The Hightower Lowdown

The Fundraiser-in-Chief, Harvard busts its workers, and Dick Cheney oils his own nest

"...on dirty, toxic, expensive, ecologically disastrous oil, gas, and coal, Cheney went with the money. Instead of the clean,..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips

The defunct Comal Power Plant in New Braunfels finds new life as a hotel.

"...Because the building was constructed around coal handling equipment, boilers, and furnaces that stretch nearly the..."

June 2, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Mercury emissions from power plants continue to rise in Texas, according to a new report.

"...Water Action, and Public Citizen unveiled new findings that coal-burning power plants in Texas lead the nation in mercury..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...Observer about Alcoa's threat to Bastrop and Lee counties ["Coal Hard Cash," Sep. 3]. I attended Anne Lewis' films..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

Country Club PERCs

Political Economy Researchers Preach Laissez Faire

"...corporate interests are a politically appealing target. And a coalition that runs across the political spectrum -- from the..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Austin Energy Proposes New Gas Generation as Part of 2035 Resource Plan Update

Critics say it “blows up” climate plans; AE says it improves emissions

"...Kirk Watson’s urging that AE needs to exit Fayette Coal Plant no later than January of 2029, the original..."

Dec. 9, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Queer

Gorgeous but superficial adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel

"...Diaries and William S. Burroughs’ Queer. While not quite coal in the literary stocking, both books were juvenilia pulled..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Celebrating Our New American Values

After the election, a Swiftian reevaluation of what is good and what is bad

"...largest donors to the president-elect’s campaign are tobacco and coal companies, so he could liberate the air for smokers..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Column by Lawrence Baines

Small Things Like These

Irish drama about the infamous Magdalene laundries stars Oscar winner Cillian Murphy

"...and stars Oscar winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) as a coal merchant whose eyes are opened to the church's abuses...."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review

In Crowded District 7 Race, Candidates’ Similarities Outweigh Differences

Candidates talk environment, housing options, and public safety

"...Austin out of its ownership stake in the Fayette coal plant and help offset the energy reliability loss by..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fayette Fail

"...to “Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit its Despised Coal Plant” [News, Dec. 1, 2023] after Austin Energy General..."

March 28, 2024 Postmarks

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Contemplating No Coal Plant: Austin Energy’s general manager, Bob Kahn, has announced..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature

Qmmunity: Holigay Movie Review

Three LGBTQ holiday movies to throw on, plus one bad queer movie challenge

"...fake-looking elf ears: This movie deserves a bag of coal...."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column

Austin Energy Considers Adding Natural Gas Plant to Resource Plan

Possible controversial addition to 2030 climate plan

"...Resource Plan. Challenges include retiring AE's share of Fayette coal plant, building resilience to extreme weather, adapting to the..."

Dec. 22, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

YA epic's prequel can't catch the book's inner fire

"...Lucy Gray (Zegler) from District 12, the same Appalachia-like coal-mining country Katniss Everdeen will call home a half-century later...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sierra Club Sues EPA Over Texas’ Shoddy Haze Plan

Another development in the Fayette coal plant saga

"...ultimately rejecting it. Instead, the EPA required all Texas coal plants built before 1977 to install scrubbers, which limit..."

June 15, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

All That Breathes

The struggle by three men to save the endangered black kite

"...using the kites as the proverbial canaries in the coal mine. And despite the film’s lovely shots of the..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Your Electric Bill Is About to Go Way Up

Council approves new Austin Energy rates, advocates disappointed

"...to AE's failure to close its share of the coal-fueled Fayette Power Project, which also puts the climate plan's..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Silent Night

English nightmare comedy is as much Noël Coward as George A. Romero

"...There’ll be a moment, probably around 20 minutes into coal-black dramedy Silent Night, when you’ll wonder exactly why you’re..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dear Santa

Behind the scenes of Operation Santa

"...personally go full-blown Krampus on your mistletoe, understand. No coal in your stocking. Birch switch, straight in the basket,..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Argentine Favorites From Buenos Aires Café

Gnocchi, empanadas, and Patagonia style lamb

"...lasts most of the day,” says Paola. “While the coals are getting ready, family members drink mate, our traditional..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Food Post

Damnation

Béla Tarr's turning point drama lovingly and bleakly restored

"...the creaking sound of the buckets that carry black coal back from the mines is pervasive and perpetual. The..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings

Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy

"...Corsicana native included "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)," "I've Been..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Billy Joe Shaver Dead at 81

Country songwriting sage gets his wings

"...Corsicana native included “I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday),” “I’ve Been..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Still Life

Jia Zhangke’s 2006 masterpiece on a changing China finally reaches America

"...building of the Three Gorges Dam. Jia utilizes his coal-mining brother, Han Sanming, as the protagonist to tell this..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Dead Dicks

The realities of depression meets the trap of reincarnation

"...his apartment keeps bringing him back, much to his coal-black-humored chagrin. The debut feature by writer/director Chris Bavota and..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Earth

Documentary about how we reshape the land digs deep but maybe too wide

"...many people there are. If they don't dig that coal or drill that tunnel, the refrain goes, someone else..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wild Goose Lake

Chinese noir stumbles over its own remarkable style

"...writer-director Diao opens the followup his 2015 murder-mystery Black Coal, Thin Ice with a scene that is more Wong..."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...on. Trump promised them that he would revive the coal industry and they believed him. So all those poor..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Humanity's scarring of Earth mapped out in graphic, terrifying detail

"...off the map as a result of aggressive open-pit coal mining. The film’s stunning visuals of these and other..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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