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Black Coffeyville Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding		03 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Black Coffeyville Oil spill adds agitation to tri-state flooding A 42,000-gallon oil spill in Kansas is complicating state and federal response to flooding that has walloped that state, Oklahoma, and Texas. Weeks of rain have forced evacuations and caused at least 11 deaths. On Sunday, workers at a Coffeyville, Kan., oil refinery began evacuation procedures, but a malfunction sent bla ...
Topics: Kansas, news, oil, Oklahoma, severe weather, Texas, water pollution (all these topics)

Citgo Boom Jury finds Citgo guilty of criminal Clean Air Act charges		29 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Citgo Boom Jury finds Citgo guilty of criminal Clean Air Act charges In a legal first, oil refiner Citgo has been found guilty of criminal charges under the Clean Air Act. The case -- involving two open-air storage tanks in Corpus Christi, Texas, that released the carcinogen benzene into the air -- marks the first time criminal violations of the act have gone to trial; previous cases against ref ...
Topics: business, energy, environmental justice, news, oil, Texas (all these topics)

The Long and Windy Road California is no longer leading the pack on wind energy	Kate Galbraith	28 Jun 2007	Main Dish
Last year, California suffered the ultimate indignity in its quest to be the "greenest state." It was passed by red Texas -- the oil heartland -- for the title of state with the most wind-power generating capacity. The numbers get even more depressing. Last year, California's wind capacity grew at a slower rate than any of the other top 10 wind-producing states. Texas's w ...
Topics: California, energy, innovation, renewable energy, Texas, wind power (all these topics)

Barrier Methods Galveston, Texas, expected to approve history-defying development plans		26 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Barrier Methods Galveston, Texas, expected to approve history-defying development plans The city of Galveston perches precariously on a Texas barrier island; some 8,000 people were killed there by a hurricane in 1900. But hindsight shmindsight! Officials are set to OK construction of over 1,000 acres of hotels and homes, the largest development in city history. Geologists hired to study the issue have s ...
Topics: insanity, news, placemaking, severe weather, Texas (all these topics)

A few random notes	Andrew Dessler	25 May 2007	Gristmill
For Gristers in Houston, you might be interested in this event. A good friend of mine, Emmett Duffy, has started a new blog called The Natural Patriot. Emmett is a marine scientist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. Check out his entry on what it means to be a Natural Patriot -- and add this blog to your RSS reader.
Topics: climate, climate science, Texas (all these topics)

Who's that good-lookin' guy in the commercial? Hey, that's me!	Andrew Dessler	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Republicans for Environmental Protection have sponsored a TV ad on climate change to run in Austin this week. The goal is to drum up support for the several bills on climate change currently before the Texas Legislature. Here it is: There's also an article about the ad in the Austin-American Statesman here.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, shameless self-promotion, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

Testifying before the Texas Legislature on climate change Read about it and/or watch it happen	Andrew Dessler	01 May 2007	Gristmill
There are something like 12 bills in the Texas Legislature this session addressing climate change. Most of them are deader than a doornail, but we might see passage this session of a bill to create a Texas climate change task force. This doesn't sound like much, but for Texas it's actually quite an accomplishment. To get an idea of what testifying there is like, you can take a look at my archived testimony here (Real Audio). My testimony starts at 9:20. Particularl ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, Texas (all these topics)

Texas solar opportunity Act nowor forever hold your pleas	Adam Browning	07 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The battle over the TXU coal plants has been well chronicled on these pages. As an elegant companion to the efforts to shut down coal, there's a proposal in the Texas Legislature -- sitting in committee right now -- that would develop a world-class solar energy program for Texas. The TexSUN solar program (House Bill 2226 and Senate Bill 1357) would remove some of the regulatory barriers standing in the way of a robust solar market, and provide incentives to home ...
Topics: energy, solar voltaic power, Texas (all these topics)

Who are the green power leaders? NREL tells us	Kif Scheuer	04 Apr 2007	Gristmill
DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) yesterday released its annual ranking of leading utility green power programs: Customer choice programs are proving to be a powerful stimulus for growth in renewable energy supply. In 2006, total utility green power sales exceeded 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), about a 30% increase over 2005. More than 500,000 customers are participating in utility programs nationwide, up more than 10% from 2005 Some highlights f ...
Topics: energy, renewable energy, Texas (all these topics)

