Looking for Solutions for Residents Feeling Extreme Heat

UT-Austin partners with city, community orgs to mitigate local "heat island" effect

"...For the past 20 years, heat waves have gradually worsened in Austin, with the number..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

TDCJ Fails to Protect Prisoners From Extreme Heat

At least 14 have died since 2007

"...of Criminal Justice's Risk Management Division reminded employees in "heat awareness training" of the "common sense tips" that could..."

April 23, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

The People Who Collect Austin's Trash Struggle in Extreme Heat

A/C issues continue at Austin Resource Recovery

"...important factor in keeping ARR truck operators safe during extreme heat – ensuring the reliable functionality of A/C units..."

July 14, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Local Roller Derby Community in a Jam Over Extreme Heat

A shade covering could cost more than $100,000

"...pandemic but interest has been steadily rising. Also rising? Extreme heat in Austin. It's turned into a health risk..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Austin Symphony Orchestra Cancels Performance Due to Extreme Heat

Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park hit thrice this season

"...Texas' heat wave strikes again. For the third time this year,..."

July 10, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The State Claims No One Is Dying From 120+° F Heat in Prisons

Part 2: The state’s response to the prison heat crisis

"...and her fellow inmates were surviving another summer of extreme heat in the Dr. Lane Murray Unit, a prison..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Amid Record Heat, Texas Locks Prisoners Down, Reducing Shower Access

Advocates feel decision is retaliation

"...Amid record heat, and prisoners’ reports of deaths, lying in vomit, and..."

Sept. 7, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

How Bad Is This Heat, Really?

Better than 2022, but still deadly

"...across the state this month. Meanwhile, Austin broke its heat index record with 118 degrees on Wednesday, June 21...."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Amid Texas Heat Wave ERCOT Asks Texans to Conserve Energy, With Possibility of Rolling Blackouts

Updated: Record demand and low wind generation strain grid

"...are two factors driving this strain on the grid: extreme heat leading to record high electric demand, and extremely..."

July 11, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

Aztex Cool Off First Place Heat

Aztex edge Laredo, 1-0; head out on the road

"...night at House Park, knocking off the first-place Laredo Heat, 1-0 on a goal by Kekuta Manneh, to break..."

June 25, 2012 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

X Games X-Factors: Heat, Booze, and Meth

EMS almost forced to activate disaster plan

"...The most extreme thing happening at last month's X Games didn't involve..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Heat Is on

'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...the daunting task of tasting some of the most extreme concoctions in the land in order to crown the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Has Austin Resource Recovery Found a Solution to Its Chronic A/C Problem?

Taking the heat off local garbage collection trucks

"...confined cab, directly above the truck's engine compartment. The heat and close quarters can feel suffocating even with A/C..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

We Have an Issue: This Is Fine?

In this week's issue, fun ways to grapple with the ongoing heat... and more sobering thoughts on the state we're in

"...original tagline was meant to be "Lean Into the Heat" – a concept that certainly seemed more fun a..."

July 21, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

East Austin Doesn’t Get the Same Shade, and Consequences Ripple for Health and Equity

Beating the heat

"...and nighttime temps.) Streaks of triple-digit-degree days have spurred heat advisories, along with increased risk of wildfire and drought...."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

City Eyeing “Road Sunblock” to Reduce Asphalt Temperatures

The roads are too damn hot

"...Mitigating the effects of extreme heats in cities, worsening each year due to human-caused..."

Aug. 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

We Have an Issue: Ice Ice Baby

Beat the record-breaking heat with our cover story about Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs

"...has had to cancel an outdoor concert due to extreme heat...."

July 15, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Gas and Coal Outages Behind ERCOT’s Constant Calls for Conservation

And no progress on energy efficiency programs

"...be less stressed temporarily, but the last few weeks’ extreme heat has revealed weak spots yet again...."

Aug. 30, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Advocates Sue Texas Over Prisoners Being “Cooked To Death”

Filmmaker Rick Linklater joins the call for action

"...other groups, asks the federal courts to declare TDCJ’s heat policy to be cruel and unusual punishment. The suit..."

April 23, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

XXX

"...but it's the storyline's cartoonish take on the whole “extreme sportsman as government agent” genre (you know, that one)..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Real “Bernie” Sues Prison System, Is Allowed Air-Conditioned Cell

Man who inspired dark comedy files lawsuit over prison heat

"...as a previous 14-day order protecting Tiede from the extreme heat this summer was set to expire...."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

A Surge of Adoptions Alleviates the Animal Shelter Crisis – for Now

Save our shelter

"...last few weeks, a combination of media attention and extreme heat alleviated that burden, if only temporarily. Longer-term solutions,..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

American Boy

Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime

"...Steam Heat was a one-of-a-kind band, a funky fusion of jazz,..."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cap Metro Pitches in as Mobile Cooling Center

As temperatures rise, bus stops serve as shelter from the sun

"...a toll on his body, as he had two heat strokes in June. "I sat down. I ate a..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Extreme Heat

"...Extreme HeatSoulstice..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Papa's Brand-New Bag

Jazzers and jam bands alike just wanna funk, Austin style

"...on bass (Carolyn Wonderland, Larry), Neil Pederson on keyboards (Extreme Heat, Papa Mali), Michael Hale on drums (Patrice Pike,..."

July 27, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The Meteor Man

"...it should be; the violence is cartoonish in the extreme, and Townsend's extremely heavy-handed message of “If we all..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Climate Control

Will corporate interests finally see the light on climate change?

"...too little incentive to comply, too much incentive to cheat. Unequal Blame..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Takers

This Los Angeles-set heist movie stars lots of well-muscled men.

"...seems to think he's assembled a sort of hip-hop Heat, even aping Michael Mann's fondness for cool color palettes...."

Sept. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Clark Autopsy Released – APD and Tasers Exonerated?

Questions – and lawsuits – still linger over Taser use

"...cell sickling due to sickle cell disease] associated with extreme physical activity due to PCP and cocaine-induced excited delirium...."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

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