The Car Is King

"...pay for the oil spills, the oil wars, the pollution, the deadly streets. Every year, at least one-fourth of..."

June 29, 2010 Postmarks

TCEQ, EPA Air Grievances

Austin could fail air-quality standards; TCEQ could fail EPA standards

"...failed to enforce the Clean Air Act by ignoring pollution from its 17 existing coal plants, by recently permitting..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

EPA: Political Punching Bag or the New 'It' Agency?

Perry emits more hot air over state's dirty air

"...to reduce smog, soot, and the effects of Texas pollution on neighboring states. Earthjustice joined the Sierra Club in..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Aerobic City

Ideas from "Rx for Healthy Places"

"...and fatalities, particularly for pedestrians; lower rates of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; and better mobility for non-driving..."

June 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Eco-Currents: Reading the Bones

Gluing frogs onto storm drains and other civic duties

"...more immediate rewards: If successful, the project will limit pollution and restore wildlife habitat on the Northeast Austin site...."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, May 20-27

"...HELP PREVENT WATER POLLUTION Join the city's volunteer program, marking storm drains to..."

May 21, 2010 News Column

City Launches Car2go Service

Program expanding after six month pilot phase

"...Efficiency Innovations for Austin's outstanding effort in reducing air pollution with the car2go service. Daimler AG, the firm behind..."

May 20, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Jim Caruso's Cast Party

NYC cabaret star on what makes his Cast Party more than a night at a piano bar

"...from Commack, Long Island, who wrote a song about pollution. What got her here? Instead of just song after..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saving Water in Big Stacy

City opens public first rain garden

"...the quality of the water." Actually, most of the pollution in streams, rivers, and lakes comes from storm water...."

May 7, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Page Two: Days of Blame

The only enemy is us!

"...the environment, especially the almost nonchalant littering and homestead-derived pollution destroying his beloved home, Okefenokee Swamp. It is also..."

April 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Imagining Austin

Public forums begin on comprehensive and mobility planning

"...costs of providing city services, travel times, and air pollution. Those get discussed at the next forum series in..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Eastside Discordance

The El Concilio players strut the stage

"...years" from "electromagnetic fields, particles from the smoke­stacks, and pollution" from the power plant. When council moved to allocate..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Waller Creek: $34 Million Runs Through It

Will the Waller Creek Master Plan hold water?

"...of I-35, with its 24-hour noise and exhaust and pollution and visual effects," he added. "You have to look..."

April 16, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Rail a Great Investment

"...of deaths on 9/11, and 3) that auto-produced air pollution impacts the health of many. Given the weight of..."

March 30, 2010 Postmarks

Casual Victim Pile

Hometown SXSW showcasing sampler

"...is a searing witches' brew of the Cramps' graveyard pollution, the Stooges' punk smear, and the Jesus & Mary..."

March 12, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Let's Send Them Back

"...wasn't so much regulation (sweatshops, child labor, even worse pollution), when government was small (Great Depression, Spanish flu). Well..."

Feb. 17, 2010 Postmarks

Page Two: Before the Impending Flood

An erratic list of memories and some dates

"...sleep. Still, I sleep all the time, as the pollution is not that bad. I'm trying to remember the..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

City Takes Business to Task Over Cleared Trees

Cleared trees could lead to flooding and other hazards, says city

"...originally discovered because of a call to the city's pollution hotline Jan. 28 reporting automotive fluids released into the..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Hornsby Bend Project Decision Terrible

"...value of a comfortable life without extra noise and pollution, shame on you. I know you and any TXI..."

Feb. 2, 2010 Postmarks

Austin Is Not a Helpless Victim of Growth

"...of housing, lost habitat, traffic gridlock, more noise, more pollution, and higher unemployment. Finally, Austin will stop growing but..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Postmarks

Cap Metro's Misguided Direction

"...from this and a negative net impact: Congestion and pollution are increased, hazards are created, flexibility is greatly diminished,..."

Jan. 28, 2010 Postmarks

Can't Get There From Here

While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line

"...I get in my car and bitch about air pollution, traffic, and the price of gasoline and Downtown parking...."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Driving While Campaigning: Bill White Talking (Around) Climate Action

The gubernatorial candidate gamely navigates the politics of climate change

"...persuaded the Environ­ment­al Protection Agency to more aggressively calculate pollution emitted from Hous­ton's large refining and chemical plants. "We..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

AC/DC

"...Got It)." Oxygen suck: "Rock 'n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution." www.acdcbacktracks.com...."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

EPA Issues Verdict on Greenhouse Gases

Climate-change fighters can now tuck the Clean Air Act into their tool belts

"...a nearly 40-year track record of cost-effectively cutting dangerous pollution to protect our health and environment." In 2007, the..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Fraud of Fluoridation

"...contaminates of the fluoridation product. Phosphate mines, smokestacks, and pollution scrubbers' contaminated toxic sludge is used unprocessed. No government..."

Dec. 3, 2009 Postmarks

Developing Stories: Driving in Two Directions

CAMPO's trends vs. centers debate is shaping our future

"...to reduce vehicle miles traveled – and the attendant pollution, congestion, and emissions. New policies and incentives would drive..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Should AE Retire Fayette Coal Plant ... This Decade?

"...• Healthier Texans and decreased spending on pollution-related health problems..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Global Warming Is a Global Fraud

"...has nothing to do with dealing with the real pollution problems that exist in the world today. It is..."

Nov. 8, 2009 Postmarks

More From Omar Freilla

"...smokestacks and tailpipes, [which] results in a lot of pollution. As a result, this is an area that has..."

Oct. 2, 2009 News Column

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