The Hightower Report

Mad scientists and Big Brother … maybe we should be paranoid!

"...now a serious test has been done by the EPA. "This is one of the first really realistic studies..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...continuing to manage AMN and its Channel 15, by separate agreement with the city, come Oct. 1 – when..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...again," Perry said. "I believe no one is more prepared to lead this court as it renders decisions of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Ham for This Season

Hans Frank's political drama is timely fare for election time

"...Office of the Inspector General writes environmental policy, the EPA has the option to disregard any or all of..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...As Capital Metro prepares for Monday's expected vote to set a rail election,..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Enviro groups call for more, not fewer, limits on power plant emissions

"...1990's Clean Air Act signed by his father, the EPA has worked to slow implementation of stricter emissions standards..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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Our readers talk back.

"...but they have been unable to achieve attainment with EPA air-quality standards. The EPA has ordered Houston to spend..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Column

Amount of Fayette Power Plant's Ozone Pollutants May Have Been Overstated

"...but they have been unable to achieve attainment with EPA air-quality standards. The EPA has ordered Houston to spend..."

Dec. 16, 2003 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...For the record, Accenture and Arthur Andersen have been separate legal entities and have operated independently since 1989, when..."

July 4, 2003 Column

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"...five-county Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area has violated the EPA health standards for ozone air pollution for several years...."

June 20, 2003 Column

Barton Springs Reopens, With Great Pleasure

The Statesman-spawned toxics crisis is finally over, but threats to Austin water quality remain.

"...To reach their conclusions, the state health department and the federal ATSDR reviewed over 14,500 individual data..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

City Hall: Yes, Austin, Barton Springs Is Still Safe

One more time: City, state, and federal experts refute rash Statesman claims about Barton Springs pollution

"...developers and other critics have accused McClintock and her department of exaggerating the spring's declining water quality. "And now,..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

'We've Got Climate Change'

Lee Nichols interviews UT biologist Camille Parmesan about the evidence and consequences of global warming.

"...-- rather than attempt to stop rising temperatures, the EPA says, communities should simply find ways adapt to the..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Webberville Pines Over Mines

"...onto their porches from existing mines. According to the EPA, crushing and screening can produce emissions and waste that..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Cleaning Fayette the 'Flex' Way

"...senior regulatory analyst with the LCRA, says renovations and repairs at Fayette will cut emissions of sulfur dioxide by..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Salamander Faces Summer in Court

The Save Our Springs Alliance asks for more information regarding FWS's opinion on the Barton Springs Watershed.

"...to its original lawsuit against the FWS and the EPA, which began two years ago this month. Mark Stermitz,..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Capitol Chronicle

The Lege attempt at air pollution control gets shot down in court.

"...later), Livingston told the parties (automobile dealers vs. the Department of Public Safety) to prepare an agreement in accordance..."

May 3, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...On March 21, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman released a list of the..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Bush's Dirty Plan for Clean Skies

Bush's plan to "reduce" emissions could actually mean more air pollution.

"...While Clean Skies does call for reductions, EPA figures show that they will be less than current..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Lowdown

Brazil's indigenous people battle corporate biopirates; the Bush appointee calendar is 12 months of ugly; and the Century Club lets in the riff-raff.

"...super-polluter General Electric in its Superfund fights against the EPA, and he's been a lobbyist on pollution issues for..."

Feb. 15, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Aluminum Can'ts

Three environmental groups take aluminum giant Alcoa to court.

"...in November of 1990, and there is correspondence in EPA files that says they did review that work. And..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

People vs. the Pipeline

A surprisingly small crowd turns out to demand safety guarantees from Longhorn Pipeline.

"...on the validity of Longhorn approvals obtained from the EPA and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Office of Pipeline..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

A FAB Toxic Inventory

"...chemical substitutes, and (3) less use of chemicals altogether. EPA reporting requirements have also changed, due in part to..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

To Your Health

I have a 10-year-old son by a previous marriage, but after trying for six years, it looks like my husband may not be able to father a child. We simply cannot afford the cost of the entire batch of medical tests and treatment that insurance will not cover. What could nutritional supplements do to help?

"...not attractive, use the capsules with both DHA and EPA (eicosopentaenoic acid) at about 2,000 mg per day as..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Hightower Lowdown

PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering

"...filing and restructured the corporation in a way that separates the assets and profits of PG&E from its own..."

June 15, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Top 10 Censored Stories of 2000

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

"...9. EPA Planned to Dump Toxic Waste Into Denver SewersAward to:..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Karynn M. Fish

Capitol Chronicle

The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air

"...Moreover, Chisum's bill would calcify into Texas law the EPA's distinctions between ozone "attainment" and "non-attainment" regions of the..."

April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Hightower Lowdown

The Firestone Tire / Ford conspiracy; genetically engineered corn and StarLink; WTO's complaints about citizens

"...Because of this risk, the EPA has approved StarLink corn only for animal feed, not..."

Nov. 17, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Gov. Bush presents a new plan to clean up "brownfields," or abandoned industrial sites, across Texas, but environmental leaders say the plan greenwashes his poor environmental record.

"...to cleaning up sites known as "brownfields" -- which EPA literature defines as industrial facilities that have been abandoned..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Top Local Stories of 1999

"...7. EPA threatens non-attainment for Austin. As if Austin's growth weren't..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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