Brawn With the Wind Goldman Sachs and other financial powerhouses get into the Texas wind biz	Kate Galbraith	23 Mar 2007	Main Dish
What is Goldman Sachs doing in rural Texas? Probably some of its bankers have wondered that themselves, when they find they're three hours from the nearest latte. A Texas turbine. Photo: NREL / Cielo Wind Power One of Goldman's subsidiaries, Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy, is constructing a $600 million, 400-megawatt wind farm in the boonies west of Dallas. Financiers of ...
Topics: business, energy, Texas, wind power (all these topics)

Renewable energy and the election It's popular even in Texas	Adam Browning	21 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I take issue with one-issue voters, mostly because I think one-issue candidates make terrible legislators. But that said, I wouldn't do what I do if didn't believe that transitioning to a renewable energy economy is a critical, keystone challenge facing our country, with profound implications for our future. And I'm not the only one. I don't think politicians properly appreciate how popular renewable energy is. Take this recent poll (PDF) from Texas, the heart of ...
Topics: elections, Energy, politics, renewable energy, Texas (all these topics)

What's a Couple of Coal Plants Among Friends? TXU buyers announce plans for two coal-gasification plants		12 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
What's a Couple of Coal Plants Among Friends? TXU buyers announce plans for two coal-gasification plants The private firms that proposed a $45 billion buyout of Texas coal giant TXU continue to make some hearts go pitter-pat. After announcing that TXU would scuttle plans for all but three new coal-fired power plants, the firms added Friday that they would look into building two coal gasification plants ...
Topics: business, coal, energy, greenwashing, news, Texas (all these topics)

Texas: Climate's anti-canary The last to react	Andrew Dessler	09 Mar 2007	Gristmill
We all know and love the 'canary in a coal mine' analogy, where the canary is a first warning sign of some potential catastrophe. The Arctic is a good example of a canary for climate change, since we expect (and indeed see) the effects of climate change there first. Then there's the anti-canary. Rather than being the first to react, the anti-canary is the last. When the anti-canary moves on an issue, you know that everyone else has already moved. In the climate ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, politics, Texas (all these topics)

Texas Fold 'Em TXU Corp. board accepts biggest buyout offer in U.S. history		26 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Texas Fold 'Em TXU Corp. board accepts biggest buyout offer in U.S. history The white-hot controversy over 11 proposed coal plants in Texas has taken on a new hue. The board of TXU Corp., which has kicked up an anti-coal firestorm among businesses, politicians, and citizens, voted yesterday to accept the largest leveraged buyout offer in U.S. history -- and the $45 billion deal looks oddly g ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics)

Perry and Thrust Judge's ruling could buy Texas coal-plant permit objectors more time		21 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Perry and Thrust Judge's ruling could buy Texas coal-plant permit objectors more time They say everything's bigger in Texas, and that applies to coal battles too. A big ol' permit hearing on six of the power plants proposed by TXU Corp. was scheduled to kick off today, with opponents explaining why they're not keen to live in a "ring of fire." But the anti-coal crowd got a big ol' reprieve: a judge decided yesterday th ...
Topics: coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics)

Y'all Go Away Now, Y'Hear? Texans rally to stop coal-fired power plants		13 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Y'all Go Away Now, Y'Hear? Texans rally to stop coal-fired power plants Some 1,000 fired-up citizens gathered at the Texas Capitol on Sunday to oppose proposals for up to 18 new coal-fired power plants in the state. The protest, organized by about 40 environmental and health groups, attracted greens, businessfolk, and people who like breathing. Much ire has been focused on energy giant TXU, which has a $10 billion proposal to bu ...
Topics: coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics)

Hey, We'll Take Stewardship Texan Baptists turn themselves into quiet anti-coal activists		08 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Hey, We'll Take Stewardship Texan Baptists turn themselves into quiet anti-coal activists Duty says we should report on the $5.9 billion Kyoto loophole that let China add simple upgrades to plants making a gas called HFC-23 and reap gigantic benefits through carbon trading. But yawn! Wouldn't you rather read about Texan Baptists busting the shackles of their anti-eco-activism past to combat coal-fired power ...
Topics: climate, news, religion and spirituality, Texas (all these topics)

