UT Poll: 3 Out of 4 Americans Acknowledge Climate Change
October 26, 2015
At a time when Texas representatives in Washington are denying scientific evidence on climate disruption, and the state is leading a massive lawsuit against the EPA over the Clean Power Plan, a new poll by the University of Texas at Austin says more...
State Energy Conservation Office Proposes Updating Texas Energy Codes
October 19, 2015
In a welcome development, the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) proposed rules earlier this month that would raise the minimum energy codes in Texas for new construction to 2015 standards. The proposed rules – published in the Texas Register...
Statement of Cyrus Reed on ERCOT Clean Power Plan Impact Analysis
October 16, 2015
Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator for most of Texas, released an analysis of the potential impacts of the Clean Power Plan - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new standards for carbon pollution from...
Austin Approves More Solar
October 15, 2015
Today, Austin City Council approved a resolution on an 8-2-1 vote authorizing Austin Energy, the city-owned utility, to contract approximately 162 megawatts of solar energy. This decision means that Austin Energy will have approximately 600 MW of...
Austin City Advisory Committees Tell City Council: Get More Solar
October 13, 2015
In an extraordinary (and long) joint meeting of Austin’s Resource Management Commission (RMC) and Electric Utility Commission (EUC) last night, both bodies took slightly different approaches but sent a simple message to Austin City Council: Buy....
Carman: Largest Texas Cities Need to Clean Up Smog
October 13, 2015
The major Texas urban areas of Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria have had the worst ozone (aka smog) pollution in the state since the 1970s, when ozone monitoring began. In fact, these two areas have had among the nation's worst smog...
Is El Paso Electric Two-Faced on Solar?
October 2, 2015
In a series of filings with the Texas Public Utility Commission, El Paso Electric is making some strange moves on solar, making them almost seem two-faced. Sometimes they seem to like solar, but in their proposed rate case, they would create a new...
Statement of Cyrus Reed on Austin City Council Approving 300 MW of Solar Energy
October 1, 2015
Today, Austin City Council approved contracts that would increase the city’s solar energy resources by up to 300 megawatts. This is a great leap forward! Our Conservation Director, Cyrus Reed, issued a statement on the culmination of everyone's hard...
Lone Star Sierran - September 2015
October 1, 2015
Targeting Methane, Valley ISD Dumps LNG, Plus SXSW Eco Discount for Sierrans!
Congratulations, Doug Herling, Our 2015 SXSW Eco Photo Contest Winner!
September 30, 2015
What a great photo of Padre Island National Seashore! Doug just won two 3-Day passes to SXSW Eco, a creative space for business leaders, designers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to advance solutions that drive economic, environmental, and social...