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NRG could pull out permanently from STP expansion by the end of the 2011 3rd quarter.

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, tagged Austin, Energy, loan guarantee, nrg energy, STP, toshiba, tx on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

NRG Energy, Inc. posted their 2010 Full-Year and Fourth Quarter results today. It appears that if no loan guarantees are forthcoming and the company fails to secure sufficient Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for the STP expansion project by the third quarter of this year, NRG could make a final decision to pull the project. For [...]

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NRC holding public meeting March 2nd for STP’s environmental review for their license renewal

Posted in Global Warming, tagged bay city, Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, STP, tx on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold two public meetings on the environmental review of South Texas Project (STP) Nuclear Operating Co.’s application to renew the operating licenses for the STP nuclear reactors near Bay City. The public is invited to attend and comment on environmental issues the NRC should consider in its [...]

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Houston Redistricting Hearing

Posted in Campaign Finance, Consumers, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged Government, houston, redistricting, Texas Legislature, tx on November 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Come one, come all. The House Committee on Redistricting is taking public testimony at hearings around the state regarding redistricting that will help shape the districts for both the house and senate of the Texas legislature, Texas congressional districts, and districts for the election of judicial officers or of governing bodies or representatives of political subdivisions or [...]

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Austin Redistricting Hearing

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Austin, redistricting, tx on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Coal Ash EPA Hearing in Texas

Posted in Coal, Energy, Good Government, Toxics, tagged Coal, coal ash, dallas, EPA, hearing, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Texas, tx, waste on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The EPA is holding hearings on newly proposed coal ash regulations throughout the country. One of the few places they’ve decided to hold a hearing is Dallas. Coal ash waste facilities have never been properly regulated, despite the fact that coal ash is full of toxic pollutants and carcinogens. This is due primarily to the [...]

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NRC ACCEPTS APPLICATION FOR EARLY SITE PERMIT AT VICTORIA COUNTY SITE IN TEXAS

Posted in Nuclear, tagged Exelon, NRC, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, tx, Victoria on June 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings Early Site Permit (ESP) application for the Victoria County site near Victoria, Texas. The application and associated information were initially submitted on March 25 and is available, minus proprietary and security-related details, on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/victoria.html. Exelon’s application seeks approval [...]

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Nukes in Texas are heating up again!

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Exelon, Nuclear, public hearing, tx, Victoria, water on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Exelon Nuclear plans to file a 6,000-plus-page document that would give it as many as 40 years to begin work on a power plant in Victoria. Exelon has looked at building a plant in this area of Texas since 2007. It plans to file an early site permit application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March [...]

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Could this be Texas’ solar session?

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, andrew mccalla, Austin, business and commerce, Carbon Dioxide, climate change, CPS Energy, distributed solar, eliot shapiro, emerging technology fund, energy conservation office, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, green jobs, greenhouse gas, hb 516, jose beceiro, kirk watson, leticia van de putte, made in texas, mark strama, meridian energy systems, peak energy prices, peak power, Public Citizen, rafael anchia, renewable energy, Rodney Ellis, sb 435, sb 541, sb 542, sb 545, sb 546, sb 598, sb 603, senator rodney ellis, Sierra Club, solar legislation, solar power, texas center for sustainable business, texas solar roadmap, troy fraser, tx, wildcatting the sun on February 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

At last! I can fill you in on Monday’s fantastic solar press conference at the capitol! Public Citizen, Environment Texas and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a statewide round of press conferences this week to roll out our solar report, Texas Solar Roadmap — which of course can be downloaded at [...]

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