier for constituents to contact elected officials and their staffers. The app, which has both a paid (Plus) and free version (Lite), is a nonpartisan directory of the Texas Legislaturethat will allow users to dial members’ offices directly, find district offices using Google Maps, [...]
Special Session Begins Today
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Austin, department of insurance, department of transportation, governor rick perry, public insurance counsel, special session, State Affordable Housing Corporation, Texas, Texas Legislature, texas racing ocmmission on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The special session that Governor Rick Perry called started this morning. On the agenda: extending the life-line of several state agencies that were up for review, such as the Department of Transportation, Insurance, Public Insurance Counsel, and the Texas Racing Commission and the State Affordable Housing Corporation. If legislators don’t pass a bill to extend [...]
Texas Legislature Advances Clean Power and Green Jobs, but Loses Steam in Political Wranglings
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 81st Texas Legislative Session, AECT, andrews county, building codes, carbon sequestration, clean coal, Clean Energy, clean power, compact loophole, Cyrus Reed, distributed energy, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, environmental defense fund, environmental groups, fast tracked water permits, flynn, germaneness, Global Warming, green fee bill, green fleets, green jobs, greenhouse gas emissions, house committee on environmental regulation, Karen Hadden, lon burnam, luke metzger, mtbe, no regrets, Nuclear, plug-in hybrids, Public Citizen, PUC, radioactive waste dump, recycling, renewable energy, representative rafael anchia, SEED Coalition, senator ellis, senator troy fraser, Sierra Club, TAM, TCEQ, tdot, texas association of manufacturers, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Legislature, Tom "Smitty" Smith, txdot, utility efficiency goal, voter id, water contamination, Weatherization on June 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Environmental Groups See Clean Energy Groundwork Laid for the Future (Austin) Senate and House members from both political parties showed unprecedented support for developing more renewable energy and energy efficiency in Texas by filing a large number of clean power, green jobs bills in the 81st Texas State Legislature. A number of major bills passed [...]
So Much for the Solar Session
Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged anchia, citizen sarah, fraser, Global Warming, green fee bill, green fleets, green jobs, hb 1243, larry mcmurtry, leonard cohen, no regrets, plug-in hybrids, public citizen texas, solar, Texas, Texas Legislature, tom waits, townes van zandt, warren chisum, Weatherization on June 1, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Well, the sun has just about gone down on the so-called “solar session”. Today is Sine Die — the last day of the legislative session. Friday night, HB 1243 – solar’s last lifeline — was killed on the House floor. Earlier in the week, Rep. Warren Chisum called for a strict enforcement of the House [...]
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 »
Act Now To Stop New Coal and Nuclear Subsidy
Posted in Coal, Energy, Nuclear, tagged cap and trade, clean coal, Coal, comanch peak, hb 4525, manufacturing plants, Nuclear, risk, South Texas Project, subsidy, Texas Legislature, texas senate on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A bill currently moving in the Texas Legislature, HB 4525, would create new state subsidy of $50 million each for new nuclear and coal plants. We need your help to stop this pork bill from passing. Call your Senator now and tell them that nuclear power doesn’t need taxpayer help! Although the claim of HB [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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