Austin Energy Considers Adding Natural Gas Plant to Resource Plan

Possible controversial addition to 2030 climate plan

"...new natural gas plant, to be converted to carbon-free hydrogen generation by 2035...."

Dec. 22, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Can Austin Kick-Start the Hybrid-Car Future?

Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'

"...gas prices are getting higher and higher, and the hydrogen economy" – the Bush administration's preferred alternative energy strategy..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Debate Heats Up Over How to Wean Austin Off Fossil Fuels

Electric Utility Commission and Austin Energy at odds

"...to get there: its reliance on an investment in hydrogen power to replace fossil fuels. Sierra Club’s Cyrus Reed,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Green Reading

Environs

"...Flavin's chapter details the future of wind, solar, and hydrogen power. While touting the gains made by the solar..."

May 5, 1995 Books Review by Robert Bryce

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Books, Books, and More Books

"...Flavin's chapter details the future of wind, solar and hydrogen power. While touting the gains made by the solar..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

To Your Health

I feel very blessed to come from a family that lives long and generally healthy lives. I am 40 and still feel good, but my doctor recommended I take an aspirin tablet every day to prevent heart problems. What are the pros and cons?

"...amounts of an enzyme (superoxide desmutase, SOD) that makes hydrogen peroxide. If you pour hydrogen peroxide solution on an..."

April 6, 2001 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

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"...allow us to continue living this way of life. Hydrogen is an interesting example of a public delusion. Hydrogen..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Cheap Energy Decline Inevitable

"...allow us to continue living this way of life. Hydrogen is an interesting example of a public delusion. Hydrogen..."

March 11, 2005 Postmarks

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...terms, the most attractive clean-energy sources are solar and hydrogen, since those "fuels" are everywhere -- including Austin, which..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...on a big role in support of the clean hydrogen market in an effort to expand local representation. The..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...plans to build 250,000 by 2010. Among the few hydrogen-powered vehicles on hand, we tooled around in Ford's Focus..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature

A Blue-Sky 'Silver' Plan for Austin Energy

Austin Energy and a former city employee team up to publish an idealized, clean-energy vision of the future.

"...Energy's resource base to one built on solar and hydrogen -- along with corollary investments and advances in energy-efficient..."

Dec. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...of so-called "hybrid" vehicles (gasoline/electric engine) or fuel cells (hydrogen-powered). I personally prefer the move toward hydrogen power because..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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"...of so-called "hybrid" vehicles (gasoline/electric engine) or fuel cells (hydrogen-powered). I personally prefer the move toward hydrogen power because..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Mayor Urges Closure of Fayette Coal Plant by 2029

Austin Energy under pressure to finalize its plan for net zero

"...a new gas plant that can transition to green hydrogen production. But the EUC Working Group has taken issue..."

Feb. 21, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...Cold War are in full swing and the first hydrogen bomb has recently obliterated a sizable chunk of the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'War Is a Matter of Preparation and Resources'

"...leaves salt water. If one hydrolyzes water and makes hydrogen, one can combine the hydrogen and CO2 into various..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Postmarks

What About Our Snaps?

Previewing the 2010 Austin International Poetry Festival

"...10am: Screening of The Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox, a documentary about American Sign Language poetry, with..."

April 9, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Behavioral Shifts, Anyone?

Michael Webber spoke to a UT audience on potential solutions to the energy problem

"...may expedite soil erosion. Delivery of mass amounts of hydrogen is inefficient and we can't "mine" all the hydrogen..."

Feb. 25, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Who Killed the Electric Car?

This multifaceted documentary about the history of GM's electric car seeks the culprit responsible for its demise and finds plenty of blame to go around.

"...Republican return to office and their alternative promotion of hydrogen fuel. Public attitudes against the perceived shortcomings of the..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...guzzling car and truck tomorrow with solar cars and hydrogen fuel cells, our road system would collapse because the..."

April 29, 2005 Column

Not Buying Candidates' Panderings

"...guzzling car and truck tomorrow with solar cars and hydrogen fuel cells, our road system would collapse because the..."

April 27, 2005 Postmarks

Ugly Maria

Despite some inexperienced acting and lax direction, 'Ugly Maria' deserves notice for its audacious exploration of the social stigma of rape

"...Joseph receives a visitor, a seductively clad demon named "Hydrogen," also Meehan. We witness Tomas Anderson's flatly performed Joseph,..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

World Energy Week's Hometown Highlights

Events in Austin and Fredericksburg show off region's clean-energy champions

"...between 50 and 80% of installation costs. And the hydrogen fuel cell at the Rebekah Baines Johnson Health Center..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

To Your Health

Several years ago I stopped eating alfalfa sprouts when there were reports of bacterial contamination. Are there safe sprouts on the market now?

"...in a bowl filled with 3% (the usual strength) hydrogen peroxide for 20 minutes, drain off the hydrogen peroxide,..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush goes easy on mining companies; his new drug czar is doomed to repeat history; and his energy policy lacks vision.

"...such clean, alternative fuels as solar, geothermal, wind, micropower, hydrogen fuel cells, and others. Combine this with an all-out,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

To Your Health

I will be undergoing surgery in about a month. Are there certain nutrients that I should take before surgery?

"...bacteria. But the primary antibacterial agent seems to be hydrogen peroxide, the same stuff you can pour out of..."

March 30, 2001 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...its flammability. When burned, CS releases a deadly gas, hydrogen cyanide. And when methylene chloride -- the dispersing agent..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Titan A.E.

"...animators has rendered giant, crystalline ice fields and hovering "hydrogen flowers" with a seamless ease; it's some of the..."

June 16, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Magnetic! Resonant!

Wayne Alan Brenner might be the only fool alive who actually digs getting shoved into one of those terrible tubes for an MRI.

"...field and certain radio waves will interact with the hydrogen protons in the human body, and that interaction can..."

April 14, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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