Point Austin: Can't Say We Weren't Warned

New U.N. "emissions gap" report heightens climate change alarm.

"...measurements were still difficult, it was clear that man-made CO2 was a growing problem, primarily generated by the burning..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Five Ways YOU Can Fight Climate Change

Yes, you can do things to help the planet

"...offset business, the average American produces 36,000 pounds of CO2 emissions each year. One such effort is the Climate..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...meeting, it's due to science. Ambient air's concentration of CO2 is usually around 800 parts per million (ppm). At..."

July 5, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Global Warming Is Real

"...humans are not to blame for increasing rates of CO2 and other greenhouse gases or people have not informed..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Postmarks

Point Austin: When the Well Runs Dry

While our leaders fiddle a manufactured crisis, the land is burning

"...as anything on Earth – that "anthropogenic influence" (i.e., CO2 emissions generated by people) has been the dominant cause..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Fayette's Fate Up in the Ozone

AE proposes to sell its Fayette interest, but it may not fly

"...new gas plant would actually increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere."..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...acknowledged it doesn't require reductions of greenhouse gases or CO2 emissions "at this time," it denied Smith's claim that..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Different Way of Saying the Same Thing

"...a new tailpipe emission standard of 250 grams of CO2 per mile. These are actually equivalent. There are 25..."

April 1, 2010 Postmarks

Driving While Campaigning: Bill White Talking (Around) Climate Action

The gubernatorial candidate gamely navigates the politics of climate change

"...There is a risk posed by escalating levels of CO2." He continued, "No one can be precisely certain what's..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Should AE Retire Fayette Coal Plant ... This Decade?

"...• Protection from costs of regulation on CO2 and other pollutants..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

2020: More Solar, Higher Cost

"...Reduce CO2 emissions to 20% below 2005 levels...."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Natural Gas No Solution

"...a joke, because natural gas only produces 30% less CO2 than gasoline. While scientists say climate change is hitting..."

Oct. 8, 2008 Postmarks

Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...day, which in theory would offset 19,000 tons of CO2 annually. (Pumping and treating water accounts for about 60%..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

PUC Gathering the Western Wind

A new source for electricity is on the wind

"...power as the middle scenario and decrease smog and CO2 by an underwhelming 4%. The utility eventually supported Scenario..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Plug-in Hybrids Get Jump Start

House Ways and Means Committee approves first-ever federal incentive bill for plug-in vehicles

"...will run in most diesel engines. It's regarded as "CO2 neutral," as the carbon dioxide it emits was taken..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Biodiesel Comes to Central Austin

"...will run in most diesel engines. It's regarded as "CO2 neutral," as the carbon dioxide it emits was taken..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green

Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservation

"...21 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than CO2; the U.S. Geological Survey states methane, pound for pound,..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...positive-feedback loops that cause the additional release of more CO2 (as permafrost and other carbon sinks thaw and become..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

TXU Still Eyeing Clean Coal

Company continues clinging to previous dirty plans.

"...plant today, a North Dakota facility that pipes its CO2 into Canada where it's injected underground for enhanced oil..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Tina Marsh Reviewed

"...Following 1994's The Heaven Line, and a collaboration with CO2 offshoot the Bob Rodriguez Trio on 1999's Out of..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...is demanding action on the main source of heat-trapping CO2 emissions in Texas' coal-fired power plants. Texas leads the..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...our unborn children" – and will nullify the annual CO2 reductions of cities nationwide pursuing Kyoto Protocol-inspired goals. For..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival

Live Shot

"...Orchestra, it did. Not that umbrellas were necessary for CO2's performance of Coke's "Rain." Phrases moved rapidly from one..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Windtalkers

"...director who manufactures metaphors like other men pump out CO2. His HK-period films – The Killer, Hard-Boiled, Bullet in..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...and the cement industry causes about 7% of human-caused CO2 emissions...."

Nov. 8, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Opinion: Formula 1: An Environmentalist’s Guilty Pleasure

A student tries to reconcile her passion for F1 and environmentalism

"...carbon footprint is estimated to be 223,031 tonnes of CO2. The report highlights that nearly half (49%) of these..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Column by Julia Ruiz

The Austin Chronic: Former Ag Commissioner Candidate Susan Hays Is Building a Hempcrete House

It’s the first privately owned residence in Austin made of the eco-friendly material

"...referring to properties where chemical contaminants in building material, CO2 buildup, and mold cause health issues for those inside..."

April 12, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...are responsible for 80% of the world’s global fossil CO2 emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement...."

April 12, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fayette on the Naughty List

"...polluter from many perspectives. Fayette is the fourth largest CO2 polluter in Texas – and that’s saying something. It..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Postmarks

Public Notice: Chill Out, America!

Too many stupid shootings; TGI 4/20

"...reach near-zero 'embodied carbon' – the total amount of CO2 emissions associated with the production, transportation, and disposal of..."

April 21, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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