Downtown Coolin' Plant Chillin' Like Paul Robbins

Who's Paul Robbins, and what's a cooling plant?

"...voted to rename Downtown's District Cooling Plant 1 after Paul Robbins, publisher of the Austin Envi­ron­ment­al Directory and perhaps..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Leak No More: Paul Robbins on Austin Water

New report criticizes Austin Water's conservation efforts

"...Last week, environmental activist and gadfly Paul Robbins released a report – "Read It and Leak"..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Reading the Meter: The Robbins Report

Highlights from Robbins' report 'Read It and Leak'

"...Environmental activist Paul Robbins charges that misallocation of resources among Austin Water..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Robbins Had No Agenda

"...of the Oct. 17 Prop. 6 forum at which Paul Robbins was a panelist. I am also the co-president..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Postmarks

Robbins Did Not Publicly Oppose Prop. 6

Nov. 12, 2013 Postmarks

Paul Not a Friend of All Civil Liberties

"...Dear Chronicle, Thanks for your subtle commentary on Ron Paul's hopeful presidential candidacy. On p.16 in the Jan. 25..."

Jan. 28, 2008 Postmarks

Citizens Communications Unbound

A student's look at City Council citizens communications.

"...Kennedy. He profiles Kennedy, along with fellow CC staple Paul Robbins and others in the following article he wrote..."

Oct. 29, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Then There's This: Green Is as Green Does

Robbins' latest 'Directory' follows the flows of water – and power

"...that water would be the dominant talking point of Paul Robbins' latest edition of the Austin Environmental Directory –..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin's Greenest 'Yellow Pages': Seventh Edition Hits Stands

Paul Robbins draws on institutional knowledge to produce a 'labor of love'

"...mainly at the personal expense of founder and Editor Paul Robbins...."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Water Fall

Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow

"...On the Sunday afternoon this past April when Paul Robbins heard his neighbor pounding insistently on his front..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Is Texas Gas Burning Austinites' Money?

Energy gadfly says utility may be overcharging customers

"...the past year. Local environmental and energy policy gadfly Paul Robbins (editor of The Austin Environmental Directory) believes that..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin Energy Still Hasn't Fixed Problems With Utility Bill Discounts on Expensive Homes

Consumer advocate requests audit of AE's Customer Assistance Program

"...Last Thursday, Paul Robbins, a longtime local consumer advocate and environmental activist,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Beside the Point

Paul Robbins wants to take City Hall back

"...leads the letter to City Manager Toby Futrell from Paul Robbins, consumer advocate, environmentalist, and sand in City Council's..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Nothing to Lose

"...Directed by: Steve Oedekerk. Starring: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Savings or Slush?

In a tight budget year, Austin Energy's debt management fund is under scrutiny.

"...posed, most vocally, by longtime environmental and consumer analyst/advocate Paul Robbins, joined by Gray Panthers local co-convenors Charlotte Flynn..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...clear problem for Athens and the Office of Sustainability. Paula McDermott is the chair of the regional Sustainable Food..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Authentic Sound

When pianist Paul Badura-Skoda plays classical music of centuries past, he strips away the centuries of romantic interpretation and provides us with the beauty and lively spirit of the music as it was originally heard.

"...Last year's concert by Viennese pianist Paul Badura-Skoda with the A. Mozart Fest Orchestra was a..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Naked City

The annual Austin Environmental Directory includes, for the first time, a report card rating Austin's environmental record. The outlook looks dismal on the surface, but the verdict isn't all doom and gloom.

"...rain shower held greater promise than the news that Paul Robbins dropped on the nearly 100 people who had..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Deal Gets Done

City Council settles AE rate case in principle, details to come

"...for the spirited (and frustrated) testimony of consumer advocate Paul Robbins, the special-called 12:30pm meeting would have lasted less..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Greenest Zine in Town

The new Austin Environmental Directory – part investigative environmental reports, part encyclopedia of sustainability, and part yellow pages of everything green in Austin – is out

"...Paul Robbins, a 25-year veteran of green activism and the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Austin Energy readies a "secrecy resolution" to present to council that would allow it to conceal some of its financial information from the public. The resolution already has many consumer activists up in arms.

"...Longtime consumer advocate Paul Robbins is not impressed, for example, that nine other..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin Powers

Planning or Plotting?

"...that's an exaggeration, but not much of one, says Paul Robbins, who is perhaps the utility's most dedicated watchdog...."

June 18, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Public Notice: Other People’s Money?

Actually, it's yours. Do you know where it's going?

"...ninth-edition resource recently released by utility and consumer watchdog Paul Robbins. This week Robbins is at it again, releasing..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Natural Selection

Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.

"...do not come from Lone Star farmers.Fighting the Power Paul Robbins, the man behind the recently updated Austin Environmental..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Dragons in the Whorehouse

Houston STP Lawyers Depose "No Nuke" Activists

"...neck and wearing glasses thick as coke bottles, T. Paul Robbins stuck out like a nun in a whorehouse..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

In a Valley of Violence

Ti West takes a break from horror with this Ethan Hawke Western

"...It’s the 1890s, and mystery ex-military man Paul (Ethan Hawke) rides angry into the dirtwater hamlet of..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Then There's This: The Irony of Conservation

Austin's water-saving habits will delay need for WTP4

"...of this cheerfulness was enough to make water watchdog Paul Robbins gag. He said he felt like a "caged..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Public Notice: Wednesdays

All this news is sure getting in the way of the news.

"...Veteran consumer advocate Paul Robbins is filing a complaint today with the City..."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Drought? What Drought?

Just because we have a huge water supply doesn't mean we have to use it

"...water conservation endeavors. They brought with them environmental activist Paul Robbins to provide the "public" component of the presentation...."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

WTP4: Still Bitter Waters

The controversy that won't die

"...middle of the fire path," responded Oak Hill resident Paul Robbins, "I am indignant." He points out that on..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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