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Time for Meditation
Monday, February 22, 2010
One of the ways I make a living is by being a mediator. No, I don't sit in a room chanting a mantra. That's a meditator, which is different. (At…
Good, Clean Air
Monday, January 04, 2010
At some point in the next few days, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will most likely propose a new standard for what constitutes clean air.
The new…
Sunny Persistence
Sunday, May 17, 2009
A little less than a year ago, I recounted how Liz chose not to go with me to the Boswell High School homecoming festivities when I was a freshman…
Newsroom » Speeches and Statements
Speech to ERCOT Annual Meeting
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thank you for inviting me to speak today. I appreciate what you all do and how important you are to the State of Texas. I’m glad to be here.
Watson’s Greenhouse Gas bill looks like it’s headed to Gov.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A proposal that calls for a study of ways consumers and businesses can save money while cutting carbon emissions won tentative approval by the House today and looks like it’s…
Progress, pitfalls in Legislature
Friday, March 27, 2009
This newspaper has steadily advocated for specific quality-of-life issues on a city-, region- and statewide scale. The current session of the Legislature is an opportunity to make…
Newsroom » In the News
Renewables Could Add Tens of Thousands of Jobs in Texas
Monday, August 16, 2010
If lawmakers next year expand the renewable portfolio standards for electric generation to 13,000 with about one-fourth of that set aside for solar power, Texas could expect to add nearly…
Comptroller officials grilled about appliance rebate fiasco
Friday, April 30, 2010
State senators had sharp questions for the Texas comptroller's office Thursday about the much-derided launch of an appliance rebate program earlier this month.
At an economic development committee hearing, Sen.…
Don’t Blow It
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Texas' wind power prowess is well known: Turbines have been popping up in West Texas like weeds, and the state now leads the rest of the country by a…
