DURANT — Senator Jay Paul Gumm, and the Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment, spoke out against the construction of the coal-fired power plant that TXU purposes to build in Fannin County. Experts in several scientific and health fields spoke to approximately 60 people in the Fine Arts Building at Southeastern Oklahoma State University [...]

AUSTIN — A coalition of environmental groups and local governments won more time Wednesday to prepare their case against TXU Corp.’s efforts to build six coal-fired power plants.
A panel of administrative judges slowed the permitting process a day after a state district judge blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order fast-tracking the permitting process for [...]

WACO — On the eve of hearings on six of the 11 coal-burning power plants that TXU wants to build in a hurry across the state, a judge in Austin ruled that Governor Rick Perry never had the authority to fast-track permits for the new plants in the first place.
It is unclear whether Goliath will [...]

AUSTIN — The permitting process for six coal-fired plants was pushed back four months today, as an administrative panel of judges granted a request from environmental groups who wanted more time to prepare their cases in opposition.
A day after a state court blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s order fast-tracking the permits, a panel of administrative judges [...]

AUSTIN - A coalition of environmental groups and local governments won more time Wednesday to prepare their case against TXU Corp.’s efforts to build six controversial coal-fired power plants.
A panel of administrative judges slowed the permitting process a day after a state district judge blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order fast-tracking the permitting process for [...]

The Gulf Coast oil drilling expansion President Bush signed into law last year contained a strong environmental sweetener that helped push it through Congress.
Four lucky states - Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas - were slated to get billions in potential royalties, and lawmakers said the money would help reverse damage from offshore industry, paying [...]

Carrying signs with slogans of “Stop the Coal Rush” and “Shame on Texas,” about 1,000 people rallied at the state Capitol to persuade lawmakers to abandon a plan to build up to 18 new coal-fired power plants.
Environmentalists fear the new plants will pump millions of tons of pollutants into the air every year.
“Coal plants seem [...]

Texas’ largest Baptist group is taking a rare step into environmental advocacy, working to block Gov. Rick Perry’s plan to speed the approval process for 18 new coal-fired power plants.
The Christian Life Commission, the public policy arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, is mobilizing Baptists against the coal-fired plants and urging the convention’s [...]

Locomotive trains hauling coal to a slew of proposed new power plants in North Texas would emit enough pollution that local leaders may have to consider more drastic measures than already planned to meet federal ozone regulations, a state analysis concludes.
TXU Corp. and energy industry advocates insist that the coal-fired power plants planned to be [...]

A Central Texas lawmaker became one of the first Republicans to take a strong stance against coal plants in Texas on Wednesday, filing a resolution urging a halt to new permits for the next six months.
State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson’s resolution is considered a long shot in legislative circles. Even if it passes, it won’t [...]