Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Concrete Becoming What?: The city’s Environmental Commission heard a proposed framework for developments in Lady..."
Search
Location Matches: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Vehicle Guide
1-30 of 559 results, sorted by date | sort by relevance
March 29, 2024 News Feature
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Austin’s Air Problem: Under a new Environmental Protection Agency rule, Austin no longer meets certain health..."
Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature
Save Money, Save Energy, Save the Planet
"...to take action on climate change is now! The Environmental Protection Agency gave the city of Austin a $1M..."
Feb. 12, 2024 Postmarks
Why Austin Can’t Seem to Quit Its Despised Coal Plant
Locals continue to get coal for Christmas
"...the issue despite increasing public pressure and protests from environmental advocates...."
Dec. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Travis County Needs to Double Its Emissions Reductions by 2030
No strategy too small for tackling climate change
"...of Austin has just received $1 million from an Environmental Protection Agency grant to work with the county on..."
Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Can Federal Funds Clear Up Local Water Problems?
Water quality is worst in marginalized communities
"...from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency – Austin's Colony's water was technically in..."
Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Opinion: The Outdoor Recreation Economy in Texas Depends on EPA Safeguards
An Austin bike shop owner on why the climate crisis isn't just bad for the environment – it's bad for business, too
"...when I say that we urgently need strong commonsense protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil..."
Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Brad Wimberly
Local Street Sweeping Service Slows to a Crawl
The creek-friendly effort sees a staffing shortage
"...The Environmental Protection Agency recommends municipalities increase the efficiency of street..."
July 7, 2023 News Feature by John Anderson
Sierra Club Sues EPA Over Texas’ Shoddy Haze Plan
Another development in the Fayette coal plant saga
"...Today, Sierra Club announced it is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce higher air quality..."
June 15, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...People v. Methane: After the Environmental Protection Agency issued a rule to cut methane emissions..."
May 26, 2023 News Feature
TCEQ OKs Rock and Concrete Crushing Cluster in East Austin
Meanwhile, Lege may make it harder for residents with health concerns to weigh in
"...And the agency's appraisal of a site before granting a permit can..."
May 26, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Could New EPA Haze Rule Push Fayette Power Plant Out of Favor?
Stricter pollution controls mean higher costs to keep it running
"...The Environmental Protection Agency’s “Good Neighbor Plan,” now in its 60-day..."
May 13, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher
Texas Environmental Penalties Are Increasing
Time for tougher regulation
"...under scrutiny at the Legislature. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will grow some new teeth thanks to Sunset..."
March 31, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
These Anti-Trans, Border, and Water Bills Gained Steam This Week
Making moves in the Lege this week ...
"...decision ... [Senate Bill] 14 is all about child protection." Her first witness, from Michigan, described a transition process..."
March 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Texas Lege Looks to Address Flooding and Drought Without Saying "Climate Change"
Dipping a toe into a pool of options – and money
"...2036, a state policy think tank, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates it'll take $65 billion to fix the..."
Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Riding on TxDOT's endless highway
"...finally gotten to the point of releasing its draft environmental impact statement, or DEIS, for the 8-mile stretch of..."
Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Big, Contentious Austin Energy Rate Hike Finally Arrives at Council
Power for the people?
"...to $25 and move to a three-tier structure, which environmental advocates feel would disincentivize conservation and actually shift a..."
Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
SXSW Adds Cheech Marin, Titane Director Julia Ducournau For 2023
Plus the Metaverse and student athlete NIL deals part of the program
"...author, and inventor Paul Stamets • Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of California, Santa Barbara Leah..."
Nov. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Capital Metro’s Zero-Emission Buses Pass First Tests
Austin slowly rocks down to electric avenues
"...infrastructure over five years. The early returns on the agency's electric bus investment have been positive. "They're operating well,..."
Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham
SCOTUS Hobbles EPA, but Climate Tools Remain
Green raw deal
"...Supreme Court issued a ruling that took away the Environmental Protection Agency's best – but not only – tool..."
July 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Opinion: We Have Faith. Now We Need Clean Air.
Addressing methane emissions through robust pollution standards is critical to our future
"...right now to fight climate change is for the Environmental Protection Agency to cut methane pollution from the oil..."
Feb. 11, 2022 Column by Bee Moorhead
Austin Pilots New Tactics to Address Toxic Algae Blooms
Toxin found in Sculpture Falls poses greater risk to humans
"...handfuls of gross algae," said Brent Bellinger, a senior environmental scientist in the city's Watershed Protection Department, but "your..."
Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
1,400-Acre Development Near Hamilton Pool Ignites Push to Protect Salamander
Environmentalists petition to list Pedernales River springs salamander as endangered species
"...Austin's Save Our Springs Alliance and a group of environmental scientists have filed a petition with the U.S. Fish..."
Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Petition Over Troubled Water: Environmental organizations filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency..."
Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature
Caldwell County Landfill Opens After Years of Dispute
Neighbor: "This landfill should not be where it's sitting"
"...neighboring landowner Frank Sughrue contacted the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He expected its support: "We're in the floodplain,..."
Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Will TxDOT’s Plans for Loop 360 Leave Cyclists and Pedestrians in the Dust?
Bikin’ down the highway
"...As that project moves along in its design and environmental review, those paths have come under scrutiny from active..."
June 18, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham
Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35
The road not taken
"...more than 2,300 comments, including comments on an interactive environmental constraints map," you'll read on the project website, where..."
April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate
Local conservationists seek to boost "beneficial reuse"
"...of formal enforcement action from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the agency that's supposed to regulate these transgressions...."
Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Read The Platforms
"...defunding of 'climate justice' initiatives, the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency, and repeal of the Endangered Species Act.”..."
Oct. 12, 2020 Postmarks
Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats
Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist
"...coverage of a trove of documents hacked from a multi-agency intelligence center operated by the Austin Police Department. The..."
