Travis County Needs to Double Its Emissions Reductions by 2030

No strategy too small for tackling climate change

"...In June 2020, Travis County created its first Climate Action Plan, right as the pandemic was hitting Austin...."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Hightower Report

Climate change, drought, beer, and me

"...Okay, climate change deniers – you've gone too far. You've gone..."

March 7, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Once There Were Six Seasons

Glass Half Full Theatre employs puppets to show us a series of visions of the Earth transformed by climate change

"...sign of strength, sometimes it is only natural for change to rock you to your core. When one character..."

May 30, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

For Some Countries, Slow Fossil Fuel Phaseout Already Has Life-and-Death Stakes

A Fiji climate activist explains “1.5 to stay alive”

"...world’s eyes turn to Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power &..."

Dec. 13, 2023 News Post

Tackling Food Waste as a Social Justice Issue at SXSW

Various communities look to “feed the soil and starve the incinerator”

"...racism in addition to being a major contributor to climate change...."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

April and the Extraordinary World

Animated French steampunk fantasy is delightfully imaginative

"...beautiful traditional (non-CGI, that is) animation, both tree-huggers and climate change-deniers should, for once, unite in being swept up..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carbon Nation

Carbon dioxide emissions will be the death of us all unless we take steps to counteract the harm already done, says this new eco-doc.

"...start of his documentary proving that global warming and climate change are, indeed, actual facts of life and constitute..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

COP27: A Handful of Corporations and Countries Are Responsible for the Mess We're In

VIDEO: Harjeet Singh (CAN International) on loss and damage

"...world’s eyes turn to Egypt for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Austin-based Texas Impact/Texas Interfaith Power &..."

Nov. 8, 2022 News Post

U.S. Senate Debate Closes Upbeat Texas Dem Convention

M.J. Hegar and Royce West seize the center

"...disputes and staked out the middle ground on guns, climate change, and racial reconciliation...."

June 8, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Song/Book: Grapes of Wrath vs. 1984

Rob Halverson and friends wrap live music around some heavy fiction

"...pretty fucking creepy, too. And what about – hello, climate change – what about John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath?..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report: Help Oust Junk Science From Our Public Science Museums

Climate change denialism comes for natural history museums

"...filthy reputations and to spew the self-serving balderdash that climate change is a natural phenomenon, not one caused by..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Film Review: 'Seeds of Time'

A complex subject yields a compelling documentary

"...future of global food production in the face of climate change is not the sexiest topic for a filmmaker..."

March 13, 2014 SXSW Post by Amy Smith

Austin@COP15

Local participants, activists in Denmark for U.N. climate summit

"...eyes are upon Copen­hagen, during the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference Dec. 7-18 (aka "Conference of the Parties"..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"...places, impossible – place to live. At an emergency climate summit in Copenhagen, scientists agreed that 'worst case' scenarios..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: A More Urgent Warning

National Climate Assessment amplifies the alarm

"...Reading through the summations in the latest National Climate Assessment, I found my mind drifting inexorably to the..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Obama Going to COP15

The pres finally commits to UN Climate Talks

"...Obama announced today he'll appear at the United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen Dec. 9; he receives the Nobel..."

Nov. 25, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

At SXSW Reducing Carbon Comes in Many Flavors

Panelists share glimmers of hope for the climate

"...Oceanography told the Chronicle, discussing the magnitude of the climate change crisis facing humanity. Then he clarified that he..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The 11th Hour

Leonardo DiCaprio narrates this well-constructed – but oddly calm – documentary on global climate change aimed at the fence sitters, not the true believers.

"...seeking to dismiss or obfuscate the factuality of global climate change. It went like this: "If the babysitter you..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...Asked what they think of the Austin Climate Protection Program, most Austinites respond with a befuddled look...."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Opinion: Wake-Up Calls for Our Fossil Fuel Addiction

Kicking our fossil fuel addiction is good for the climate, our health, our economy, and geopolitical stability

"...just geopolitics. Alarms are also ringing for Earth's warming climate, as they have for over 30 years. The latest..."

May 13, 2022 Column by Bob Hendricks

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal

City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action

"...City Council is set to adopt a Climate Equity Plan today, Sept. 30, that would move up..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Cool City: The Leffingwell Lens

One council member's view of the Austin Climate Protection Plan

"...now since the City Council unanimously adopted the Austin Climate Protection Plan. Conceptually, it's perhaps the most aggressive and..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards

An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too

"...In Austin, we are lucky to be able to exchange the hot expanses of cracked concrete for nearby soft..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly

How Cool Is Austin?

With a deep, collective breath, the city rolls out a world-class – but as yet unproven – climate-protection plan

"...Wynn is blunt when he talks about the global climate change crisis and the new Austin Climate Protection Plan...."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Bringing the Enviro 'Entourage' to SXSW Eco

Adrian Grenier, UN policy creators getting green in Austin

"...was just cheesecloth and hacky sacks, maybe this will change your mind. Adrian Grenier, star of HBO's Entourage, will..."

Aug. 21, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Obama's Address at COP15

The president's address to the U.N. Climate Conference

"...Pres. Barack Obama urged international action today on a climate agreement, as COP15 closes: "We are running short on..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"...travels to a place where compasses are useless, the climate is negative 70 degrees Fahrenheit and white all over,..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pete Buttigieg Is Thinking Big

Transportation secretary considers climate change in SXSW keynote

"...goals for the Department of Transportation, he eschews incremental change and points to a massive infrastructure overhaul on the..."

March 18, 2021 SXSW Post by Benton Graham

City Vehicle Fleet Getting More Alternative

City of Austin four months away from being halfway to a biofuel vehicle fleet.

"...city council. The move was prompted by the Austin Climate Protection Plan’s carbon-neutral city fleet by 2020 goal. A..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Learning from Copenhagen

Upcoming blogs on climate action in Denmark

"...from Copenhagen, Oct. 5-10. I'm providing coverage of Denmark's climate action in advance of COP15; Copenhagen is the host..."

Sept. 29, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

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