Representatives of several ACT organizations testified this afternoon in favor of SB 16–Chairman Averitt’s comprehensive air quality and energy efficiency bill–in the Senate Natural Resources Committee. Tom “Smitty” Smith of Public Citizen praised the past effectiveness of TERP (Texas Emissions Reduction Plan). Among his suggetions for the bill, he recommened the committee consider provisions for [...]
Continue Reading →With meetings of the House and Senate State Affairs committees, House Energy Resources, House Environmental Regulation and not one but two meetings of the Senate Natural Resources Committee, the environmental agenda is in full swing in the 81st Session. This morning, Senator Lucio and Representative Gallego led a press conference highlighting legislation filed that supports [...]
Continue Reading →The week of March 9th was marked by three events: the 24 hour Senate floor debate on voter ID, the 6 hour joint meeting of the House Energy Resources and Environmental Regulation Committees the following day, and the bill filing deadline on Friday. Clearly, only one of these has a direct relation to the legislation [...]
Continue Reading →2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.
