Here are the weekly highlights from the Texas Progressive Alliance. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wants to know why Republicans like Victoria’s DA Steve Tyler, Nueces County’s DA Anna Jimenez and (who could forget) Alberto Gonzales abuse their offices? The Texas Cloverleaf thinks Rick Perry is eyeing 2012 before 2010 is even over with. WhosPlayin [...]
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Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged alberto gonzales, Barnett shale, bill hammond, emissions, Ethics, eye on williamson, flower mound, health insurance, left of college station, mcblogger, nuclear disarmament, nueces county, off the kuff, oil and gas moratorium, Rick Perry, safe sex, sarah palin, south texas chisme, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texaskaos, toxins on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asian american action fund, Barnett shale, bay area houston, big gas, bluedaze, democrats, denton county, eye on williamson, flower mound, gas drilling, harris country, left of college station, methane plumes, perry, primary elections, republican, senator bunning, Senator Cornyn, state board of education, Texas, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texaskaos, txsharon, white on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance would like to thank the Academy by presenting it with this week’s roundup. TXsharon went undercover this week to Map Methane plumes in the Barnett Shale: “Stealth” measurements contradict Shale Gas industry safe air claims, new technology shows. Big Gas is so BUSTED! And it’s all reported on Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged asbestos, Barnett shale, bay area houston, benzene, bluedaze, bob perry, brazos county, democrats, denton creek watershed, drilling reform, EPA, eye on williamson, health care, kay bailey hutchison, left of college station, lewisville isd, mccain, off the kuff, poll, primary day, republicans, Rick Perry, south texas chisme, teabaggers, Texas, texas a&m, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texas supreme court, williamson county on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for Primary Day and reminds all of you to vote if you haven’t already. Here is your Primary Day roundup. From the Barnett Shale, TXsharon announces a new “Watchdog” for drillers and her SOS to EPA about benzene and other dangerous toxins in the Denton Creek Watershed was heard. [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aggieland, Barnett shale, bluedaze, brains and eggs, couldbetrue, denton county, eye on williamson, harris county, ken jannereth, left of college station, lewisville city council, living wage, lon burnam, new orleans, obama, Public Citizen, saints, south texas chisme, super bowl, TCEQ, teabaggers, Texas, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, txsharon, wcnews, who dat on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for the Saints’ stirring Super Bowl victory, and reminds them that the “hair of the dog” trick doesn’t really help with the hangover. The Texas Cloverleaf highlights the sentencing of GOP Denton County Constable Ken Jannereth. Probation, anger management, laying off the bottle, and maybe [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barnett shale, bluedaze, boadicea, bosskitty, brains and eggs, constitution, couldbetrue, drilling reform, eye on williamson, flower mound, fort worth, gas drilling, governor perry, lamar smith, new orleans, off the kuff, republican, south texas chisme, super bowl, TCEQ, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texaskaos, truthhugger, weekly round up, whosplayin on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for its first Super Bowl as it provides an instant replay of its blog highlights for the week. Something stinks about the recent TCEQ Barnett Shale air quality testing in Fort Worth and in Flower Mound. Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS. Off the Kuff looked [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged air study, asthma, Barnett shale, bay area houston, bluedaze, brains and eggs, couldbetrue, denton county, dr. martin luther king, drilling reform, eye on williamson, fort worth, houston, jr, mary peters, mlk day, off the kuff, south texas chisme, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, txdot, wcnews, welfare on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes you a happy MLK Day as it brings you this week’s blog highlights. Off the Kuff takes a look at some demographic trends in the Houston area. Something STINKS about TCEQ’s recent Fort Worth air study. Considering that the Barnett Shale has a staggering asthma rate of 25% compared to [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged al jazeera, asian american action fund, bay area houston, bravos valley, City Council, couldbetrue, eye on williamson, foreign correspondents, gas drilling, gordon quan, harris county, houston, houston city council, human trafficking, left of college station, libby shaw, mcblogger, off the kuff, propublica, rachel maddow, regulation, school lunch, soldiers, south texas chisme, Texas, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, transportation, truthhugger, whosplayin on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is still somewhat amazed to be living in the year we make contact, and we hope we’re all still going strong when Odyssey Three rolls around. Texas has most drilling, worst regulation. Texas made national news this week in the ProPublica investigative report and they used pictures provided by TXsharon @ [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asian american action fund, Barnett shale, bay area houston, bluedaze, brains and eggs, California, couldbetrue, county commissioner, denton county, dewhurst, Dish, dream act, hank gilbert, indian ocean, john coby, kay bailey hutchison, kinky friedman, lightseeker, linda chavez-thompson, march, mcblogger, off the kuff, pdiddie, republican, ronnie earle, Senator Cornyn, south texas chisme, Texas, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texaskaos, three wise men, tort reform, txsharon, whataburger, whosplayin, xanthippas, xicanopwr on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance brings you the highlights from the blogs. As the deadline to file for a place on the 2010 March primary ballot drew near, there was lots of activity on the Democratic side: Kinky Friedman followed Hank Gilbert over to the race for agriculture commissioner, Linda Chavez-Thompson was rumored