Pipeline, Drought Key Issues in the Aquifer Conservation District Election

The Aquifer simmers in bottom-of-ballot race

"..."I've spent my career primarily as a regulator for EPA, trying to regulate folks that discharge pollutants into surface..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Opinion: We Can’t Let Coronavirus Distract Us From Data Collection and Climate Change

We cannot give companies slack on environmental regulations during the pandemic – and that includes those running energy-gorging data centers

"...the existential crisis that is climate change. Yet, the EPA has relaxed enforcement of environmental regulations for companies who..."

May 1, 2020 Column by Tracy O’Neill

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!

"...that the world goes 'round, to quote the dearly departed John Prine...."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...the city of Anaconda in southwestern Montana, a real-world EPA Superfund site with a population of just over 9,000...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...has become since Bilott began his decades-long crusade. The EPA has been defanged, and the courts are increasingly packed..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Protesters Descend On Leander Family Pride Event

LGBTQ activists and allies turn out to support attendees

"...Open Cathedral told the Chronicle earlier this week that..."

June 15, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music News: Arthur Brown Cancels Performance After New Zealand Mosque Shooter Plays “Fire”

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown will not play at Waterloo Records today

"...Brown announced the cancelation via Facebook Saturday evening, in..."

March 17, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...win a city of Aus­tin waste disposal contract, WM prepared a multimillion-dollar plan to remediate the IWU by removing..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Mixing Up Your Environmentalism

Plateaued on your earth-friendly efforts? Here are a few ideas to help.

"...methane. However, composting isn’t necessarily the best alternative. The EPA has a food recovery hierarchy on how food should..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Chron Events Post by Bonny Chu

EPA Rejects Coyote Cyanide Ban

Feds reject effort to remove unsafe animal-control tool from use

"...Nearly 20 wildlife and conservation organizations had petitioned the EPA to prohibit the poison and start a special review..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Luv Doc: The Depravity of a Gruntle

Dragging someone out of black hole is never easy

"...No, this clearly isn't a love advice question, but..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Cut the Corporate Welfare

"...on the city; the Crestview Station area was an EPA Superfund Site very successfully remediated. Any piece of prime..."

May 3, 2018 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...while reducing emissions. The results: Air emissions were below EPA limits for this generation of locomotive...."

March 30, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...with neither the generally beloved Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart­ment, nor the conservation-focused U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It's..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Point Austin: A Turning Point?

Flake, Corker, and Straus ... does the new GOP have room for decency?

"...Flake's departure was preceded by that of Tennessee Sen. Bob Cork­er,..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Michael King

EPA vs. the AP

Environmental Protection Agency smears journalist after criticism of Harvey inspections

"...flooded and had not yet been inspected by the EPA. Rather than explain when inspections would begin, an EPA..."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Al Gore reminds us (once again) that climate change is real

"...wildfires rage, and a new president brazenly guts the EPA, cuts funding for science and education, and calls man-made..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tracking a Caldwell County Landfill Proposal

Tracking a Caldwell County landfill proposal

"...when its subsidiary in Alabama became ensnared in an EPA Office of Civil Rights investigation into the state's permitting..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Dripping Springs Wastewater Update

The EPA will allow the town to discharge treated wastewater into Onion Creek

"...to discharge treated wastewater (effluent) into Onion Creek. The EPA lifted its objections subject to a nitrogen limit of..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Climate Change: Still Not a Hoax

Reducing carbon emissions with Austin Energy, without the Fayette Power Project

"...of their power plants by 2030. Shortly after Obama's EPA rolled that plan out, 27 states, including Texas, sued..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The Hightower Report

Why is George Orwell’s 1984 a bestseller again?

"...to attack everything from our public schools to the EPA, dropping executive order bombs on Muslim communities and the..."

April 28, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Headlines

"...Keep Austin Moving: The Texas Depart­ment of Transportation approved its 2017 program, which includes $620..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature

Hold That Wastewater!

Effluent flows could cripple three local endangered species

"...negotiations with a goal of no direct discharge." See "EPA Raises Questions About Dripping Springs Wastewater," Dec. 16, 2016...."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report: How Many Working-Class Populists Are in Trump’s New Government?

More than half of The Donald's Department of Defense transition team have worked as executives or lobbyists

"...the Environmental Protection Agency. Where's he now? Heading Trump's EPA transition team...."

Jan. 27, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Headlines

"...Plan developed over some years in conjunction with the EPA and passed by City Council with much fanfare last..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature

The Luv Doc: Feeding Pigeons

Toddlers have a lot of cartilage, don't they?

"...First of all, I think it's an EPA violation to feed pigeons Cheez-Its. If it's not, it..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

EPA Raises Questions About Dripping Springs Wastewater

Opinions differ on Onion Creek water standards

"...1 letter to the TCEQ, Richard Wooster of the EPA Dallas office says "it is not clear how this..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report: How Many Working-Class Populists are in Trump’s New Government?

If you're not at the table, you're on the menu

"...the Environ­ment­al Protection Agency. Where's he now? Heading Trump's EPA transition team...."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Luv Doc: Beware the Righteous

Way worse than robots

"...Nobody likes somebody who is right all the time..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Remarkably Uninformed

"...With Big Oil to Promote Pipeline”…"U.S. Chamber Challenging New EPA Ozone Standard in Court.” Companies like Apple and Pacific..."

April 25, 2016 Postmarks

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