Now that the ball’s dropped, toasts made, fireworks popped and black eyed peas consumed, we’re feeling reflective today. Faced with that eternally annual question, “Should Auld Aquaintance Be Forgot?“, I’m moved to such mental poetry as “Heck no, this year was too much fun!” We’ve had a hell of a year here at Texas Vox. [...]
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Year in Review: Top Texas Vox Stories of 2009
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, solar, tagged 2009, 2010, 81st legislative session, Air Quality, american petroleum institute, API, astroturf, auld lange syne, calendars, chubbing, City Council, clean air act, Clean Energy, climate, climate legislation, Energy, Energy Citizens, Energy Efficiency, freedomworks, governor perry, green fleets, green gee, Netroots, new year, no regrets, north carolina, Obama administration, public citizen texas, solar districts, solar power, Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), texas vox, voter id on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Perry Announces Special Session
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged Clean Energy, economic growth, governor perry, green jobs, jim kyle, memphis, Office of Public Insurance Counsel, pew, renewable energy, Rick Perry, Rodney Ellis, solar, special session, State Affordable Housing Corporation, sunset safety net, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Department of Insurance, texas department of transportation, Texas Racing Commission, voter id, wind on June 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Earlier this week, Governor Perry announced that he would, in fact, call back legislators for an extended special session. What exactly this session will cover (voter ID? please no!) remains unclear, but the Governor has committed to addressing the “sunset safety net” bill that was left on the table. The Houston Chronicle reports, The governor [...]
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 [...]
A Ray of Hope for Solar Power
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged bio gas, buy back rates, hb 1243, net metering, non wind rps, rps, sb 545, senator fraser, small wind, solar, texas senate, troy fraser, voter id on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this morning, I offered the consolation that bills which died due to the Voter ID debacle could be revived as amendments to other bills. This afternoon, I’m keeping an eye on the Senate to see if my solar dreams will come true. This afternoon, the Senate has HB 1243 on their intent calendar. HB [...]
Voter ID Chubfest Put Texas Environmental Bills At Risk
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, amendments, austin american stateman, chubbing, driver's license, electric coops, Energy Efficiency, kip averitt, solar energy, solar power, stalling, texas house, texas senate, voter id, Waco on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been following the Texas Legislature at all over the weekend, you’ve probably heard the term “chubbing” at least once. Yesterday marked the deadline for all bills that originated in the Senate to pass second reading — which means that any bills that didn’t make it through the House by midnight last night are [...]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Help air quality and solar in Texas!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 2009 iecc building codes, auto emissions, building codes, clean air, dirty energy, Energy Efficiency, federal stimuls funds, green jobs, lobbyists, plug-in hybrids, sb 541, sb 545, sb16, solar energy, texas capitol, texas house, voter id on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The House has been moving very slowly in an effort to kill a Voter ID bill, but it appears the logjam has been broken. Now we have to pass our key solar and clean air bills before midnight Tuesday, May 26, which is the deadline for the House to pass any bills from the Senate. [...]
Voter Suppression Update: Come Testify in the House
Posted in Good Government, Uncategorized, tagged house elections committee, public testimony, reagan building, voter id, voter suppression on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the House Election Committee heard invited testimony on the House version of the notorious Voter Suppression (ID, if you must) bill. Today the committee will hear public testimony on the bill (that’s your cue). Remember, if you don’t want to wait around to testify, you can always sign up in opposition to the bill. [...]
Voter ID Passes Senate Committee Hearing
Posted in Good Government, Privacy, tagged ap, Capitol Annex, david dewhurst, house elections committee, sb 362, texas house, texas senate, Vince Leibowitz, voter id, voter suppression on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a grueling 23-hour hearing, the Senate passed SB 362, requiring that voters present a photo identification. No big surprise there. The AP reports, No one was surprised that a special Senate panel, which includes all 31 senators and Republican Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, approved the legislation along straight party lines in a 20-12 vote [...]
After midnight in the Senate: Voter ID at hour 16 and counting…
Posted in Good Government, Privacy, tagged liveblogging, Texas, texas senate, voter, voter id on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is 2am. I have been listening to the Senate debate voter ID suppression for the past 16 hours. I hope all of you have been following us on Twitter, as some of those tweets were quite entertaining. I have heard the arguments. Here are my opinions: Those opposed to voter ID have successfully proved [...]
Voter ID Bill in Committee Tuesday, Oppose Today!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged committee hearing, facebook, laurie vanhoose, texas state senate, voter id, voter suppression on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This Tuesday, March 10th starting at 9 am the entire Texas Senate will hold a massive hearing on SB 362, a voter suppression bill that would require voters to show multiple forms of photo identification in order to vote at the polls. Don’t think having to show ID to vote sounds that bad? Think about [...]
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