to be running [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, annisse parker, asian american action fund, beto o'rourke, bluebloggin, bluedaze, bosskitty, burger king, cia, coalition for life, could be true, democratic party, denton county, drilling reform, eye on williamson, governor perry, houston, houston runoffs, jeb bush, karen derr, kevin jennings, left of college station, len hart, lewisville isd, mclennan county, micheal burgess, off the kuff, republican party, Silvestre Reyes, snow, south texas chisme, stephen costello, stonewall democrats, Texas, texas a&m, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, truthhugger, txsharon, Waco, wcnews, whosplaying on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TXsharon @ Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS helps you follow the money to see why Governor Perry and others want Texans to keep breathing toxic air. BossKitty at TruthHugger is proud to give a Hat Tip to Houston – Annise Parker inherits a City of Progress. The Stonewall Democrats of Denton County denounce Rep. Michael [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, bay area houston, bill white, bluebloggin, boss kitty, brains and eggs, couldbetrue, david benzion, democratic party, democrats, drilling, drilling reform, drilling toxins, eye on williamson, galveston, governor's race, houston mayor, iraq, korean war, left of college station, liberaltexan, natural gas, nueces county, nytexan, obama, off the kuff, oil and gas wells, pdiddie, politics, prison system, race, renewable energy, republican party, republicans, south texas chisme, Texas, texas cloverleaf, texas governor, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, Texas Railroad Commission, texaskaos, three wise men, truthhugger, txsharon, vietnam war, wcnews, weekly round up, whosplayin, xanthippas on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again it’s time for the Texas Progressive Alliance to bring you the highlights from the blogs. Xanthippas at Three Wise Men airs out some thoughts on the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and some painful lessons learned blogging about the war in Iraq. Bay Area Houston claims The Race for Houston Mayor is [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay area houston, bill white, bluedaze, bosskitty, brains and eggs, couldbetrue, drilling reform, eye on williamson, galveston, governor perry, houston mayor's race, lewisville isd, libby shaw, moby dick, off the kuff, republicans, road rage, south texas chisme, Texas, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texas public information act, texaskaos, three wise men, truthhugger, txsharon, wcnews, whosplayin, xanthippas on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs. TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area using a GasFindIR (Infrared) camera. Find the videos for your area at [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aruba petroleum, Barnett shale, bluedaze, brains and eggs, clean air, Clean Energy, clean government, colonial new england, couldbetrue, democrats, drilling reform, eye on williamson, harris county clerk, health care, homophobic behaviour, houston mayor race, mcblogger, michael burgess, neil durrance, off the kuff, pdiddie, pilgrims, public citizen texas, senate, senator hutchison, south texas, south texas chisme, sue schechter, taxes, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, tolls, turkey, walmart, wcnews, whosplayin, wise county messenger, women's rights on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked up the story. It’s all on Bluedaze: [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged aruba petroleum, asian american action fund, Barnett shale, bay area houston, beverly kaufman, bluebloggin, bosskitty, brains and eggs, Capitol Annex, cornyn, couldbetrue, dallas, dennis kucinich, dfw, drilling reform, election day, eye on williamson, fort hood, fort worth, glbt issues, hank gilbert, harris county clerk, health care, hispanics, houston, judge sharon keller, lewisville isd, libby shaw, medical insurance, off the kuff, organ donors, quizas, refinish69, reform, republicans, sessions, south texas chisme, south texas democrats, texas cloverleaf, texas governor, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texaskaos, truthhugger, txsharon, whosplayin on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone had a happy Election Day last week, and is already looking forward to the next one. Here are this week’s highlights. TXsharon continues to report from a backyard in the Barnett Shale. Despite all the local and national press on drilling related toxins, carcinogens and neurotoxins in our air, [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay area houston, bloggers, bluedaze, chesapeake energy, City Council, democrats, drilling reform, eye on williamson, fort worth, gene locke, houston, human rights, john carter, lewisville isd, mayoral candidates, mcblogger, media, pay to play, progressive coalition, quizas, republicans, Rick Perry, school board, socialism, south texas chisme, tabc, texas cloverleaf, texas kaos, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, traditional media, weekly round up, whosplayin, world series on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for the start of the World Series, and it presents to you its weekly highlight reel as we await the first pitch. quizas of South Texas Chisme wonders about the US detaining a Mexican human rights activist. WWJD on Carter Avenue? TXsharon wants to know if Chesapeake Energy or [...]
Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Barnett shale, bay area houston, buffalo bayou, cameron todd willingham, college station, couldbetrue, drilling reform, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, eye on williamson, governor perry, homelessness, houston, human rights, kay bailey hutchison, kbh, libby shaw, mean rachel, off the kuff, Public Citizen, refinish69, south texas, south texas chisme, texas cloverleaf, texas liberal, texas progressive alliance, texas vox, tort reform, trans-texas corridor, transportation, ttc, white oak bayou on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Texas Progressive Alliance celebrates the start of early voting for the 2009 elections with its always on time weekly blog roundup. Human tragedies are mounting in the Barnett Shale as study after study shows high levels of toxins in the air. The only ones who can’t seem to find anything wrong are the regulators. [...]
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