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Help cool the Earth…with these two steps
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It’s one of those cold, white-bright days of winter. We’ve not had many like it this January. Instead, we’ve been walking around outdoors in our shirt sleeves,...
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Keystone XL moves forward, from Oklahoma to Texas
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now The much fought-over Keystone XL oil pipeline will begin construction in Oklahoma and Texas, despite having been denied a presidential permit for the entire 1,700...
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Natural gas: Bridge or detour?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Natural gas is portrayed as the “bridge fuel” that will save the US from uneven electricity supply and prices as we transition off coal and oil on our way toward...
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High speed rail: Getting Texas on track
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now If enthusiasm were dollars, high speed rail would be zooming across in Texas. There has been no shortage of advocates ready to envision and mock-up plans for fast...
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How to protect yourself from West Nile Virus
From Green Right Now Reports West Nile Virus has caused more sickness and death this year than any other season since the disease emerged in the U.S. a decade ago, according to the Centers for Disease...
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Tar sands blockade in Texas and Oklahoma unites land rights and environmental...
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It’s often assumed that Texans, like the majority of their lawmakers, favor oil drilling and the expansion of the oil industry. And it’s often true. But a small,...
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Tar sands pipeline protesters take to the trees in Texas
From Green Right Now Reports A Tar Sands Blockade tree house. Tree sitters have brought West Coast-style civil disobedience to the heart of the Lone Star state. Starting bright and early Monday, and...
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Texas grid sets a new wind power record on Nov. 10
From Green Right Now Reports The Texas electric grid, known a ERCOT, set a new record for wind energy use in the state at 10:21 a.m. on Nov. 10, when wind power output provided nearly 26 percent of the...
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Texas lawmakers propose protection for xeriscaped lawns
From Green Right Now Reports In an effort to address Texas’ ongoing drought, two state lawmakers have proposed legislation that would free thousands of homeowners from having to water and maintain...
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Resistance to Keystone XL pipeline flares in Spaulding OK
From Green Right Now Reports Two Texas residents, acting as part of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, locked themselves to machinery today to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in...
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Keystone XL crews plows up Julia Trigg Crawford’s farm, as pipeline nears...
Green Right Now Reports For those of you who’ve been following the Keystone XL pipeline, which will carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Houston-area refineries, you know that the Oklahoma/Texas...
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HOAs must consider drought-tolerant landscaping under new law passed by Texas...
A bill designed to support homeowners who want to install drought-tolerant landscaping passed the Texas legislature in late May and is awaiting a signature from the governor. Senate Bill 198, sponsored...
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Keystone XL pump station construction halted by Great Plains protesters
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance members locked to an earth mover. Nine protesters from the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance were arrested this morning, after at least eight members of the group...
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Texas A&M to build a ginormous solar testing facility
From Green Right Now Reports Being sunny, windy and large, Texas has abundant potential for renewable energy. It leads the U.S. in wind power generation with 12,200 megawatts, but has long been...
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Gasland II: America’s fracking nightmare and somnambulent energy policy
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now One of the talking points that has convinced Americans to look politely away from the muck and dirty water while the oil and gas industry fracks tens of thousands of...
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Kermit goes green
Green Right Now Reports Here’s a warm about fuzzy story about Kermit, a small town in West Texas. It has just banned plastic bags. Kermit, population 5,700, is one-time oil town that sits near the...
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Water shortages pit ranchers against frackers in Texas
From Green Right Now Reports Texas Long Horn (Photo: Wikimedia) A visit to West Texas will invariably take you by two common sites, oil and natural gas wells and pastures where Texas’ iconic longhorn...
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‘Fracked’ residents call on Congress and the EPA to investigate water...
Green Right Now Reports Texas, Pennsylvania and Wyoming homeowners whose water has been contaminated by gas fracking operations called on Congress today to hold hearings about what they see as the...
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Texas lags behind California — and other states — in solar jobs
The Solar Foundation’s Solar Jobs report shows that California, the number one state for solar jobs, enjoyed 8 percent growth in that sector in 2013, and now employs nearly 50,000 people in the solar...
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Texas sets new wind power peak, getting 40 percent of its power from wind on...
GRN Reports Wind power in Texas hit its highest point ever, contributing 10,296 megawatts to the grid at about 9 p.m. this past Wednesday night, which meant wind was providing nearly 40 percent of the...
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