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Reliant Energy Supports GEAA through Carbon Offset Campaign For a Fifth Year
GEAA is pleased to announce the fifth year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon production at the same time. Reliant and EarthShare of Texas have launched a program that allows Reliant customers to help reduce their carbon footprints through the purchase of carbon offsets. And for each customer-purchased offset, Reliant will make a contribution to EarthShare of Texas and its participating organizations. As an EarthShare of Texas participating organization, GEAA will benefit from this program. For more information, follow this link to the EarthShare of Texas website or go directly to
GEAA Awarded Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities grant!
We just got busier, in a good way, with the announcement that GEAA was awarded $52,650 grant from the Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities initiative. In 2012, Wells Fargo and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation launched this initiative, designed to support projects that link economic development and community well-being to the stewardship and health of the environment. This five-year initiative is supported through a $15 million contribution from Wells Fargo that will be used to leverage other public and private investments with an expected total impact of over $37.5 million. With funding from this grant and other sources, GEAA,
Reliant Energy supports GEAA through Carbon Off-set Program
GEAA is pleased to announce the third year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon production at the same time. Reliant and EarthShare of Texas have launched a program that allows Reliant customers to help reduce their carbon footprints through the purchase of carbon offsets. And for each customer-purchased offset, Reliant will make a contribution to EarthShare of Texas and its participating organizations. As an EarthShare of Texas participating organization, GEAA will benefit from this program. For more information, follow this link to the EarthShare of Texas website http://www.earthshare-texas.org/2012/02/the-reliant-ecosharesm-program-supports-texas.html or go directly
New Drought Restrictions On The Way
Trustees of the San Antonio Water System on Tuesday approved a measure asking the City Council to toughen the city’s drought rules, making restrictions on lawn watering kick in earlier. The proposed rules would mean once-a-week lawn watering would start when the Edwards Aquifer level falls to 660 feet above sea level in San Antonio instead of the 650 feet level now in city ordinance. This is an excerpt from a recent San Antonio Express-News article.
WATER Symposium – Sunday, Feb. 14th – Tuesday, Feb. 16th
GEAA is one of the sponsors of the WATER Symposium, coming up on February 14-16, 2010, at Trinity University’s Holt Conference Center. This free symposium takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of water, with presenters speaking about the science, politics, history, poetry, music, architecture, fashion, law, spirituality (and much more) of this precious resource. For a full list of presentation topics and speakers, please visit the WATER Symposium website.
83rd Legislative Session Report
Check out the report on how the bills on GEAA’s legislative agenda fared during the 83rd session. I am so pleased to report that all 15 of the “Bills We Hate” failed. Thank you so much for your calls, letters, and testimony! Five of these bad bills did make it to the Calendars Committee, which means we will have to watch out for them next session. Of 27 versions of the “Bills We Love” eight passed! The following bills are already passed into law: [arrow_list] [list_item]SB 567 – Watson, Nichols – transfers the economic regulation of investor owned water utilities from
Reliant Energy Supports GEAA through Carbon Offset Campaign Year Three
GEAA is pleased to announce the third year of The Reliant EcoShareSM, a way that Texans can support GEAA and offset their own carbon production
Xeriscaping Bills will conserve Texas Water
Dear GEAA members and friends, In today’s news are two excellent bills that GEAA is pleased to endorse. Senate Bill 198 and House Bill 449,
If you can’t see it, does that mean it’s not there?
Dear GEAA members and friends, Heads up on bad bill filed last Friday: H.B. 824 – Callegari would triple the volume of sewage spills that
Using “Rainy Day” Funds for Water Conservation a Great Idea!
The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) endorses the position stated jointly by the Lone Star Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation – Meeting Texas
House Committee Recommends Keeping the Status Quo
The Interim Report of the House Committee on Land and Resource Management has some overall good news in regards to what might or might not
Season’s Greetings and Many Thanks!
Dear GEAA members and friends, I am delighted to be here one more year to wish you a Happy Holiday Season. We have made so