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"...an economic issue. It remained the cheapest form of energy, and there was no viable/economical alternative. We neither had..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Harness the Sun for Backyard Solar Cooking

Make memories and meals while you watch your kids learn

"...a real go of harnessing that beast mode sun energy to cook a meal (and leave our oven off)...."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Compare and Contrast

Will Phil King still deny the existence of global warming after the United Nation's latest report?

"..."Global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide..."

Feb. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Cyber Top Tens

"...the Supremes rejected a law intended to sanitize the global Internet, restricting content to material suitable for minors. The..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...way for lots of exciting capabilities, including extremely accurate global weather forecasting, optimizing risk factors for financial portfolios, formulating..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

News Roundup: Climate, Cuts, and Cuckoos

Austin attends the Paris climate conference

"...can and will lead on climate by increasing the energy efficiency of our buildings, expanding renewable energy, adding electric..."

Dec. 14, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Support Safe Climate Act

"...becoming harder and harder to deny the realities of global warming, despite the current, ineffectual debates over its existence...."

Jan. 12, 2007 Postmarks

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...that in order to cut oil consumption and curb global warming, Detroit should apply fuel-saving technology to those vehicles..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Slow Biz of Show Biz

A conversation between filmmakers Richard Linklater and Rachel Tsangari

"...spirit of a time and a place. And an energy. Truffaut, Fassbinder -- they're making films about their friends..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature

Naked City

"...Commission charged TXU Corp. with manipulating the state wholesale energy market in 2005, costing consumers excess charges of as..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...to the facts about the very real threat of global warming, and all Carl Swanson can do is turn..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Peace Through Pie

A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King

"...Myriad ideas came to mind: International to salute his global vision? Soul food because he was a black man?..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

TCEQ Paves the Way for Shit Creek(s)

State environmental agency rejects science in favor of allowing sewage in creeks

"...For a local example of the great "global warming debate," just look at the controversy over discharge..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Climate Change: City Targets Zero Emissions

City aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

"...to detail how each specific sector – mainly targeting energy, transportation, and waste/industrial – will be involved. The drafters..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

The Hightower Report

Pocketful of Coal; and Go for the Feingold

"...and a crony of Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, one of the biggest and nastiest of the coal..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Beyond City Limits

"...aid to Africa, rising food and oil prices, and global climate change – and agreed to "consider and adopt"..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature

Cool City: Acting Locally, Cooling Globally

The Austin Climate Protection Plan takes form

"...leading city in the nation in the fight against global warming."..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Willie Nelson would be his go-to man on renewable energy, and Texas would be shooting for a goal of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Green Day to Crowd: “Tonight Is a Celebration! Austin, We’re Alive!”

The punks reflect on 30 years of F.S.U.

"...the introduction of all-girl quartet the Linda Lindas. Their energy is infectious (one could say precocious, but these young..."

Sept. 12, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

Checking In: Nina Diaz Ponders Playing As the Titanic Sinks

“I thought to myself, ‘Would I play ’til the ship sank?’”

"...AC: As a global culture, people employ music for every purpose imaginable, obviously..."

Nov. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

"...of the green-building movement, from the leaders at Austin Energy to the folks building their homes out of straw..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...funding organizations that work to discredit the science behind global warming. Campaign members called on supporters to boycott ExxonMobil..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...to somebody who has got some fresh vision and energy. I think that's best for the organization right now...."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Jesus Saves

With the city facing its biggest budget crunch in a decade, city manager Jesus Garza has begun to make some tough financial choices.

"...property taxes, our dividend as municipal owners of Austin Energy, and various fees and fines and charges, and unless..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...appears to be on the cusp of a massive global technological revolution, Ecstasy advocates (along with their detractors) are..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...than 20 feet from the action -- and the energy that companies invest in the space. The space has..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Laser-Focused SXSW Panels on Making Progress in the Food World

Altering the future, one bite at a time

"...know how your daily food decisions can make a global impact? Add these panels to your calendar...."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Veronica Meewes

SXSW Eco: Beyond the Burlap Bag

Environmentalists ponder how to mainstream eco-culture

"...are making enough to be able to worry about global warming. "Reggie Watts was like, 'You have to get..."

Oct. 10, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Quarrel With the Status Quo

Charlie Baird on criminal justice, equity, and the Travis County D.A.

"...to have the willingness and the effort and the energy to put into something that could absolutely, fundamentally change..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Obama Feels Wall Street's Pain; and Do Apples Need a Remake?

"...that. Is it a free, clean, perpetual source of energy? No, bigger even than that. What we have here..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

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