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Texas Democracy Foundation’s Next Generation Leaders

Posted in Global Warming, tagged andy wilson, Texas, texas observer, trevor lovell on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In the evening following a day of rolling blackouts, the Texas Democracy Foundation, publishers of the Texas Observer, identified and introduced to the community a new generation of progressive leaders for Texas. We are proud to announce that our very own Andy Wilson and Trevor Lovell were named to be among this year’s Next Generation Leaders. Click here [...]

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Gov. Perry at it again with EPA lawsuit

Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate, climate change, endangerment finding, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, forrest wilder, Global Warming, governor perry, greg abbott, lawsuit, texas observer, Todd Staples on February 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »

If I had a nickel every time we put out a statement saying something along the lines of “Governor Perry is blowing hot air about climate change”…I could probably only really buy a candy bar. Or a coke — a Mexican coke in a bottle, preferably, to be drunk as I eat a fried avocado [...]

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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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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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Andrews County: A Radioactive Risk for West Texas

Posted in Nuclear, Toxics, tagged andrews county, Capitol Annex, Cyrus Reed, diane d'arrigo, dump, forrest wilder, Karen Hadden, nirs, Nuclear, nuclear information and resource service, nuclear waste, Odessa, panhandle, rose gardner, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, TCEQ, terry burns, texas observer, Vince Leibowitz, waste control specialists on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have been remiss in my duties as Blog Lady because I haven’t told you anything about the slated Andrews County nuclear waste dump. Oh, you hadn’t heard? TCEQ approved a “low-level” radioactive dump out in the lower panhandle. There wasn’t a contested case hearing — and citizens of Eunice, New Mexico, the closest town [...]

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