COAL HEARINGS DELAYED Dallas Morning News 2/22/07 AUSTIN — The judges hearing TXU Corp.’s case for coal-fired power plant permits slowed the process down by four months, bowing to a last-minute court ruling that the governor’s fast-track permit schedule is probably unconstitutional. MERRILL LYNCH TARGETED BY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS BILL WOULD GIVE DRIVERS INCENTIVE TO BUY LOW-EMISSION CARS Houston Chronicle 2/16/07…
ERCOT: TEXAS WILL HAVE ENOUGH POWER IN ’08 Houston Business Journal 2/15/07 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has pushed back by one year the estimated point at which the state’s reserve power supply will fall below the minimum level needed. The state’s reserve power supply is now expected to fall below the 12.5 percent minimum level in 2009…
EXXON MOBIL HAS NO MORE DOUBTS ON WARMING Houston Chronicle 2/9/07 Big Oil behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. has dropped any pretense of questioning whether global warming is real. Now the company is seeking to position itself as an active player in efforts to lower greenhouse gases. CITY COUNCIL DELAYS PLAN TO SUE HOUSTON POLLUTERS Houston Chronicle 2/8/07 The mayor is…