Did you doubt my magic? Think that we wouldn’t get any music for our 25th anniversary celebration and that you’d have to listen to Citizen Sarah muddle through Oh My Darlin’ on the baby squeezebox? Lucky for y’all my lovelies, my nightly practice sessions have been for naught (not sure if that will be any [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tom “Smitty” Smith’
Public Citizen Urges Texas Court to Force State Air Agency to Regulate Global Warming Emissions
Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged air contaminant, Austin, blackburn and carter, clean air act, climate change, Coal, coal plant, dangerous pollutant, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Global Warming, hunton coal plant, Massachusetts v EPA, new source review, no regrets, nucoastal, public citizen texas, TCEQ, texas coal tour, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tom "Smitty" Smith, travis county district cout, us supreme court on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
AUSTIN – Saying that climate change must be considered when new coal plants and other facilities are approved, Public Citizen today sued the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in the Travis County District Court to require the commission to regulate global warming gases. This case seeks to extend to Texas law the precedent set [...]
It’s a major award! Honoring Smitty for his advocacy work!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged heinz award, heinz family foundation, public citizen texas, smitty, teresa heinz, Tom "Smitty" Smith on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today the Heinz Foundation announced that it has honored Tom “Smitty” Smith, Public Citizen Texas’ Director of 24 years, with the 15th annual Heinz Award. Smitty was one of ten recipients of this major award, which this year honors individuals that “have helped bring about a cleaner, greener and more sustainable planet.” Teresa Heinz, chairman of [...]
EPA Calls for Proper Enforcement of Clean Air Act in Texas
Posted in Toxics, tagged clean air, clean air act, EPA, galveston-houston association for smog prevention, ghasp, ken kramer, Lisa Jackson, matthew tejada, obama, polluters, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, TCEQ, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tom "Smitty" Smith on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Environmental Groups welcome EPA’s proposed rejection of key elements of TCEQ’s air permitting plan and call for proper enforcement of Clean Air Act protections in Texas (Austin) — Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and the Galveston/Houston Association for Smog Prevent (GHASP) welcomed the EPA proposal today to disapprove key aspects of the Texas clean-air permitting program [...]
San Antonio Nuclear Show Down: VIDEO from KSTX Town Hall on Energy
Posted in Renewables, tagged bay city, citizens against nuclear power, CPS Energy, Energy, julian castro, kstx, lanny sinkin, michael kotara, Nuclear Power, nuke, Public Citizen, Renewables, San Antonio, solar power, solar san antonio, South Texas Project, STP, Tom "Smitty" Smith, town hall on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week we invited folks to attend KSTX’s Town Hall on Energy in San Antonio. This event featured Michael Kotara, Executive Vice President for Energy Development, CPS Energy and Mayor Julián Castro, Lanny Sinkin, Executive Director, Solar San Antonio and co-founder of Citizens Against Nuclear Power, and Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith, whitehat extraordinaire [...]
David’s Internship Testimony
Posted in Good Government, Uncategorized, tagged environment, internship, Job, Political Reform, Public Citizen, Research, smitty, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Work on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NOTE: David really wrote this and while Citizen Sarah might have put him up to it, she didn’t tell him what to say — just to write about his experience. The moral of the story is: interning at Public Citizen is awesome. Apply today (or tomorrow, if you already have plans for today). But soon! [...]
San Antonio Nuclear Showdown TONIGHT
Posted in Nuclear, tagged clean technology forum, CPS Energy, facebook, julian castro, kstx, lanny sinkin, michael kotara, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, public radio, San Antonio, san antonio town hall, solar san antonio, South Texas Project, STP, terry gildea, Texas, texas public radio, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Twitter on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: The streaming audio from last night’s event was, unfortunately, very hard to listen to — but folks who weren’t willing to wade through the feedback can watch our video of the town hall in its entirety, which we should be able to post in the next couple days Tonight KSTX will host a Town [...]
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 [...]
Public Citizen Applauds Leadership, Vision of New PEC Board
Posted in Energy, Good Government, Renewables, tagged Austin, bill of rights, christi clement, electric coop, Energy Efficiency, larry landacker, money laundering, open government, patrick cox, pec, pec scandal, pedernales electric coop, Public Citizen, reform, renewable energy, Texas, theft, Tom "Smitty" Smith, whistleblower protection on June 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Board Promises Transparency, Whistleblower Protections, Open Meetings AUSTIN, Texas – The first meeting of the new board of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) on Monday marked an unprecedented change in leadership and vision for the nation’s largest electric cooperative. Not only is the majority of the board progressive reformers, but it is led by an [...]
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 [...]
Meet Smitty, Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american changemaker, campaigns for people, Clean Water Action, environmental hero, gary, Global Warming, greenhouse gasses, greenwashing, indiana, nuclear plants, power plants, public citizen texas, sustainlane, texans for public justice, texas ratepayer's organization to save energy, Tom "Smitty" Smith, valparaiso university on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SustainLane, an on-line “people powered sustainability guide”, recently wrote an in-depth profile piece on Public Citizen’s own Tom “Smitty” Smith. For an excellent glimpse of the man behind the machine, our very own white-hat-wearing fearless leader and official “American Changemaker,” check out the following: ‘Smitty’ Wrangles Texans for Environmental Battles by Amy Linn, SustainLane Staff [...]
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 [...]
Happy Earth Day Op-Ed
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged Austin American-Statesman, Clean Energy, consumption, earth day, Energy Efficiency, environmental defense fund, green jobs, houston chronicle, Public Citizen, Renewables, Sierra Club, Tom "Smitty" Smith, Weatherization on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For your Earth Day enjoyment, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and Environmental Defense have written a joint Op-Ed that has been published in both the Austin American Statesman & the Houston Chronicle. So on this day of celebration, Let’s Begin a Better Future Now and Enact Energy Laws to Clear Air, Create Jobs! Check it out: [...]
Public Citizen Urges Residents to Attend Upcoming Hearing on White Stallion Power Plant
Posted in Coal, tagged bay city, bay city convention center, coal block, colorado river, hunton igcc, no coal coalition, NRG, Public Citizen, robert malina, ryan rittenhouse, soah, state office of administrative hearings, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith, white stallion, white stallion energy center, white stallion power plant on April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Residents Who May Be Affected by Plant’s Pollutants Should Tell the Judge AUSTIN – Next Monday marks the last chance to register as legal opponents to the White Stallion power plant proposed near Bay City, and Public Citizen is urging people to attend. Opponents have organized a group called the No Coal Coalition around concerns [...]
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