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An in-depth look to ecofriendly school buses
Thursday, September 25, 2008
KXANThe 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
News 8 AustinState 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…
Leaders question no needle exchange
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
KXANThe Allison Elementary school students were on recess at the nearby Civitan Park.
KXAN photojournalist Manuel Montana spotted another dirty needle at the park on Wednesday.
Texas is…
Report details mansion security lapses
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
by Tony Plohetski, David ShiehAustin American-Statesman
A key member of Gov. Rick Perry's protection detail didn't do enough to protect the historic Governor's Mansion from an arsonist, including failing to tell supervisors about broken security cameras…
Texas PUC approves additional wind capacity
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Energy CurrentThe 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
by Elise HuKVUE News
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…
Watson wows Democratic faithful
Thursday, June 12, 2008
by W. Gardner SelbyAustin American-Statesman
Second only to Nueces County delegates tossing out beach balls for activists to smack around the Austin Convention Center, the most surprising sideshow at the Texas Democratic Party's convention may…
Democrats gather for state convention
Friday, June 06, 2008
by Kelley ShannonAssociated Press
Backers of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton showed up en masse Friday for the start of the Texas Democratic Party's state convention and an attempt to…
Watson: Every kid is our cause
Friday, June 06, 2008
by Gary ScharrerHouston Chronicle
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and former Austin mayor also welcomed convention delegates while highlighting some of the Democrats' priorities - such as education, health care, the environment and investing…
Speech to Texas Democratic Convention
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Thank you.
Isn't it a great day to be in Austin, Texas?
And isn't it a great time to be a Texas Democrat?
Welcome, all of you, to your state…
Sunset review calls for more oversight of TxDOT
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
by Ben WearAustin American-Statesman
The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, in a rebuke to the Texas Department of Transportation, called Tuesday for putting the agency on what amounts to a four-year leash.
The commission's staff,…
Statement on TxDOT Sunset Report
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
For years, politics have played far too big a role in transportation issues. Needless battles have overwhelmed efforts to address our state's ever-worsening congestion. And information has too often been…
CAMPO Decision Tree Takes Root
Thursday, May 08, 2008
by Katherine GregorAustin Chronicle
"It's a very significant point in the history of transportation planning in this community," heralded Sen. KirkWatson. After five months, the Transit Working Group this week unanimously endorsed a new,…
Streetcar Blow-Up
Thursday, May 01, 2008
by Katherine GregorAustin Chronicle
Contrary to what was reported in a front-page Statesman article and editorial this past week, the city of Austin has not in fact abandoned plans for a streetcar, nor has…
TCEQ Letter on E-Waste Rules
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC 100
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Dear Chairman Garcia:
I understand that the Commission…
