Profitable, but Clean

AE's Duncan pushes for new power paradigm

"...the conference's program and materials that last week's Austin Clean Energy Venture Summit was no business-as-usual venture capital conference...."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?

A Preview of Clean Energy Potential in Central Texas

"...Will "clean energy" become a new industry for Austin, with job-creating..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Courtney Barry

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...the biting quintuple IPAs, the gut-melting sours. In: lagers. Clean, crisp, confident lagers...."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

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

Young People Power Texas Climate Plan

House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment

"...­climate movement. Runaway fracking, chemical plants, and the recent power grid failure have created widespread distrust and disappointment in..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

TXU Still Eyeing Clean Coal

Company continues clinging to previous dirty plans.

"...is now planning to build two coal-gasification or so-called "clean-coal" plants in Texas. The Dallas-based utility has gone topsy-turvy..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy

What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?

"...contribute to Austin Energy's overall solar generation, adding to power captured from commercial solar roofs, utility-scale solar facilities, and..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Survey: Statewide Opposition to Proposed Power Plants Significant

"...of Texans oppose the construction of new proposed coal-fired power plants, with 47% strongly opposing, while an overwhelming 81%..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Then There's This: Clouds Over Solar

Is AE throwing shade at sun-powered energy?

"...the compensation rate to residential solar customers who generate power that feeds the electric grid...."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

The Pecan Street Project

Austin and AE form high tech partnership for the next big challenge in clean energy

"...That's the lofty goal announced for a new clean-energy initiative dubbed, for local flavor, "the Pecan Street Project."..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Clean-energy firms caught in crossfire over federal energy bill

"...blowing for an Austin renewable energy company. Cielo Wind Power, in its attempt to build itself into a clean-energy..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Uncontrolled Experiments

AISD says charters and single-sex academies will lift all students' boats – and attacks any research that says otherwise

"...Data, facts, research...."

Dec. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...who chose MAGA insurrection over a peaceful transfer of power. That's why redistricting matters. [inset-1-right]..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Let the Sun Shine In!

Council buys solar, supports Planned Parenthood, fingerprints TNCs

"...ADUs – but the headline items were more solar power and more power for women’s health care...."

Oct. 21, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Parks Smoking Ban, More Up Thursday

No ifs, ands, or (37,000) butts: One smokin' council agenda

"...a Comp Plan, bond election love-in, and Austin Energy power moves are all up for consideration: We've listed the..."

Dec. 5, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Alliance for a Clean Texas says lawmakers can create one

"...The Alliance for a Clean Texas, a broad statewide environmental coalition, met Tuesday at..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Can Austin Kick-Start the Hybrid-Car Future?

Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'

"...a great job positioning ourselves at the forefront of clean energy on the electric production side. But the real..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Then There's This: Green Is as Green Does

Robbins' latest 'Directory' follows the flows of water – and power

"...but that's the average time it takes Robbins to research and write the articles, solicit additional content, and then..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Big, Contentious Austin Energy Rate Hike Finally Arrives at Council

Power for the people?

"...directors, as a public utility in Texas the city's power company has to go through a statutory administrative hearing..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...back into the shadows for self-preservation, others have felt empowered to take to the streets and speak up. The..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Will Austin's Silicon Hills Supply Plug-In Hybrids' Techno Entrails?

How Austin's inherent intellectual, industrial, and human resources can take charge in supplying technological guts for plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles

"...by the Austin Technology Incubator and partnering UT-spin-off the Clean Energy Incubator – the emphasis was on how Austin's..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

At the Intersection of Fashion and Justice

Creators of Saturday's workshop on how fashion fights inequality

"...meticulous in their dress, others content to grab a semi-clean shirt off the floor and call it a morning...."

Feb. 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

SXSW Eco Goes Cosmic

Hyperloops and asteroid mining added to agenda

"...today: Cheryl Martin of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; clean power expert David Danielson of..."

Aug. 11, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Salad Fork

The salad fork is only the sixth-longest fork

"...My husband regularly uses his salad fork instead of..."

March 31, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Headlines

"...Services Commission has claimed the cuts are based on research from Texas A&M: however, Texas A&M Health Science Center..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

With two storms, nature has increased the speed of America's decline by several years. This series of columns sketches what we're in for (for good as well as for ill). The focus of this column is air travel and the tourist industries.

"...have encouraged their companies to invest [in] and produce clean power technologies." (NY Times, Sept. 21, p.25) Europe has..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...a mighty yank. Documents discovered by the organization's volunteer researchers in the files of government agencies suggest that Alcoa's..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Run, Max, Run

"...facilities needs within the current system; based on our research, this is clearly the case...."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...according to a survey report by Johns Hopkins University researchers published in the medical magazineÊThe Lancet. Naked City •..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant

Locals continue to get coal for Christmas

"...have been calling for the closure of the Fayette Power Project, the coal plant responsible for about a quarter..."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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