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• in Business
  As Gas Prices Rise, Oil Companies Enjoy Multibillion-Dollar Rise in Profits
  In 2010, Three Biggest Publicly Held U.S. Oil Companies Pocketed $58 Billion in Profits
  by johnjegan / on Feb 26, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public citizen”

 

• Discussion of Austin Energy Governance Ordinance at City Council Abruptly Postponed Until May 23

  
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  Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell just postponed a major agenda item (#15), regarding an un-elected board taking over Austin Energy. Numerous citizens were planning to attend the council meeting tonight to express  concerns, and had gone out of their way to arrange their schedules to be there. The mayor completely ...
  1 week ago

• In aftermath of West explosion, Legislature trying to gut compliance history considerations in industry license violations

  
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  Smith’s Bill – HB1714 – Makes Perry’s Texas Even More of a Paradise for Polluters and is expected to be heard in the Texas House sometime on Thursday Contact your representative (don’t know who that is . . . click here ) and tell them to vote NO on HB 1714 On April 17th, an explosion at the West ...
  1 week ago

• Obama’s Pick for Housing Agency Head Faces Big Headaches

  
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  Filed under: News, EconomyBy James OTooleThe next head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency will have quite the task waiting. President Obama nominated Mel Watt, a Democratic congressman from North Carolina, this week to be the next head of the FHF... The post Obama’s Pick for Housing Agency Head Faces Big ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climate Change Denial vs. Science at Texas Legislature

  
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  Just before Earth Day, the House of Representatives once again demonstrated its commitment to protecting the fossil fuel industries that fund many of the members campaigns instead of protecting the people of our state from the devastating impacts of climate change by passing HB 78 8. The bill requires the Texas ...
  2 weeks ago

• Texas Legislature Attacking Austin Democracy

  
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  While Austin City Council continues to move forward with an ordinance to transfer governing authority of Austin Energy from our elected City Council to an unelected board, Austin democracy is being attacked at in the state legislature as well.  Senate bill 410 , sponsored by Senator Kirk Watson and Representative ...
  2 weeks ago

• Houston community leaders and residents discuss Port of Houston issues at Town Hall

  
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  Hundreds of residents living near the Port of Houston attended a Town Hall meeting Thursday evening at Holland Middle School to learn about the changes coming to their communities with the expansion of the Port. Residents filled the Holland Middle School auditorium to hear the preliminary results of neighborhood ...
  3 weeks ago

• Texas Refinery Explosion Came After Limited Federal Safety Oversight of Plant; U.S. Safety Budget Hasn’t Risen to Match Increase in Facilities

  
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  Statement of Keith Wrightson, Worker Safety and Health Advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division The West Fertilizer Company facility that exploded in a deadly blast Wednesday evening had not been inspected by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in at least 10 years. While ...
  4 weeks ago

• eBay seller who sued over bad feedback apologizes—but he’s done it before

  
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  Rina Pitucci / flickr Last week, medical supplier Med Express filed a lawsuit against an eBay buyer who dared to give the company negative feedback. By Tuesday, the lawsuit had been covered by Ars and other sites . Yesterday, the story was featured in a British tabloid and then on MSN . ...
  4 weeks ago

• Tide Turning on Austin Energy Governance Ordinance

  
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  I was part of and witnessed an inspiring evening at Austin City Hall yesterday.  Engaged citizens came together to speak passionately about the importance of maintaining democratic leadership for Austin Energy, our city’s electric utility. Many people talked about wanting the right to vote on a change in ...
  5 weeks ago

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