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Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...Working artists and musicians require and thrive in an environment where the cost of living is affordable, as few..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

If You Can't Stand the Heat ...

Republican Jill Warren is behind in the polls and going negative on her Democratic opponent Ann Kitchen, in the race for House District 48 in Travis County.

"...is considered needs to have minimal impact on the environment, and particularly: "I want to make sure we don't..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...support of my community and issues to safeguard the environment...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

Letters at 3AM

Al Gore is the only presidential candidate who's hot and bothered about global warming.

"...isn't "they" anymore; it's the planet itself -- our environment, a Mother Earth driven mad by her children, children..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...to expel, with much dyspeptic outrage, the resurgently radical environmental movement, as long as technology controls the Austin economy,..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Media Clips

Although he's catching heat in the national media, here in Texas, Bush has been given kid-glove treatment by the media.

"...constituency." Which brings us to his record on the environment, and the second article of Greenberger's double-header...."

May 12, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...which will look into culinology, opthamology, and musicology; and "environmental" ologies, covering climatology, ecology, and eco-toxicology. Wow -- let..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Naked City

TheLeague of Conservation Voters releases report cards on the major presidential candidates, and finds Gov. Bush : who did not return a League survey : lacking in every category.

"...Voters (LCV). In January, the league, a national, bipartisan environmental advocacy group, took Bush to task on his environmental..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Natural Selection

Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.

"...enough research has been done to ensure human or environmental safety when it comes to altering such life-giving structures..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Hays County environmentalists and other area residents applaud a recent LCRA decision to delay building a water pipeline to Dripping Springs until an Environmental Impact Statement can be completed.

"...Area environmentalists were happily surprised by a recent decision to put..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

UT Regents Rita Clements and Tony Sanchez torpedoed Herzog & De Meuron's design for the Blanton Museum because it didn't fit in with the Campus Master Plan. But neither do most buildings built on campus since the mid-1960s.

"...the world's tallest building? 3) What is a "horizontal environment?" 4) And what major institution of higher learning in..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...high school did so because we felt a smaller environment is superior academically and provides greater opportunities for students..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Man of the Hour

Superintendent Pat Forgione discusses his goals for AISD in a Q&A interview with reporter Kevin Fullerton.

"...unobtrusive measures of teacher quality: the friendliness of an environment when you walk into a school, that people care..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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Solid Gold 40 is shocked and dismayed; non-fans of Carole Keeton Rylander add their two cents; a tear for Tony's Vineyard; and more letters to the editor.

"...an "ignorant fear of viral promoters" is behind the "environmentalist's" opposition to genetic engineering (GE) ["Postmarks"]. Opponents of these..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column

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The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

"...Food Developers or the FDA) on humans, or our environment. Notice I say "our" because the Earth is a..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column

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"...of our city's problems is once again the overzealous environmental community; now they're blamed for the high costs of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Column by Louis Black

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Press Bush on Wiccans

"...has every international contact possible, and has very strong environmental views. Bush on the other hand, has allowed Karla..."

June 18, 1999 Column

A World of Their Own

Growing Population

"...if cases, outside of Fragile X, are based on environmental or genetic factors. Some are searching for cures, others..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie

Bush vs. Bush

Clean Air: Optional or Mandatory?

"...Governor Bush rarely talks about the environment. It wasn't mentioned in his inaugural address. It wasn't..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Page Two

"...to run as an independent, implying that Clayton wasn't environmentally pure enough. Although Mitchell later withdrew, in an election..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Exhibitionism

O.t.: Court and Spark

"...millennium approaches. Stayin' Alive! entertainingly billed relationships, work, the environment, and spirituality as the stars of this performance...."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Public Notice

And So It Goes...

"...for hours and hours each day? How is the environment affecting our ability to eliminate cancer from our bodies..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

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Do the Right Thing

"...the wastes and re-dispose of them in a more environmentally protective manner. Would most companies in the industry be..."

March 27, 1998 Column

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Helping Herb

"...run a wastewater line through the creek. After those environmental successes Nan Clayton co-founded the Barton Hills/Horseshoe Bend Neighborhood..."

March 6, 1998 Column

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We Get What We Want

"...4) Ann will work actively to protect Travis County's environment. She is committed to completing the Balcones Canyonland Preserve,..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...population and prosperity in the region has created an environment ripe for church growth. Taken as part of what..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Honoria en Ciberspazio

The Opera Ain't Over 'Til the Cyber-Lady Sings

"...When Honoria discovered cyberspace, she saw it as an environment conducive to the same kind of networked social art...."

Nov. 21, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Shattered Icon

Living Legend Ann Richards Steps Off the Pedestal

"...Colonial times," says Sheehan, who points out that increasing environmental awareness coupled with new clean water laws have had..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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"...card marked `To: Austin and its cadre of radical environmentalists.'"..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Keeping Industry Out

illustration by Doug Potter

"...to last week's council meeting to save her neighborhood's environment by refusing to recycle. Rangel presented her "Big Blue"..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

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