News Roundup: Delusions and Deluges
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Oct. 26, 2015 News Post by the News Staff
Newsgeist: 2/23/11
The spirit of the news
"...-The budget debate continues in Wisconsin...."
Feb. 23, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz
Point Austin: Catch-2010
The ledger on Barack Obama features plenty of black eyes and feathers
"...begins to seem more relevant day by day. The U.S. remains mired in two brutal and pointless wars, the..."
July 9, 2010 News Column by Michael King
The Brethren of Cisterns
What's Old Is New Again
"...Of course, the king hadn't invented the idea; cisterns had been..."
June 14, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Point Austin: We're All Flakes Here
It's not the sideshow candidates who should worry Texas voters
"...That was the story last week when Beck interviewed upstart GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina on his radio show,..."
Feb. 19, 2010 News Column by Michael King
The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology
"...First of all, of course, there's Barton Springs Pool, the magnificent 68-degree spring-fed swimming..."
Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature
The De-Railers
RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track
"...control of the board. The three challengers seeking to unseat the incumbent Republican, Carole Keeton Rylander, say changes are..."
Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer
Salamander Tales
To Protect Toads or Build Back Nine? Golf, of Course
"...Governor George Bush wants decisions about protection for the Barton Springs Salamander to be based on..."
Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Naked City
The Border Patrol settles a suit by several environmental groups, who claimed that the agency's beefed-up efforts at the border have harmed several endangered species.
"...operations that attend the Rio Grande, which separates the U.S. from its southern neighbor. So, when the U.S. Immigration..."
Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Salamander Faces Summer in Court
The Save Our Springs Alliance asks for more information regarding FWS's opinion on the Barton Springs Watershed.
"...The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service must produce the evidence it..."
June 7, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Gasoline Alley
The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.
"...When the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office..."
Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper
SCOTUS Hobbles EPA, but Climate Tools Remain
Green raw deal
"...end of its dismal term, on June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that took away the..."
July 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Enviros Applaud EPA Choice for Texas Head
The EPA's new regional administrator has a good environmental track record
"...his selection of Dr. Alfredo "Al" Armendariz as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new regional administrator for EPA Region..."
Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Aluminum Can'ts
Three environmental groups take aluminum giant Alcoa to court.
"...Late last month, Environmental Defense, Neighbors for Neighbors, and Public Citizen filed a..."
Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, Grease ...
The Fish & Wildlife Service faults the EPA for failing to protect the Barton Springs Watershed.
"...Last December, environmentalists and developers each claimed victory after reaching a settlement..."
Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
The debate over Longhorn Pipeline's proposed gasoline pipeline between Houston and El Paso has heated up recently, moving from Austin to Washington, D.C. in advance of a decision by the federal government on whether to conduct a formal environmental impact statement.
"...coming federal decision over whether to require a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. The Environmental Protection..."
July 7, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko
Eco-Currents
Appliance rebates, solar panel projects, and more
"...the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program; details at www.texaspowerfulsmart.org... Have you noticed a lot of tiny blue cars..."
April 2, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Bentzin in the special election for House District 48 Tuesday, recapturing for the donkeys a seat that had been..."
Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature
EPA on Unclean Energy: "No Source Review"
The Bush Administration's rollback of New Source Review could guarantee more dirty air for years to come.
"...Last Thursday, June 13, the so-called Environmental Protection Agency announced proposed..."
June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Postmarks
"...Pohl. You are exactly $39,900 too high. Please see Subsection (1) Contribution Limits for Non-Candidate Political Committees...."
Dec. 19, 1997 Column
Advice Unvarnished -- and Unsolicited
Letters between governmental groups show that Bush's "unvarnished advice" was not coming from anyone interested in clean air.
"...they received while crafting the policy. While no public agency has received access to that information, a couple of..."
March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Naked City
F&W on EPA and Barton Springs, portable toilets for Sixth Street flushed, job vacancies at the Sheriff's office & lack of education at Barton Springs
"...in jeopardy under the lax regulatory authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That's according to another federal agency,..."
July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Riding on TxDOT's endless highway
"...finally gotten to the point of releasing its draft environmental impact statement, or DEIS, for the 8-mile stretch of..."
Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap
Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions
on water plan
"...heard the arguments against expanding water utility service to environmentally sensitive areas west and southwest of Austin, where the..."
Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Hill Country developer in deep silt over waterway's pollution
"...Neighbors upstream from the West Cypress Hills development point to an..."
June 18, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
"...became the first of the Texas 11 to crack Tuesday, announcing that he would leave Albuquerque and "fight redistricting..."
Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Sparks Sparks EPA
"...With razor-sharp satire and sternness, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks last week chastised the Environmental..."
April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
The latest public hearing on the proposed Longhorn pipeline through south Austin brings out 2,000 protesters and a few supporters to speak the gas pipeline, whose environmental impact is being debated.
"...weeks ago, when the first EPA hearing on the environmental assessment for the planned Longhorn Pipeline took place, Mayor..."
Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Jasper
EPA Rejects Coyote Cyanide Ban
Feds reject effort to remove unsafe animal-control tool from use
"...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a request to ban..."
Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader
AMA Calls for a Nationwide Ban on Coal Tar Sealants
American Medical Association seals the deal
"...In 2005, Austin became the first U.S. city to ban the use of coal tar sealants..."
