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Hank Gilbert To Testify At State Department Hearing On Tar Sands Keystone Pipeline

Hank Gilbert To Testify At State Department Hearing On Tar Sands Keystone Pipeline

[ May 20, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Hank Gilbert, the Texas Democratic Party’s nominee for Agriculture Commissioner, will give public testimony on the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the Tar Sands Keystone Pipeline, slated to cross through a number of Texas counties.

Todd Staples’ Silent Spring: Where Is Ag Commissioner On Key Issues?

Todd Staples’ Silent Spring: Where Is Ag Commissioner On Key Issues?

Staples Silent On Oil Spill, Other Issues Key To Texas Agribusiness
During the past three months, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has been eerily silent on issues of importance to Texas Agriculture.

Statement of Texas Democatic Party Agriculture Commissioner Nominee Hank Gilbert on President Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement

Statement of Texas Democatic Party Agriculture Commissioner Nominee Hank Gilbert on President Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement

Gilbert To Obama: Texas Can Grow The Fuel America Needs

Gilbert: Perry Misguided In Claiming EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Decision Hurts Texas Agriculture

Gilbert: Perry Misguided In Claiming EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Decision Hurts Texas Agriculture

Hank Gilbert slammed Texas Governor Rick Perry for continuing to perpetuate the falsehood that the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gases represent a public health threat will harm Texas agriculture.

Statement by Hank Gilbert Regarding the Texas Lawsuit Against the EPA

Statement by Hank Gilbert Regarding the Texas Lawsuit Against the EPA

“an inexcusable waste of money we don’t have since we are facing a budget, largely the responsibility of these men, that will be in deficit in the next biennium to the tune of $15-20 billion.”

Gilbert Calls On Texas To “Go Green”

Gilbert Calls On Texas To “Go Green”

Proposes Overhaul Of Environmental Regulatory Agency, Increasing Renewable Portfolio Standard

Go Green, Texas!

Go Green, Texas!

An Energy and Environmental Policy for the 21st Century

Gilbert Says Perry’s Continued Claims Show He Is Out Of Touch With Texas

Gilbert: If Rick Perry’s Economy Was America’s Blueprint, We’d Be A Third-World Country

Environment

Environment

While we are blessed with natural resources, we must find a way to tap into those resources with as little impact on our environment and communities as possible. I plan to lead the charge to revamp Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and make it an agency that can, in cooperation with all stakeholders, create a [...]