Another op-ed on climate change and Texas New coal plants like accelerating toward a wall	Andrew Dessler	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
My colleague Jerry North and I wrote an op-ed about plans to build a slew of new coal plants in Texas. It was not published, but I think it makes some good points. Interestingly, many of these same points are made in a recently published op-ed reported on here. Texas, coal, and climate change You're driving fast down a winding road. It's nighttime, and visibility is poor. You think you see warning lights in the distance, but you're not sure. Do you: Step on ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, Texas (all these topics)

Austin Legal Citizen, environmental groups sue Texas guv over controversial coal plants		19 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Austin Legal Citizen, environmental groups sue Texas guv over controversial coal plants The big ol' mess in Texas over TXU Corp.'s plan to build 11 coal-fired plants just got messier: four citizen and environmental groups have sued the state's governor, Rick Perry (R), for fast-tracking the permit process. Thanks to a swaggerific executive order Perry issued two years ago -- which the groups say violated both state law and the T ...
Topics: coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics)

Not Just for Stockings Anymore Plans for coal plants in Texas, Kansas fueling opposition from all sides		14 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Not Just for Stockings Anymore Plans for coal plants in Texas, Kansas fueling opposition from all sides As U.S. utilities try to keep pace with the energy-sucking public, they're planning 150 new coal-fired plants. But with coal plants already causing a third of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions, critics are emerging from all corners. A heated battle in Texas over TXU Corp.'s plans for 11 new plants has inspired a h ...
Topics: coal, energy, Kansas, news, Texas (all these topics)

The Texas Supply-chain Massacre Federal agency says cost-cutting a factor in fatal BP refinery explosion		31 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
The Texas Supply-chain Massacre Federal agency says cost-cutting a factor in fatal BP refinery explosion Ooh, what a little belt-tightening can do: a new federal review says cost-cutting by BP contributed to the 2005 refinery explosion in Texas City, Texas, that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others. Carolyn Merritt, chair of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, says the corporation implemented a 25 percent cut that affected infras ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, Texas (all these topics)

Crazed, Greedy Drilling in Texas? You Don't Say Natural-gas drilling booms in Fort Worth		27 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Crazed, Greedy Drilling in Texas? You Don't Say Natural-gas drilling booms in Fort Worth Forth Worth, Texas, lies atop a huge natural-gas field, and thus is at the center of the biggest urban drilling boom in the U.S. today. The city has leased more than 2,400 acres of public land for natural-gas development; over 600 wells have cropped up in the last year alone, and, says Mayor Mike Moncrief, "we've only just starte ...
Topics: energy, natural gas, news, Texas (all these topics)

Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment		02 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
Bordering on Ridiculous Border-fence plan could wreak havoc on environment Congress approved a plan late last week to build a 700-mile-long, two-layer fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to keep out illegal immigrants, eliciting an overwhelmingly negative reaction from environmentalists and, well, folks with a firm grasp on reality. "The fence is a knee-jerk r ...
Topics: land degradation, Mexico, news, politics, ranching, Texas, water conflicts (all these topics)

The Texas Planet Massacre Texas may approve 16 new coal-fired power plants		06 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
The Texas Planet Massacre Texas may approve 16 new coal-fired power plants The state of Texas, which spews more greenhouse gases than Canada or the U.K., is set to reduce its emissions. And by "reduce" we mean "massively increase." Texas may soon approve construction of 16 new coal-fired power plants. And not the fancy new "clean coal" kind, either -- the old-school dirty kind, which would ...
Topics: climate, coal, energy, news, Texas (all these topics)

Texas set to build new coal-fired power plants National efforts to cut GHG emissions will suffer	David Roberts	05 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Everyone is justifiably excited about the good news out of California, but a much more representative microcosm of the climate debate can be found in the great state of Texas. Texas leads the nation in GHG emissions -- it spews more than Canada or the U.K. It has no plan for reducing those emissions. It has rejected legislative efforts to reduce them for years. In essence, Governor Rick Perry has said that he won't do anything until the feds do, which we all know is ...
Topics: coal, energy, Texas (all these topics)

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