Sustainablogity

links for 2010-12-30

• Court rules against Texas on greenhouse gases
  "Texas is the only state that has refused to implement the permitting rules for refineries and power plants that go into effect after the start of the year."
  (tags: EPA TCEQ airquality airpollution greenhousegases)

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links for 2010-12-29

• The New Loo
  Choosing a toilet, sink and showerhead that will save water.
  (tags: bathroom remodeling green sustainable watersaver water home house resources)

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30 December 2010 comment TrackBack-URI

links for 2010-12-28

• Learning to Live on Less: Building Local Resilience to Recession
  (tags: frugalliving frugality frugal)

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links for 2010-12-21

• Tax Cuts for Energy, Too – NYTimes.com
  (tags: taxes greenenergy cleanenergy wind ethanol)
• Texas Mulls Alternatives to the Gas Tax — Transportation | The Texas Tribune
  "For the state government, however, the advent of alternative-fuel vehicles creates a long-term concern: They will generate little or no gas tax revenue — a key funding source that the state relies on to keep roads and bridges in good repair."
  (tags: Alternative vehicles EV electriccars cleanenergy TExas government taxes)
• Environmental community shifts focus away from Washington with 'think local' strategies
  (tags: environmental movement politics)
• State sued over disabled-services violations – San Antonio Express-News
  (tags: texas government disabilityservices lawsuit violations nursinghomes)
• Complaint calls Texas' new curriculum discriminatory – San Antonio Express-News
  (tags: Texas education government politics discrimination lawsuit)
• Texas wind farm tax break program costs $1.6 million per job | Texas Watchdog
  (tags: windenergy renewableenergy Jobs Employment Stimulus Taxes WindFarms)
• EPA's rule enforcement on pollution has dropped | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  (tags: air pollution epa environment enforcement)

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links for 2010-12-17

• Allstate to increase homeowners' insurance premiums up to 9.7 percent in Texas | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  ""It's a reflection of the weather in Texas. Hail and wind storms have been increasing in severity over the last several years," Beaman said. "The increased cost of roofing materials is also a big factor.""
  (tags: texas weather insurance rates)
• TCEQ grants permits for Goliad County uranium mine | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  (tags: texas environment uranium mine)
• U.S. sues BP, 8 other companies in Gulf oil spill | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  (tags: BP oilspill lawsuit gulf mexico oil disaster Macondo)
• Next Texas appliance rebate program starts Monday | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  (tags: energystar appliance rebates)
• Environmentalists Relieved About Agency's Future — Sunset Advisory Commission | The Texas Tribune
  (tags: texas government TCEQ sunsetcommission)
• Nearly 17% of Americans suffer food poisoning each year, study shows
  (tags: food poisoning)
• For Rick Perry, EPA Is Useful Villain — Environmental Problems and Policies | The Texas Tribune
  (tags: texas air quality epa rickperry)

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links for 2010-12-14

• Fraud concerns surface, significant troubles continue in federal stimulus weatherization program | Texas Watchdog
  "Major problems with the management and accounting for multimillion-dollar weatherization stimulus contracts have raised concerns of fraud with Texas state officials; plug pulled on two programs already for mismanagement".
  (tags: federal stimulus weatherization programs fraud)
• Electric vehicles may bring new sticker shock: multiple mileage ratings
  "The EPA isn't the only entity comparing the clean-fuel cars with autos that have traditional internal combustion engines. Their ratings, which will be posted on car windows, may end up sharing space with stickers from the Federal Trade Commission and the automakers themselves."
  (tags: electriccars clean technology transportation)
• Green Thumbs at WTP4 – Newsdesk: Austin News, Politics, Opinion Blog – AustinChronicle.com
  Austin's building a new water treatment plant. The city invited volunteers to help transplant native plants to preserve them.
  (tags: nativeplants flora austin watertreatmentplant)

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links for 2010-12-13

• Using Waste, Swedish City Shrinks Its Fossil Fuel Use – NYTimes.com
  "it generates energy from a motley assortment of ingredients like potato peels, manure, used cooking oil, stale cookies and pig intestines."
  (tags: renewableenergy cleanenergy biogas)
• Climate Talks in Cancún End With Modest Deal on Emissions – NYTimes.com
  "The agreement sets up a new fund to help poor countries adapt to climate changes, creates new mechanisms for transfer of clean energy technology, provides compensation for the preservation of tropical forests and strengthens the emissions reductions pledges that came out of the last United Nations climate change meeting in Copenhagen last year."
  (tags: climate change cancun)

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links for 2010-12-11

• Texas, feds in agreement on new carbon-capture rules | The American Independent
  (tags: carbon capture texas air pollution global warming)
• A Greener Formula? – Newsdesk: Austin News, Politics, Opinion Blog – AustinChronicle.com
  Austin is bracing to get an Formula 1 racing track. This article details interests in making the cars' engines run cleaner on biofuels and hybrid technology.
  (tags: austin texas F1 car racing green engines clean technology)

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links for 2010-12-10

• Fukuoka’s Natural Farming – A DBL & Microbial Earth Special Presentation : Design~Build~Live
  This seminar sounds interesting.
  (tags: natural farming nasanobu fukuoka)
• Energy Audits: What Homeowners Need to Know
  (tags: home energy audit efficiency insulation leakage saving money)
• Texas Digest: EPA says driller contaminated North Texas aquifer; court halts death penalty hearing
  (tags: clean water natural gas drilling contamination pollution texas parker county epa)
• E.P.A. Delays Tougher Rules on Emissions – NYTimes.com
  "President Obama ran for office promising tougher standards, and the new rules were set to take effect over the next several weeks."
  (tags: air pollution emissions epa obama government politics)
• Austin City Council OK's incentives for SunPower
  (tags: solar power renewable energy sunpower jobs economy)

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links for 2010-12-08

• Chicken Breeds With Pictures: New Pickin Chicken App – Happy Homesteader
  Aaron and I got six chickens for our backyard about a month ago. We're enjoying their antics! Can't wait for those eggs.
  (tags: backyard chickens urban farm eggs local food)
• EPA: 2 Parker County homes at risk of explosion | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Texas Regional News
  "The EPA issued an imminent and substantial endangerment order under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act after tests confirmed methane, benzene and other constituents of natural gas in private drinking-water wells that serve two homes in southern Parker County."
  (tags: natural gas exploration fracking hydraulic fracturing)

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