Groundwork: Active Austinites

What's doing at the grassroots level

"...city may do (or not do), creative energy for climate action is also rising from the community. Austinites Jon..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...civic debate such as growth and development, sustainability and climate change, environmental protection, neighborhood preservation, affordable housing, economic development,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...Ratcheting up his wee-hours fretting is the Austin Climate Protection Plan, adopted by City Council last March. That..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• Where are the city of Austin's climate-change allies? The city hasn't built a strong community network..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...vehicles and energy conservation through his nationally groundbreaking Austin Climate Protection Plan. His final term ends in 2009, and..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...nation and the world, at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York on Wednesday. His message to..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

No More Pencils, No More Books ...

With this Council's predilection for drawing things out, it's anyone's guess as to whether summer break will start on time

"...new Austin Water drainage charge structure(**more precisely, the Watershed Protection charge billed through AW), likely to increase the burden..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

AE's Coal Conundrum

Energy planners and the fight over Fayette

"...that surpasses many of the expectations of the Austin Climate Protection Plan, in part by ramping down use of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin Boards Biofuel Bandwagon

City makes biofuels-conversion progress, as it works to implement Austin Climate Protection Plan, strives to meet goal of carbon-neutral fleet by 2020

"...as departments citywide work to implement the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan (enacted by City Council in February), biofuels..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...to provide some funded direction for infrastructure and police protection. – Kimberly Reeves..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

City leaders announce plan to push hybrid cars here and nationwide

"...Chicago, where Wynn signed the Kyoto Protocol-modeled U.S. Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement on global warming. Since then, Duncan has..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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

The Daily Hustle: 5/21/10

Live wires and Leffingwell at the legislature

"...hand was AE's recently adopted energy generation, mix and climate protection plan. According to an excellent write-up of the..."

May 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 14-21

"...AUSTIN CLIMATE PROTECTION CON­FERENCE & EXPO begins with a Friday program..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature

AE's Long Road to Reducing Emissions

AE's generation plan doesn't please all

"...Tuesday community meeting on Austin Energy's new Resource & Climate Protection Plan, Karl R. Rábago, AE vice president of distributed..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Austin Climate Protection Program Manager Jake Stewart announced Monday that he..."

June 26, 2009 News Feature

Goodbye Watson, Hello Rabago

A climate-change changing of the guard

"...Fund. He’ll be working on energy policy in EDF's Climate & Air Program, helping to get climate-protection legislation –..."

March 31, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Reasons to Conserve: The Message

Saving water means saving energy and protecting the climate

"...roster of "Reasons to Observe and Conserve Water," including climate change. They include:..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beyond City Limits

"...especially in its 2005 passage of the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, now endorsed by more than 850 mayors...."

June 27, 2008 News Feature

Developing Stories: Wynn Calls for 2008 Rail Vote

Will Austin get a streetcar at last?

"...Wynn, who initiated the Austin Climate Protection Plan and regularly gives community and national talks..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Calculating That CO2 Footprint

Carbon-offset nonprofit TreeFolks answers call for more transparency through 'local' investment options

"...make the best carbon sinks, depending on species, lifespan, climate, and other variables. TreeFolks' calculator does include a high..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Top 10 Environmental Stories

An oil spill and a water treatment plant top the list

"...Commission called for increased enforcement and the federal Environmental Protection Agency invalidated the agency's "flexible" air-quality permitting system and..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Finding the Sweet Spot

For Austin's 'density bonus' development program – what's on our wish list?

"...the city as the most sustainable policy. Rationales include climate protection, energy efficiency, diminishing sprawl, protecting environmentally sensitive land,..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Acting on Directors

The spring retirement announced by City Manager Toby Futrell raises the question of how the city will fill key openings

"...next decade on urban planning and land use, environmental protection and climate protection -- among other initiatives...."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point

Wynn is leading the way in cities' efforts to curb greenhouse gases

"...including a sizable devotion to combating global warming and climate change. Not entirely coincidentally, the U.S. Conference of Mayors'..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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

Debate Heats Up Over How to Wean Austin Off Fossil Fuels

Electric Utility Commission and Austin Energy at odds

"...Energy is almost done tweaking its Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan for net zero by 2035, but before..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...trucks and is donating $100,000 to nine organizations doing climate-change-reform activities, while shooting for net-zero emissions from tours and..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...sound ominous, threatening, and worrisome? Certainly, and the U.S. Climate Action Network would have us believe that greenhouse gases..."

Aug. 16, 1996 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...utility’s second effort to update its Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan. The proposed plan will establish the city’s..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature

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