Hypothesis: These Science Fair Kids Are All Winners

On the ground at the 64th Annual Austin Energy Regional Science Festival

"...also invited to show at the 64th Annual Austin Energy Regional Science Festival. Held Feb. 19-22 at the Palmer..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Lauren Girgis

Climate Change Crusader Heats Up Renewable Energy Fair

Q&A with Rick Piltz, formerly with the U.S. government's Climate Change Science Program

"...climate reports to downplay links between greenhouse-gas emissions and global warming. Now Piltz is featured in the new film..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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Our readers talk back.

"...Energy Correction..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

War by the (Text)book

The State Board of Education's first public hearing on social studies textbooks confirmed that, underneath the thin cloak of bureaucratic civility, an ideological battle is raging over whose story the textbooks should tell.

"...Leininger helped fund a well-organized effort to reject Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future, a textbook that he considered..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...a discussion between two prominent researchers and writers on global warming. One was journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, known best for..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"..."WHEREAS, global scientific consensus predicts as a consequence of global warming..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...– something to do with Mayor Will Wynn or energy-efficient home retrofits or Austin Energy. The ozonelike fogginess surrounding..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

AAAS Highlights Austin Efforts to Address Climate Change

One of 18 communities featured in “How We Respond,” released today

"...is a program assisting local churches in improving their energy efficiency. Another Texas project described in the report is..."

Sept. 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Save the World With Bill Nye

SXSW Eco closing speaker thinks we're not a lost cause

"...for science's sake. As the stakes get higher on global warming, he told the audience: "I want you, and..."

Oct. 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Climate Strike at the Capitol Adds Austin Voices to Worldwide Movement

Students spark rally to combat climate change

"...effort to call attention to the growing crisis of global warming and to press public officials to take preventive..."

Sept. 23, 2019 News Post by Michael King

One Quadrillion ... and Then Some

New laser science at UT pushes the boundaries of knowledge

"...the single biggest explosion of light and heat and energy the universe had seen since its birth was about..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...awareness. However, GITNB has tackled these projects with the energy of 10 such organizations. Within just a year of..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Le Grand Fromage

Whole Foods global cheese buyer Cathy Strange

"...Cathy Strange, the global cheese buyer for Whole Foods Market, has got to..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

If More CO₂ Is Bad ... Then What?

The need to reduce emissions collides head-on with the growing world demand for energy

"...On the science of global climate change, I'm an agnostic. I've seen Al Gore's..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...with impacted residents," along with more information on Austin Energy's response protocols. The sparks are scheduled to fly May..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Austin@COP15

Local participants, activists in Denmark for U.N. climate summit

"...to replace (and improve) the Kyoto Protocol, the current global climate-pollution-reduction agreement, which expires in 2012...."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Bryce's Contradictory Questionable Tough-Guy Views

"...that he is an "agnostic" on the "science of global climate change." But a few words later, he states..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Postmarks

Climate Change News

Safe Climate Act introduced to Congress; and National Academy of Sciences releases climate change report requested by House Committee on Science chair

"...Act (HR 5642), a so-called long-term, science-based solution to global warming. The measure would freeze U.S. greenhouse gas emissions..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

Bush brings smog to Europe, and Rich Oppel blows smoke.

"...Academy of Sciences informed him (once again) that man-made global warming is a real and growing problem. Bush smogged:..."

June 22, 2001 News Column by Michael King

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...there should be three magnets spinning inside, generating an energy field timed to oscillate across my brain's surface at..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

On the Lege

News from beneath the pink granite dome

"...carbon-dioxide emissions from vehicles and coal plants contribute to global warming. To get to that point, they need to..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

U.S. military action against Iran is not likely to be tolerated by Europe, Russia, and China

"...international gas markets as Saudi Arabia is in the global oil market" (The New York Times, June 20, 2006,..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...• As of Jan. 1, Austin Energy's electricity rates have dropped, thanks to an 8% decrease..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature

Enviro-Rentalism

Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in

"...The upside of global warming? You get to do fun things like buy..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

"...the heels of Sunday's anti-coal demonstration, emerging nonprofit Renewable Energy Institute announced Monday that Austin will be the site..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

The Core

"...disasters (superstorms, big lightning, oddly focused beams of microwave energy, and, niftiest of all, a global aurora borealis). Heroes..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Austin Climate Protection Plan

An update on the state of the city's ACPP

"...shifts in behavior and human activity required to arrest global warming – and there's no time to lose. That's..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Michael Brown, plus the 24 Beats Per Second and Global programming, and an Alien retrospective. Plus with a chance..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It's the Planet, Stupid

George W. Bush is not sure global warming and the greenhouse effect are a problem.

"...When it comes to global warming, George W. Bush has his head firmly up..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Bryce's Response Was an Overreaction

"...out that he went from being an agnostic about global warming at the beginning of his article to being..."

Dec. 22, 2007 Postmarks

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