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May 12, 2010 Postmarks
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 8-15
April 9, 2010 News Feature
SXSW Film
Daily reviews and interviews
"...that challenges kids to tackle war, natural disasters, and climate change while loftily inhabiting such roles as prime ministers,..."
March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum
Small Town, Big Find
The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville
"...as an energy source. Haynesville screened at December's Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, an event that hit home for him..."
March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
Why Argue Against Scientific Consensus?
"...General Greg Abbott referred to the International Panel on Climate Change as a “scandal-plagued international organization” that is guilty..."
March 8, 2010 Postmarks
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and
"...everyone to ask questions and have their say. The exchange, moderated by community activist Jim Walker, could be lively,..."
Feb. 19, 2010 News Feature
The Hightower Report
Weasels Undermine Ethics Reform; and Congress Coddles Credit-Rating Finaglers
"...workshop was sponsored by Eli Lily, the session on climate change was funded by electric utilities, and Wal-Mart sponsored..."
Dec. 25, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
Nice to Know Austinites Are Interested
"...11]. I like knowing Austinites are investing in the climate change debate and that your paper is interested in..."
Dec. 17, 2009 Postmarks
Progressing in the Economy
Austin and Houston, making Texas look good
"...Similar stat about saving electricity, which everyone (even climate change deniers) agrees is an absolute must as energy..."
Nov. 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Don't Build Water Nuke
"...Austin currently uses about 160,000 acre-feet of water. The climate change models tell us that our region will be..."
Sept. 29, 2009 Postmarks
Headlines
"..."Is this going to be enough to prevent catastrophic climate change? I personally am not an optimist. I don't..."
Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature
True Cost of Dirty Fuel
"...true costs associated with the dirty fuels we use: climate change, respiratory disease, mountaintop removal, resource wars, etc. According..."
Aug. 25, 2009 Postmarks
The Hightower Report
"...methane – the potent, greenhouse gas that's contributing to climate change. Oh, come on, you might think, those docile,..."
June 19, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower
Seven Tenths: The Sea and Its Thresholds
Exploring the "notland"-scape and the human condition all at once
"...published in 1992, the book's discussions of coral bleaching, climate change, extinction, culturally and environmentally detrimental island development, and..."
June 5, 2009 Books Review by Sarah Jean Billeiter
Environment/Energy
A Few Green Sprouts
"...whether or not we should be doing something about climate change, at least we can save folks some money,"..."
May 8, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols
TYC, Now TRCC Sees Another Dawn
Home-builder regulators become builder licensers, ignoring Sunset Commission recommendations
"...During Tuesday's debate over the nomination of global climate change doubter Dr. Bryan Shaw to the Texas Commission..."
May 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Attempt to Derail TCEQ Appointment Fails
Senate confirms Shaw
"...who “openly questions established scientific evidence and consensus on climate change issues. … Mr. Shaw is not someone who..."
May 5, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols
Res Publica
Good times for good citizens, March 26-April 3
"...to the Capitol to push for legislative action on climate change. 9am. Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon...."
March 27, 2009 News Feature
Urban Planning: A Roundup
How Austin is working toward getting better by design
"...civic debate such as growth and development, sustainability and climate change, environmental protection, neighborhood preservation, affordable housing, economic development,..."
Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor
It's a Family Affair
Sharing Thanksgiving with relatives at Texas Stadium one last time
"...– really, once I got past the perfunctory mental climate-change "tsk"ing, the weather was perfect. The Valium-like effects of..."
Dec. 2, 2008 Sports Post by Cindy Widner
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...policy discussions and in-depth talks about topics such as climate change and the auto industry, battery technology, and the..."
Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...in the tumultuous times of peak oil and escalating climate-change effects; and Peter Pfeiffer, renowned veteran green architect and..."
Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature
Pickens and Pope
Possibilities open up when the Sierra Club can find common ground with a Texas oilman
"...added, is also messing up our environment and exacerbating climate change. Pope and Pickens agree that recent fevered arguments..."
Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Animals Are the Canaries in the Mine
"...bears, who have enough on their melting plate with climate change. And for those readers who comment: "Gimme a..."
Sept. 21, 2008 Postmarks
Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Paleontologist author Richard Fortey comes across like an aging UK dreamboat with a twist of Indiana Jones' wry charisma
"...to Morocco's Atlas Mountains. As the world copes with climate change, infectious disease, and increasing threats to biodiversity, he..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Books Review by Dan Oko
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
"...An emerging topic of citizen and corporate concern was climate change and energy efficiency. "Across the board there was..."
Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature
Strengths and Weaknesses
"...are by simple science, whether it is evolution or climate change. People should be able to home-school their children..."
July 28, 2008 Postmarks
Developing Stories: Million-Dollar Vision
Will council fund a fresh comprehensive planning process?
"...of key themes might be affordable housing, neighborhood preservation, climate change, economic development, sustainability, or transit-oriented development...."
May 23, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor
Beyond City Limits
"...• As if coal plants weren't busy enough worsening climate change and smog, they also happen to be the..."
May 9, 2008 News Feature
Living Maya
Austin becomes a hotbed of past and future Maya knowledge
"...– conversations about where our planet is heading with climate change and other environmental concerns...."
