Sunset Advisory Commission Takes Aim at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

State commission looks into concerns of transparency

"...for cumulative effects in multiple facilities. TCEQ's model is pollution at the fence line; the question is what happens..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Additional Air Emissions

"...of highways like I-35. In addition, the added air pollution, noise pollution, and potential leaks from the underground fuel..."

April 26, 2022 Postmarks

Minamata

Johnny Depp keeps it low-key in this bleak envirodrama

"...and often depressing depiction of environmental struggle, 1970s-set true-life pollution drama Minimata would pair well with Todd Haynes’ Dark..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate

Local conservationists seek to boost "beneficial reuse"

"...Sewage Scorecard" grading local wastewater treatment plants on their pollution contributions to local lakes and streams. They didn't do..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Neighbors and Green Advocates Slow TxDOT’s Roll

“Parkway” no more?

"...Recent studies also suggest that pollution from the highway construction itself could reach Barton Springs..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...to how hard the year's been. – Kevin Curtin Jedi512: Pollution..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Opinion: Medical Students Support Ballot Measures

Propositions A and B are key to a healthier future

"...studies also point to the extensive effects of air pollution on cardiovascular health. For example, last year the American..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Daniel R. Bamrick-Fernandez and Scott Spivey Provencio

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

From Essex to Michoacán: the true story of the English exponent of Mexican cooking

"...listen to her as she voices her concerns regarding pollution and industrialization. Kennedy continually jokes about her mortality, but..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Opinion: We Can’t Let Coronavirus Distract Us From Data Collection and Climate Change

We cannot give companies slack on environmental regulations during the pandemic – and that includes those running energy-gorging data centers

"...for greenhouse gas emissions that, promiscuously harmful, cause air pollution contributing to respiratory disease and provoke climate change...."

May 1, 2020 Column by Tracy O’Neill

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!

"...that the human race is producing a lot less pollution – visible-from-space amounts less in some places. And that..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Can't Say We Weren't Warned

New U.N. "emissions gap" report heightens climate change alarm.

"...the Quality of Our Environment: Report of the Environmental Pollution Panel.” Although most of the report addressed immediately pressing..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

Humanity's scarring of Earth mapped out in graphic, terrifying detail

"...town of Norilsk, a factory town smothered in metallurgical pollution, then to an earth-gouged marble strip mine in Carrara,..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Public Notice: The Wrong Way, The Right Way

ALEC, APA two associations with different responses to our challenging times

"...gun legislation to campaign finance reform to gerrymandering to pollution regulation to the "critical infrastructure bill" that makes peaceful..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

State Supremes Consider Bag Ban

Laredo law banning single-use bags goes to court

"...on the merits of reducing bag litter and environmental pollution, but on the standards for state pre-emption of local..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Dismissive Headline

"...are unsafe for swimming and fishing due to runoff pollution, which is also why the city’s own testing consistently..."

July 11, 2017 Postmarks

Point Austin: Saved by Billionaires?

The fight against climate change gathers allies high and low

"...various folks affected by coal's devastation by extraction and pollution, and the dire predicament of the working people caught..."

May 19, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat

Visit these five watering holes while you can

"...too much. Our springs are threatened by: •groundwater pumping •pollution •recreation..."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...In 1971, an anti-pollution ad featured a crying Native American man and the..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Not Clean Enough

New EPA standards could cause CenTex to miss the mark

"...The thing about air pollution is that it doesn't stay put. Emissions from Central..."

March 27, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...2001, when TCE canvassers, then focused primarily on air pollution, went door-to-door in Northeast Austin and heard complaints about..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Who Saved the Electric Car?

SXSW Eco speakers applies purchasing power to environmental issues

"...taxes go to mitigating the real cost of carbon pollution and greenhouse gasses. In the US, environmental regulation is..."

Oct. 13, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...out later that they were caused by the hideous pollution from down the coast in New Jersey...."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The Revolution Will Be Printed

Digital fabrication will change the course of the future

"...Second, the pollution of manufacturing and shipping can be cut to an..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Refineries Ask TCEQ for School Funding

Energy giants have their hands out

"...Antonio-based Valero Energy, have requested the rebates for installing pollution-control devices on their refineries. Valero argues that the units..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Perry on Power

'No energy subsidies' or 'No, energy subsidies"

"...they are owed tax breaks because of investment in pollution reduction technology. For example, they bought a sulfur-scrubbing hydrotreater..."

Oct. 25, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Falling Short on Clean Air

New rules could pressure Austin to clean up its act

"...Club's local conservation organizer. "We'd get all of the pollution and none of the revenue. We would like to..."

July 22, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...the universe. Living in New York City, where light pollution creates a hazy glow behind which the real sky..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin Energy Sets the Curve

Stakeholders weigh in on top choice to lead utility

"...utilizing the smart grid as a way of reducing pollution, reducing costs, reducing the amount of electrical generation we..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...commuting and car travel in order to reduce air pollution and traffic congestion. It includes programs and policies (and..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Uh-Oh Exxon

Oil giant sued for violations of the Clean Air Act

"...Sierra Club and Environment Texas want to stop the pollution that is billowing out of the refinery and chemical..."

July 8, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

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