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Dallas Morning News Editorial: Editorial: Clean air vs. jobs is a false choice
This editorial from the Dallas Morning News is a little bit old news, responding to Governor Perry’s lawsuit against the EPA’s endangerment finding about carbon dioxide, BUT I really like the message...
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On global warming, the science is solid
Last weekend professors and scientists from four major Texas universities joined forces to write an editorial in the Houston Chronicle defending the science of global warming from skeptics and deniers....
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By Meeting Renewable Energy Goal 15 Years Ahead of Schedule, Texas Shows...
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office We are thrilled – but not surprised – that because of a growth spurt in the development of wind energy, Texas has met its...
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White Stallion Town Hall Meeting
This footage is of the town hall event that was held in Bay City in April. Though invited, White Stallion representatives refused to show up to answer questions from the public. Some Bay City...
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TCEQ Decides That Regulating Pollution Isn’t Their Job
Yesterday the TCEQ remanded the air permit for the proposed Las Brisas petroleum-coke plant back to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. What they didn’t do is require the facility to do what’s...
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TCEQ Proves Incompetent Once Again, Approves White Stallion Coal Plant
Today the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) continued their decades-long campaign of ineptitude and inadequacy as they approved the air quality permit for the White Stallion Coal Plant...
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Austin Energy offers consumers assistance with charging stations for their...
In the coming weeks you might notice a sleek, new Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt cruising past you on the road. Many of the major car companies are introducing electric, plug-in vehicles (EVs) designed for...
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To Beef or Not to Beef: The Cattle Industry is Trampling All Over Our...
The next time you bite into that double quarter-pounder with cheese, you may want to think twice about it. Literally though, once for your health and once for Mother Nature dearest. The livestock and...
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The Texas Livestock Industry: Are our cows at risk?
Americans tend to think of climate change as a ‘down the road’ future phenomenon. But the fact of the matter is that although the world isn’t coming to an end tomorrow, we are being impacted by climate...
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Your Grocery Bill and the Amazon Rainforest: What’s the Big Deal?
Could your trip down to the neighborhood meat market, or your favorite burger joint be contributing to the demise of the Amazon rainforest? Cattle ranching in Brazil is the leading cause of...
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Clean Air Act Restrictions Pushed Aside in Wake of Political Preparation and...
Election season is imminent and advocates for environmental welfare and public health need not look very far for the hyper-political red tape and drawbacks to pollution legislation. Like many of her...
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EPA Sets First Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency issued the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. “Today we’re taking a common-sense step to reduce pollution in our air, protect the...
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A new scientific study for climate change deniers to bash
MSNBC reports that a scientific paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature on Wednesday concluded that during the end of the last Ice Age (12,000 years ago), global temperatures rose after...
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Biofuels: A Natural Energy Alternative
Chlorella sp. is a species of algae that has a significant proportion of fatty acids to its body mass. For humans, this can be a problem. But, in a world needing more clean energy, fatty biomass is...
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Climate Change Denial vs. Science at Texas Legislature
Just before Earth Day, the House of Representatives once again demonstrated its commitment to protecting the fossil fuel industries that fund many of the members campaigns instead of protecting the...
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The IPCC Report Paints Grim Forecast of Future Unless We Act Now to Curb...
“Human interference with the climate system is occurring, and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems.” IPCC WGII AR5 The opening session of IPCC meeting in Yokohama.Photo by Yoshikazu...
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How EPA Carbon Rules Offer Opportunity, Not Hardship
Back in the 1990s, the EPA introduced rules to stop acid rain by cutting the emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Critics thought it couldn’t be done, but inventive engineers came up with new...
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Direct Air Capture of CO2: A Climate Solution with Limitations
Carbon Engineering’s direct air capture facility sucks CO2 directly from the atmospheric air. – Carbon Engineering To maintain climate, we need to cut greenhouse gas – especially carbon – emissions...
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Behind The Myth of Biofuels with Carbon Capture Storage: Food Security,...
As global temperatures continue to rise along with CO2 emissions, leaders in need of solutions should be cautious when considering the potential of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)....
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Natural Climate Solutions: Restoring Forests and Soils for Carbon Sequestration
Even as we struggle with heat waves, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, drought, and rising sea levels are as a result of climate change, the potential to sequester carbon in forests and soils offers...
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