Getting Warmer

A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future

"...it would be at least another decade before anything changed. Ten Years Warmer..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Point Austin: Locally Cool

Austin embarks on a long but hopeful journey

"...new initiative – under the unglamorous heading, the Austin Climate Protection Plan – to address global warming at the..."

March 9, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

City leaders announce plan to push hybrid cars here and nationwide

"...this mafia will tell automakers that the time for change is now...."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Debate Heats Up Over How to Wean Austin Off Fossil Fuels

Electric Utility Commission and Austin Energy at odds

"...Energy is almost done tweaking its Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan for net zero by 2035, but before..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Hundreds Rally Against I-35 Expansion

TxDOT’s pricey project proving unpopular with Council members, congressmen, and regular Austinites

"...There was a second, clearly actionable goal, as well:..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

RZA, NASA, and Captain America for South by Southwest

New keynotes, speakers added with days to spare

"...• Climate Justice and Unlearned Lessons of the Day the Levees..."

March 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW, Tribune, CNN Present the Rest of the 2020 Presidential Pack

Six candidates in search of the voters, plus a Trump surrogate

"...pretty well, be they more issue-focused (Jay Inslee, the climate-change candidate) or more biographical (Julian Castro, who us townies..."

March 11, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Dispatches From Denmark

Katherine Gregor blogs daily from Copenhagen as the city prepares to host the U.N. Climate Change Conference

"...blogging from Copenhagen, where she's checking out the city's climate initiatives as it gears up for the United Nations..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature

Power Plant Pollution Battle Still On

TXU's Oak Grove lignite-burning facility gets state approval.

"...Oak Grove's massive emissions of the neurotoxin mercury and climate-changing CO2 will devastate taxpayer-funded efforts to minimize the substances...."

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Fayette on the Naughty List

"...and TCEQ give it a pass on pollution and climate issues. LCRA runs our life-critical water supply on a..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Postmarks

Bag Ban

"...rather than the facts surrounding plastic bag pollution and climate change ["What Future for Flying Plastic Bags?" News, Jan...."

April 2, 2018 Postmarks

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...been to do what the city can to reduce climate change, locally as well as internationally. But if Austin..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Letters at 3AM: A Jog in the Smog

What we know is increasingly disconnected from what we do

"..."Virginia lawmakers had to omit any reference to 'climate change' and 'sea-level rise' in funding a study of..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Re-Energizer Revival

Students from across state descend upon UT for global warming conference

"...the lips of nearly every speaker came the pronouncement: Climate change will be the modern equivalent of the civil..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Naked City

"...Austin's African-American population dwindles due to gentrification. "We're making changes as we speak, in order to be a paper..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature

The Last Last Sunday?

Austin organizing project contemplating its future

"...included a UT-Austin economist's discussion of the economics of climate change and an explanation by Workers Defense Project organizers..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Robert Jensen

Enviro-Rentalism

Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in

"...thing you'll find to an easy fix: No lifestyle changes required. This simplicity perhaps makes it the most important..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...Plan; Downtown Austin Plan; Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan to 2020; transit-oriented development and corridor plans..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...sound like much, but that it's actually a stark change in the city. Of those electric vehicles, half are..."

Nov. 24, 2023 News Feature

Is Kyle’s Water Problem a Microcosm of Central Texas Drought Issues?

Straight outta water

"...in the 1950s and does not use the word "climate change" once.)..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Hot Topic

"...there’s a lot to say about Texas’s relationship with climate change – from winter storms leaving people powerless for..."

March 30, 2023 Postmarks

Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now

AI on your plate

"...plays a major role in perpetuating its biggest challenge: climate change...."

Jan. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessica Zuniga

Austin at Large: Help Is Not on the Way

By design, decadence, and default, Austin and Texas have entered a DIY era

"...was inevitable and will almost surely happen again as climate change warms and weakens the polar vortex that has..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: This Road’s Gone On Forever

Is it wrong, or dumb, or evil to spend billions to fix I-35?

"...commitment among U.S. cities to address the impact of climate change. That's ... nice!..."

May 17, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Vortex Repertory Company's Last: An Extinction Comedy

The magic cast by the company of this devised show pulls laughs from the impending demise of the planet

"...The news from climate scientists is now dire. The political reality is even..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Luv Doc: A Hard “No”

It's not uncommon to have awkward, shitty dates

"...to be a heartfelt apology. In the current political climate his response was a smart one: Just shut the..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Public Notice: Ten Things

A CodeNEXT primer, and happy Earth Day

"...Form-based vs. Use-based: The biggest change in the new Transect-based zoning is that the regulations..."

April 21, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Top 10 Environmental Stories

We've only got one planet

"...that signed a new international agreement to act against climate change, adding the "C40" agreement that promises more substantial..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Heed the Experts

"...Dear Editor, Council Member Don Zimmerman recently asserted to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe that CO2 cannot warm the Earth..."

May 5, 2015 Postmarks

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...of translating stakeholder input into viable guidelines for meeting climate plan goals and updating AE's generation plan, the appointed..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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