What’s Happening, What’s Being Done, and How We Got Into This Cold Weather Catastrophe

More chaos with continued power outages, calls for water conservation

"...the cause of energy blackouts in Texas. The energy catastrophe “shows how the Green New Deal would be a..."

Feb. 17, 2021 News Post by Lina Fisher

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...West, up against the admittedly stiff competition of impending nuclear catastrophe. Young navy brat Gene (Fenton), a monster buff..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

A mixed salad of Green letters and more.

"...show. Probably this comes of growing up expecting a nuclear catastrophe. For those of us who are still alive,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column

Letters at 3AM

Why has the Bush administration ignored warnings about the catastrophes that would befall our nation as a result of a terrorist attack on any of our 103 nuclear plants?

"...The New York Times, March 25: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission does not keep track of the number..."

April 19, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Capitol Chronicle

NMD is a bad idea, says Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg.

"...impossible, it devotes scarce resources against the least likely nuclear threat, and it encourages the proliferation of nuclear weapons..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Nuke Waste: Get It While It's Hot!

Crony capitalism drops a dirty bomb on Texas

"..."low-level" (yet still extremely dangerous) radioactive waste, mostly from nuclear power plants, states often form compacts – agreements wherein..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...us much want to spend our leisure time contemplating nuclear annihilation or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so great..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...began rolling into Texas in June from a former nuclear bomb factory in Ohio, the hearings are a milestone..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to, related issues such as Iraq's continued meetings between nuclear scientists and Saddam, its obstruction and trickery of previous..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to, related issues such as Iraq's continued meetings between nuclear scientists and Saddam, its obstruction and trickery of previous..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

The Hightower Report

The Wonderland of Rudy, Mitt, and Fred; and Subsidizing Disaster

"...it's all too real. It's the return of the nuclear power industry...."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Americans are manipulated into a frenzy by the media's catastrophe of the week. This week it's immigration. Everyone's making..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Zero-Nuke Initiative Not Dangerous; Nukes Are Dangerous

"...justify the terrible expense and danger of an ever-expanding nuclear arsenal. Comparing the destructive power of nuclear weapons to..."

Aug. 27, 2009 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War

America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts

"...Economist, June 18, p.46). "Pakistan has steadily expanded its nuclear arsenal since President Obama came to office ... putting..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM: The Inevitability of the Unexpected

The unexpected always happens

"...of the Union address, "President Obama proposed giving the nuclear construction business a type of help it has never..."

March 25, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...we have lived for decades under the shadow of nuclear holocaust (a fear undergoing an unwelcome revival under Trump)...."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

'Great' Gen an' Their 'Good' War

"...like yours has to bear the responsibility for the catastrophe. It is no use pleading that you never hated..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...in its place, I’m protected from chemical, biological, and nuclear contaminants. I was told the outfit ($263.99 for the..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Voting Rights, Other GOP-Aligned Measures Back in the Crosshairs for Special Session

More red meat as Abbott puts the Lege into overtime

"...month that all the problems that led to February's catastrophe have been fixed and the grid is in better..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...the cause of energy blackouts in Texas. The energy catastrophe "shows how the Green New Deal would be a..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Five Post-Apocalyptic Novels for Your Plaguetime Pleasure

Because these ain’t the endtimes yet: Not. Quite. Yet.

"...a British wilderness hundreds of years after whatever man-made catastrophe (nuclear, IIRC) has driven humans back to mythically enriched..."

April 13, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...in 1969, Cronkite had CBS Reports investigate two environmental catastrophes that occurred that year: the January blowout at a..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Writing the Climate

Flannery and Kolbert on the accelerating pace of global warming

"...(later expanded into the book Field Notes From a Catastrophe). The other was Australian scientist Tim Flannery. Formerly known,..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Heaven up Here

27 reason to further investigate the UK roster of bands at SXSW 2006

"...reinvented themselves, sort of, with 2003's deliciously rocking Dear Catastrophe Waitress. New Matador release The Life Pursuit remains giddy..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Report

Where's W.? Not on the Gulf Coast; and 'Thou shalt not kill' slips evangelist's mind

"...TV flock that he'd like to set off a nuclear bomb in the State Department. Then, when Disney World..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...more direct power to the governor. The single biggest catastrophe was HB 1567 (Buddy West, R-Odessa), enabling a massive..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...daily activities when vehicles large enough to carry troops, nuclear weapons, and missiles can drive across our borders with..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...run perfect for this summer not to be a catastrophe."..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Feature

Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace

"...Calamity breeds catastrophe when Raul and his riding buddy are violently dispatched..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature