Reports Detail Threats to National Wildlife Refuges

Energy exploration endangers refuges, including ones in Texas

"...McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, at risk thanks to large-scale oil and gas exploration, protects the state's largest freshwater marsh..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House

"...the stops, he cries, demanding that Congress let Big Oil punch holes and build pipelines in the pristine Arctic..."

April 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Formula One: Last Gasp

"...announcement of the F1 racetrack in the foreground, the oil spill continuing to destroy the Gulf of Mexico and..."

May 26, 2010 Postmarks

Revealing The Great Invisible

Filmmaker Margaret Brown dives into the wreckage of the area residents' lives following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

"...region most immediately affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. Austin, of course, is only one..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Watch Out for Superweeds; and Let's Try Good Government

"...try this morsel: On the day that BP's Gulf oil rig blew up, seven of the corporation's executive muckety-mucks..."

May 28, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Billion Dollar Tax Loophole; and Oil Spill Blame Game

"...tax bills like the rest of us Americans do. Oil Spill Blame Game..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

March 2024 Primary Election Endorsements for Travis County Residents

Our choices for local, state, and national races

"...Railroad Commission is the state agency that regulates the oil and natural gas industry, and Bill Burch is a..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

News Ticker: November 1

All the news that's fit to blog

"...• 400 barrels of oil have contaminated a private pond and two reservoirs in..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

It's Nice To Car Share

The more hands on the wheel, the merrier

"...1 to witness the effects of the horrific BP oil spill, the folly of my own excess hit me..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Hightower Report

Marooned on BP Island; and Dems Cave on Disclosure

"...on BP's disastrous blowout in the Gulf, the British oil giant has been quietly and quickly drilling another risky..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

BPness: Louisiana's Beleaguered Coast

A snapshot of life since the spill

"...La., for years buoyed by the commercial fishing and oil industries, finds itself between a fish and a slick..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...over TxDOT's expansion of Hwy. 290/71 through Oak Hill spilled into the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Capitol Chronicle

Proposed New Air Pollution Rules for Houston Cover a Multitude of Industrial Sins

"..."raising questions about whether petrochemical facilities nationwide, such as oil refineries and chemical manufacturing plants, are underestimating the real..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"..."Naked City" never figured out how Ralph Nader "spoiled" the 2000 election by getting three million people to..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

SXSW Diary

"...would be without cars! There's also the cost of oil wars, oil spill cleanups, and disposing of the car..."

March 20, 1998 Column

Back in Black

Capital City Black Film Festival returns for round three

"...the Place, which recounts the 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill – in which 800,000 gallons of crude were..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Headlines

"...first anniversary of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Katrina Trailers Attack; and Averting the 'Long Depression'

"...housing for workers involved in the cleanup of BP's oil disaster. Yes, many of the trailers still reek of..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Littlefield Clean Up Begins

Building owners come to voluntary agreement with TCEQ after March oil leak

"...Remember the Waller Creek oil spill in January? A buried oil tank under the..."

Aug. 18, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...Last week's oil spill (from an underwater pipeline) that is the current..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

Inside the Unspeakable Killings That Changed Austin Forever

Margaret Brown explores the tragedy and lingering trauma in a four-part series

"...also constant, such as the environmental carnage of an oil spill in The Great Invisible or the legacy of..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eerie

"...(Witch, Sweet Apple) ladle psychedelic doom prog like an oil spill over a seagull. Meanwhile, Shane Baker (Alaric) wails..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Review by Michael Toland

Film Flam

Austinites get Emmy nominations and David Gordon Green's new project

"...details the aftermath of the 2010 Deep Water Horizon oil spill. The film premiered at the 2014 South by..."

July 20, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Headlines

"...for restoration of areas damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The fund will be administered by the National..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature

News Ticker: May 14

All the news that's fit to blog

"...for restoration of areas damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill...."

May 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The 1989 Exxon Valdez (of oil spill fame) went through several transformations over the years...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

News of the Day: 11/15/10

Welcome our new collection of news stories

"...not be enough, BP has reimbursed $518 billion for oil-spill cleanup...."

Nov. 15, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

TV Eye: The Axe Drops

Why isn't the new fall TV season working?

"...the aftereffects of the Wall Street debacle, the BP oil spill in the Gulf, disenchantment with a formerly enchanting..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

GP Crush of the Week: Anderson Cooper

He's cable's hunky silver-haired fox, but that's not why we love him.

"...the Gulf Coast to broadcast live from the BP oil spill?..."

Sept. 30, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

2010 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

OOB dishes up a feast of funny after a summer starved for laughs

"...been a big one for laughs. Between the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the floods in..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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