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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…
Advanced Solar Homes Can Cut Costs
Monday, October 12, 2009
With nearly 2.2 million new homes likely to be built in Texas in the next twenty years, a new report finds that building these homes with energy-efficient technology and solar…
High hopes on solar energy go unfulfilled this session
Saturday, June 06, 2009
It wasn’t solar’s time to shine, after all.
The 81st Texas Legislature began with strong interest in cleaner energy — lawmakers filed at least 69 bills related to solar…
Television takeback bill headed to Gov.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
A bill that requires television manufacturers to provide Texas residents with a free and convenient way to recycle their used TVs cleared the Senate today and is on its way…
Senate passes measure to boost development of solar energy plants
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
A high-profile bill that would expand goals for renewable energy by encouraging the development of solar energy plants to generate electricity was passed Tuesday by the Texas Senate.
Approval of…
Panhandle Republican takes middle path in carbon rules
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The sole rule at meetings of the carbon management caucus, organized by state Rep. Warren Chisum, is that none of the 40 or so members may talk about global warming.
…Bill would set environmental rules for new schools
Sunday, March 29, 2009
For four decades, Bayshore Elementary was the picture of a neighborhood school, a red-brick building among tidy houses on a tree-lined street in Shoreacres.
An in-depth look to ecofriendly school buses
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Texas Clean School Bus program can issue $8 million to reimburse Texas School districts that retrofit school buses, and one of the unique buses was being showcased Thursday morning.
State asks schools to cut back on bus emissions
Thursday, September 25, 2008
State officials encouraged Texas school districts to clean up their school bus fleets Thursday.
Officials from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Senator Kirk Watson and the Executive…
Texas PUC approves additional wind capacity
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas today selected a transmission scenario that will eventually transmit a total of 18,456 MW of wind power from West Texas and the Texas…
Texas lawmakers line up behind wind power
Monday, July 14, 2008
Texas lawmakers say wind energy is the ticket to the state's economic future. But how much will wind power add to your electric bill?
"We could position ourselves in Texas…
Federal study to look at coal plants’ impact on Austin air
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
State lawmakers are looking at smog solutions, now that federal clean air standards have been strengthened.If Austin has trouble meeting the new smog standards, the Environmental Protection Agency will require…
In Texas, Climate Creeping onto Agenda
Monday, November 26, 2007
Texas emits more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than any other state. And if Texas were a country, it would be the seventh-largest carbon dioxide polluter in the world.
Texas's…
