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.

"...so simple to convert Austin Energy to a coal-free, nuclear-free, renewables-based electric utility by 2028, as Osborne envisions, then..."

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

Postmarks

Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...Austin Chronicle for some skinny on a scary Dallas-based power-monger who wants to join another Dallas-based power-monger and go..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

Personal Effects

"...most important to see that many of those in power at a place like Stanford Medical School can't even..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

Postmarks

City Centerpiece

"...Auditorium, the City Coliseum, and parkland along Town Lake ["Power Play," Vol.17, No.46]. As a resident of South Austin..."

July 31, 1998 Column

Gas and Coal Outages Behind ERCOT’s Constant Calls for Conservation

And no progress on energy efficiency programs

"...Solar power has been helping ERCOT avoid rolling blackouts, but thermal..."

Aug. 30, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...2019: Summer solstice tilts our overcooked globe toward its nuclear reactor for the longest day of the year in..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...and how those private commercial interests work with state power to produce propaganda. With lies abounding about our nation's..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Affordability Key to Climate Plan Goals

City task force makes its recommendations for 2024 climate change protection goals

"...2016 and sources another 22% of its energy from nuclear, the utility is already poised to pass the halfway..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...(11pm) scorched the Eastside cabin last month with a power trio back draft, and Orange Goblin (10pm), 15 years..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Point Austin: This Week's War ...

A few irritable speculations, from D.C. to City Hall

"...Globe in December 2007: "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King

2020: More Solar, Higher Cost

"...Meet 35% of power needs through renewable resources including wind, solar, and biomass...."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Chicago Comparison

"...the real deal, created with the backing of a high-powered, multistakeholder task force. The published 56-page plan is an..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Knee-Jerk Environmental Activism

"...of environmental groups and activists launched a campaign against power plants in Texas. Sadly it resulted in the Austin..."

July 31, 2007 Postmarks

Downtown Coolin' Plant Chillin' Like Paul Robbins

Who's Paul Robbins, and what's a cooling plant?

"...many local environmental elders, were fighting the South Texas Nuclear Project. Prior to a tour of the plant Friday,..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Slaughter City

Rarely has Austin seen a play or production with as much of a social conscience as Naomi Wallace's Slaughter City, as staged by the UT Department of Theatre & Dance

"...not, what's happening during the scenes doesn't match the power and ingenuity of what's happening between them. This is..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the point of a gun. If those who hold power destroy the country all the while ignoring, or worse,..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...we have the best chance of showing the positive power of liberal thought to people who don't agree with..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

"It's Extremely Easy to Frighten People"

Insightful foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky explains the upcoming war, previewing his Austin appearances.

"...in which the U.S. will be the world's dominant power. That's what they've always wanted, and that's what they..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Church that haunts you has no more apotropaic power than those gargoyles do. Its leaders are as confounded..."

May 31, 2002 Column

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...of information have been supplanted by fears of the power of this tool to cause harm. As a result,..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

The Hightower Lowdown

The Fundraiser-in-Chief, Harvard busts its workers, and Dick Cheney oils his own nest

"...political money so Bush & Co. can stay in power -- and keep giving them favors. Last year, he..."

May 11, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...thought they could change the world (end starvation, fight nuclear holocaust, etc.) Mike Peters fronted a particularly angry outfit..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Green Choice: A Primer

"...businesses participating -- the larger the supply of green power to be provided by the program...."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Live Shots

"...on Trial. Names like Joan Jett, Morphine, Cornelius, Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney and many, many more may bounce around as..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...they do absolutely nothing to slow down director Campbell's turbo-powered staging: from an epic tank chase through narrow Russian..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can chew with Dead Presidents, an electrifying and occasionally powerful but unfocused work, that despite its many strengths, fails..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can chew with Dead Presidents, an electrifying and occasionally powerful but unfocused work, that despite its many strengths, fails..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Open Letter to John & Ted

"...to serve Texans. You were not elected to cede power to Elon Musk to run the country. Nobody voted..."

Feb. 16, 2025 Postmarks

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...the weirdo bill with voyeurist voyage “Body Language” and nuclear fallout feature Meat Machine. Catch these Texas-made movies at..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 6-12

"...or institutions that share your ideals and give you power you can’t access alone?..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

« 1    ‹ BACK    6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15     NEXT ›    18 »