How Texas Impact Turns Faith Into a Tool for Progress

VIDEO: See Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy/Texas Impact’s reports from the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25

"...When one thinks about how big Texas is, the scope doesn't just come down to geographical..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by James Scott

COP25: Holding the U.S. Accountable for its Ruinous Impacts on the Climate

WATCH: A Texan anti-fracking activist on life in the Permian Basin

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 11, 2019 News Post

COP25: Youth Behind the Fridays for Future Movement Speak

Greta Thunberg's #Climatestrike continues to inspire

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Post

COP25: A Three-Way Tie for "Fossil of the Day" Award at the UN Climate Change Conference

VIDEO: Which country is the best at being the worst?

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 3, 2019 News Post

Public Notice: Here Comes the Vote

Council preps for marathon Land Development Code hearing and first reading

"...dives back into the weeds with its sole LDC public hearing on Saturday (perhaps dragging into Monday), and then..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Bucks for Bullets: Federal minimum-wage raise approved

When Congress passed Iraq war spending bill last Thursday, it approved a raise in federal minimum wage for first time in a decade

"...also approved a raise in the federal minimum wage for the first time in about a decade. (Democrats had..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Public Notice: Density vs. Affordability

It is categorically impossible for market forces to build housing in the central city that is affordable by any definition of that word

"...one, but, as I predicted last week, the sharpest policy divide was highlighted in the relatively obscure issue known..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...stood in blue jeans and a white button-down shirt before a crowd outside of City Hall. "I understand that..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

COP25: Members of Frontline Communities Describe Life in a Sacrifice Zone

VIDEO: Permian Basin residents on how the landscape has altered

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 4, 2019 News Post

COP25: Faith and the Climate

VIDEO: What faith leaders are doing to advocate for change

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 4, 2019 News Post

COP25: Greta Thunberg Addresses the Climate Change Conference

VIDEO: Climate activist and badass teenager rises above, again

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Post

COP25: Community-Based Climate Adaptation

VIDEO: What will it take to adapt to the new normal?

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 12, 2019 News Post

COP25: Sister Jayanti Kirpalani on What Brings Her Courage When the Confronting Climate Crisis

A better world is still within our grasp, faith leader says

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 12, 2019 News Post

COP25: We Can’t Keep Global Warming Capped at 1.5 Degrees Celsius If Oil & Gas Don’t Do Their Part

VIDEO: There’s no wiggle room for adding more fossil fuel production

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 10, 2019 News Post

COP25: The Fossil of the Day Award

VIDEO: Another day, another ignominious win for America

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 10, 2019 News Post

COP25: How to Talk to Texans About the Climate Crisis

Texas is a renewable energy leader. Let’s celebrate that.

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 9, 2019 News Post

COP25: Housing Rights and Climate Change

Where two crises – climate and housing – meet: "Catastrophe."

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 5, 2019 News Post

COP25: When It Comes to Climate Change, What Does "Loss and Damage" Mean?

VIDEO: Texas Impact unveils Climate Policy 101

"...As the world's eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 3, 2019 News Post

COP25: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Addresses UN Climate Change Conference

VIDEO: U.S. Congressional delegation in Madrid for climate talks

"...As the world's eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 2, 2019 News Post

COP25: Women as Agents of Change in the Climate Crisis

VIDEO: Increasing the role of women in climate change mitigation

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 9, 2019 News Post

COP25: The Fossil of the Day Award Goes to...

VIDEO: Who’s the best at being the worst? Grab a mirror.

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Post

COP25: Decoding Carbon Markets

VIDEO: Is carbon trading the solution, or a shell game?

"...As the world’s eyes turn to Madrid for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Austin-based Texas Interfaith..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Post

How to Help Detained Migrant Families

Make an impact by contributing to these advocacy groups

"...With in-kind donations to detention centers being refused by Customs and Border Protection authorities, many..."

July 15, 2019 News Post by Katelyn Landry

Naked City

Headlines

"...Quote of the Week: "Texas is not like Wimpy, a bloated slob always munching..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...concludes a second site within Cortaña met the criteria for site consideration but wasn't included. For more, see "Auditor's..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "It's like former Mayor Kirk Watson is fond of saying, 'The enemy..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Ounces of Prevention, Or

How is a Health Clinic Not Like an Investment Bank?

"...This might have been the year of health-care reform...."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines

"...over your plate." -- Scott McCown, director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, on trying to persuade the..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...city will grant precedent-setting variances to the Waterfront Overlay for a proposed three-tower, 200-foot condo project at 200/333 E...."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature

Partisan Values or Expertise?

ACC board, Place 1 poses an interesting choice for voters

"...– he is fully aware that he is running for the board of Austin Community College. And he knows..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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