Children's Zone: Can Harlem Come to Austin?

Travis County groups are competing to become part of a grand experiment

"...Department of Hous­ing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency. Welcoming the change of focus on barriers to..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: What's at Stake?

There will be blood

"...that Austinites (rightly or wrongly) list police and fire protection as their own first priority – and doubtless those..."

April 25, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Everyone's CNU: Free Public Events

"...green technology. Mayor Will Wynn will discuss the Austin Climate Protection Plan. Central Texans honored will be Sinclair Black,..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...and air-quality efforts for the city-owned utility. The Austin Climate Protection Plan set ambitious energy-use reduction goals for AE;..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature

The Bigger Picture

Planning comprehensively

"...components address land use, transportation, economic growth, and environmental protection. Forward-thinking cities regularly revisit and update their comp plans,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...gases. The city became part of the Cities for Climate Protection campaign in 1995 and produced its own CO2..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...that AE will pause the Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan, conceived to reduce carbon emissions by 2030,..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature

Austin at Large: Does Austin Need SF Zoning?

Or is this status quo protection already obsolete in the City That Never Shrinks?

"...effective public safety, becoming more resilient to the global climate emergency, devising a path forward for our local schools,..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...Adler and Schenectady's Gary McCarthy for the 2018 Mayors' Climate Protection Award, in acknowledgment of the cities' efforts in..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature

CD 31: Austin’s Sixth District

It runs through Williamson County

"...explicitly "progressive" campaign, emphasizing health care, the environment (e.g., climate protection), equity, and women's rights – and the growing..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

A Council’s Work Is Never Done

Agenda features budget, the future of AE, and a whole lotta housing

"...public hearing on the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan closed last week ("With All Deliberate Speed,"..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: When the Mayor’s Away ...

Water, energy, and homelessness on the mind

"...Utility Commission's recommendations for Austin Energy's Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan (Item 28), to a certain extent aspirational..."

Aug. 11, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...briefing on the latest revision of Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan. The public hearing on the latter is..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council: Take a Deep Breath

Final spring session enters July break on a run

"...Resource Planning Working Group for AE's Resource Generation and Climate Protection Plan. The recommendations again advance renewable energy goals..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Your Vote Is Your Voice

Austin prides itself on civic engagement: It's time to prove it

"...reform, international diplomacy, judicial appointments, gun control, environmental and climate protection, etc. Pollitt notes her own misgivings about Clinton's..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Council: Plenty of Work, and Campaigns

November elections are coming soon

"...her announcement, Pool noted her work on the city's Climate Protection Plan, additional solar power, and her support for..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Welcome to Solar City

Council buys megawatts, ponders PUDs, and contacts neighbors

"...grounds that previous Councils were wrongly in thrall to climate protection, and even a minor price hike is too..."

Oct. 7, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Council: Turn Out the Lights ...

It's the very last meeting of Council, and it's stuffed to the gills

"...latest update to the Austin Energy Resource Generation and Climate Protection Plan (still subject to tweaking, but closer to..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: 10-1, Lawsuits, and Strange Fruit

The end of the year is a busy time

"...but it must fall within the city’s affordability and climate protection goals. Council Member Mike Martinez released a statement..."

Dec. 8, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Council: Are You Suddenly Sleepy?

Council rolls through the resolutions as Leffingwell becomes a jetsetter

"...to address the revised Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan. Item 22 is (truly) more fun: Sponsored..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

City's Urban Ag Effort Struggles to Take Root

Bureaucracy may be reason for program's stunted growth

"...Stewart was an Austin vet. He'd managed the city's Climate Protection Program until he left in June 2009. He..."

April 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Gay Place: Welcome to the GAYTX

It's heeeeere: The throng, the buzz, the madness, the Maddow.

"...to move to a hotel. This year, there is climate protection, and we are right in between two bars...."

March 8, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Fayette's Fate Up in the Ozone

AE proposes to sell its Fayette interest, but it may not fly

"...Since 2010's approval of the ambitious Resource & Climate Protection Plan, AE has been in the business of..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Timing Is Everything

Events in Japan cast a long shadow

"...of capacity that essentially are carbon-free." With Austin Energy's climate protection goals in mind, NRG has also offered to..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

City Hall Hustle: The City Council Blues ... Again

The price of all these things, twice

"...2 would put Austin Energy's renewables-boosting Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan into effect, including "affordability goals" for the..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 2/15/11

Looking ahead to tomorrow's Council agenda

"...Put into effect the Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (aka Resource Plan), which aims to get..."

Feb. 15, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Austin Energy's Wrinkle in Time

Early GreenChoice customers' low rates will soon be gone with the wind

"...sure I've got available supply to meet the Austin Climate Protection Plan program requirements." Right now, GreenChoice represents 20%..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Daily Hustle: 11/4/10

State rep's death passes pallor over council

"...towards the end of an update on the Austin Climate Protection Plan, Leffingwell announced some unfortunate news: the death..."

Nov. 4, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 11/1/10

Your City Council agenda preview

"...10:30am morning briefings: First, a presentation on the Austin Climate Protection Plan, then an economic analysis of a new..."

Nov. 1, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy

To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund

"...more renewable energy resources as part of the city's Climate Protection Plan, existing rate agreements are negatively impacting the..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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