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7/25/2005
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State Representative Harold Dutton, AARP of Texas, along with Consumers Union and TexPIRG oppose the passage of HB 13 by Representative Phil King and SB 5 by Senator Troy Fraser. Giant phone companies have spent millions of dollars lobbying for favorable video franchising and the ability to increase phone rates. | |
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6/16/2003
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Nearly 40,000 field tests of genetically engineered organisms were authorized by the Department of Agriculture between 1987 and 2002 – more than 10,000 in the past two years alone – despite serious environmental threats and inadequate regulations in place to monitor their impacts, according to a new report released today by TexPIRG. | |
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5/25/2007
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Energy efficiency is the cleanest, cheapest and easiest piece in solving our current and future energy puzzle. Texas Public Interest Research Group urges Senator Kip Averitt to keep the Appliance Efficiency Standards amendment in SB12.
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4/12/2004
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Five federally funded programs that waste more than $4 billion in taxpayer dollars and harm the environment are targets for elimination by an environmental and taxpayer coalition, according to a report released today by TexPIRG, Friends of the Earth, and Taxpayers for Common Sense. | |
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10/30/2003
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A variety of genetically engineered corn with jellyfish genes is being field tested in Texas, according to a new report released today by TexPIRG. | |
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09/05/2007
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Health professionals, scientists and local citizen groups called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt stronger, health-based standards to limit ozone exposure during a public hearing today in Houston. | |