Energy News: New Ethanol, Electric Power Reports

One warns of unintended consequences of rapidly rolling out domestic biofuels; other focuses on energy efficiency, renewables

"...of Colorado, Kan­sas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, the report cautions that if too much..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Three-Eyed Fish Alert! Texas No. 1 in Power Plant, Mercury Emissions

Toxin linked to birth defects

"...changes that will permit drastically more mercury pollution from power plants, putting one in six pregnant women in the..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

AE & Plug-In Hybrids: Power Coming and Going

Electric cars could both run clean and boost our power supply

"...that could save gas and stop construction of new power plants – and Austin Energy is leading the field..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...and John Hodgman will all be at the 2019 Texas Book Festival, along with over 300 other authors, all..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Craft Brewers Festival Debuts Beer List

The Texas-only beer celebration returns to Austin

"...beer-related queries. This week, we’re answering questions about the Texas Craft Brewers Festival presented by the Texas Craft Brewers..."

Sept. 1, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...breweries from highly objective sources like the newly founded Texas Craft Brewers Cup, the World Beer Cup, and, of..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...Belgian blonde ales inside taxidermy squirrels. The number of American craft breweries bloomed to more than 9,500 at its..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Texas Platters

"...Sol Power (Discovery/Antone's)..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...with the Fabulous Thunderbirds' monster hits "Tuff Enuff" and "Powerful Stuff." Family Style, his first album after leaving the..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...been both big bandstand sellers and Waterloo Records/Shiner Bock Texas Top Ten List chart hogs. The live souvenir business..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Detour Bar & Grill Live music, Corvette Club, karaoke, Texas Hold ‘Em, and of course, Bike Night – so..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Tennessee: Lost - and Found - In Texas

"...Streetcar Named Desire and other great works of the American theatre...."

May 29, 1998 Arts Feature

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last three, or..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Motel Aviv

Alt Box

"...Not in the FaceBikini (Electric Factory)..."

July 1, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Making the Energy Grid Smarter

New nonprofit pushes energy providers for efficiency via high tech

"...new nonprofit organization, the Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technology – a unique conglomeration made up of investor-owned..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?

A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas

"...one that, realistically, can never generate enough momentum and power to get up and running?..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

CCET Membership

"...Current members of the Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technology include:..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Keeton Strayhorn issued a scathing audit of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority last week, accusing the organization of..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...concern that I have." – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. The two highest-profile incidents, in Atlanta and Chicago, involved..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Nuclear Stalemate

Negotiations between the South Texas (Nuclear) Project and its union workers threaten to meltdown.

"...The word "meltdown" -- when applied to a nuclear power plant -- conjures thoughts of broken reactors, released radioactive..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Patched Atoms: Feds OK Restarting the Nuke

Despite not really knowing why South Texas Project 1 sprang a leak, federal regulators are satisfied with the $4 million repair job.

"...nuclear reactors, the twin 15-year-old nukes at the South Texas Project -- owned in part by the city of..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by William M. Adler

SXSW Record Reviews

"...No Depression subscribers and be recognized as a great American musician in the making. With help from Emmylou Harris..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Psst, hey. You hear the latest Austin Chronicle Power Rankings dropped? You’re looking right at ’em, pal. And..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...little clout to point out what goes on in Texas state prisons and jails on a daily basis ["Beaten..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Shot in the Dark

The Texas Documentary Tour presents Paul Devlin's 'Power Trip'

"...Paul Devlin (SlamNation, 1998) dubs his most recent film, Power Trip (2003), a "dramatic real-life thriller about corruption, assassination,..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...into The Lone Star Report for regular doses of Texas politics, wrought by a right-wing hand. The publication is..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature

Windmill State of Mind

A Q&A with the authors of a new book on the story behind Texas wind power

"...Wind power may seem to be the redheaded stepchild of Texas'..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Pension Concern Serious

"...Texas Federation of Teachers..."

March 7, 1997 Column

Day Trips

Windmills play a powerful role both in Texas' past and present.

"...capture the imagination like no other structure on the Texas prairie. The tall structures resembling manmade daisies that have..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...state of national touring – survival of an outdoor Texas musical gathering doesn’t just take tenacity, it may actually..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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