Category: Texas
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Southeast Coal Exports: A Climate Shell Game?
SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN ENERGY — We must recognize that in increasing exportation of our domestic coal, the U.S. is actually just exporting its carbon footprint along with its coal. Instead of …
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Texas Wind and Solar More Competitive Than Natural Gas
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND — As state leaders look for ways to encourage new capacity in the midst of a drought, it’s important to realize that renewable energy is now competitive over the long term with conventional resources. The fact that renewable energy resources can reduce our water dependency …
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Groups Demand Fracking Chemical Info
EARTHJUSTICE — In an effort to help protect the public from exposure to toxic chemicals, environmental and health groups went to court today to ask a judge to require the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to disclose information about chemicals used …
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Record Wind Output Lights Up Texas On Christmas
Texas sets a wind power output record (again), hitting 8,638 megawatts on Christmas Day. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling.
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Reuse, Recycle: Old Walmart Finds New LIfe As A Library
Weighing in at 124,000 square feet, the new McAllen Public Library in McAllen, Texas — once a Super Walmart — has taken a top interior design award. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling. …