How to Keep Water in Central Texas

Long-range planning tries to cover multiple bases, but some say environment is left out

"...in the planning process," said Jennifer Walker of the Sierra Club, who serves on the Region K planning team...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Public outcry convinces TPWD to nix purchase offer

"...the land back to the parks department, according to Sierra Club state director Ken Kramer. If the offer still..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...strategies in the state's 16 water conservation districts, the Sierra Club released a report suggesting alternative strategies for Region..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege Notes

Odds and ends – mostly odds – from under the pink granite dome

"...disposal, "from what I've read in the papers." The Sierra Club's Ken Kramer supported transferring authority to TCEQ, and..."

July 1, 2005 News Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• A report released last week by the Sierra Club details how existing fuel-saving technology, if utilized, would've..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Place 3

"...and, most recently, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. She has an M.A. in public affairs from..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

"...from the city to rebuild the burned-down Midtown Live nightclub has been officially withdrawn after a flurry of disapproving..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...space upstream. In their March 23 letter, the Austin Sierra Club, Save Barton Creek Association, and Save Our Springs..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

Light rail – it's not just for lefties anymore; and parks officials are forced to be Bush spokesmen

"..."Missing the Train," a new report by the Sierra Club, highlights projects in Tampa Bay, Portland, Houston, Milwaukee,..."

July 16, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Breaking stories from Austin and beyond

"...the National Park Service. As previously reported here, the Sierra Club is protesting the drilling, charging that the amount..."

April 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Temple-Inland Reads the Writing on the Wall

The Fortune 500 firm abandons its SOS-busting, job-boosting plans

"...several environmental groups, including the Save Our Springs Alliance, Sierra Club, Texas Clean Water Action, and Texas Public Interest..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Enviros and neighbors say the state's latest landfill rulings don't go far enough.

"...to be inadequate. A coalition of groups, including the Sierra Club, the enviro-law firm Lowerre & Kelly, and northeast..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: The Big Mac Attack

The landslide victory of Brewster McCracken may have significantly mixed messages.

"...the environment and social equity and the Chronicle and Sierra Club and SOS endorsements of Clarke, but they also..."

June 13, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Wants Nuke Waste

"...nuclear-waste dump was originally proposed for a site in Sierra Blanca, in Hudspeth Co., several years ago, and the..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

A Regional Aquifer Alliance

"...The GEAA -- made up of the Alamo Sierra Club, Austin Sierra Club, San Marcos River Foundation, SOS..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Curtains Closing on Stratus Deal?

The Stratus Properties development deal heads for a third and final City Council vote, just as environmental and neighborhood opponents step up demands for a referendum.

"...20 representatives from the Save Our Springs Alliance, the Sierra Club, and various neighborhood groups announced the referendum effort..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

TxDOT Scuttles SH 45 South -- For Now

For the time being, SH 45 South is off the table.

"...such as the Save Our Springs Alliance and the Sierra Club joined neighborhood groups along MoPac in strongly objecting..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Preserving Planet Texas

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

"...resource director of the Lone Star chapter of the Sierra Club, says he is both surprised and pleased by..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Perrault defending her former employer and attacking the Austin Sierra Club and the SOS Alliance ["Postmarks: How 'Bizarre'?" June..."

June 14, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...The Sierra Club is calling on the state of Texas, the..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Capitol Chronicle

Proposed New Air Pollution Rules for Houston Cover a Multitude of Industrial Sins

"...not surprised at all," said Neil Carman of the Sierra Club. "We've known for over 10 years that the..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Stratus Status

"...it. On Monday, the executive committee of the Austin Sierra Club announced its opposition to the agreement, leading up..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...prior to Kirk Mitchell stealing endorsements from the Austin Sierra Club, the Austin Neighborhoods Together PAC, and the Travis..."

April 26, 2002 Column

Common Ground on the Colorado

The new Eastside Colorado River Park begins to take shape.

"...riverfront alone. Even today, Karin Ascot of the local Sierra Club chapter maintains, "If you're looking at the amount..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Controversy over the environmental record of Rainbow Materials Inc. costs the company a renewal of its city projects contract.

"...outreach coordinator for the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, told the Electric Utility Commission: "The city shouldn't..."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bush's Xmas Stocking: Burning Coal?

New state and federal regulations threaten the Clean Air Act

"...The day after the TNRCC meeting, Schneider joined the Sierra Club's Neil Carman and Public Citizen's Tom "Smitty-- Smith..."

Dec. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

From Austin to Travis County -- With $$$$$$

Travis County's upcoming bond election asks mostly urban voters to fund suburban sprawl.

"...and neighborhood interests (e.g., Save Our Springs Alliance, Austin Sierra Club, Austin Neighborhoods Together, Travis Co. Green Party) have..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

EPA reviews Clean Air Act new emissions policy for Bush Administration

"...Act," said Neil Carman, Clean Air Director of the Sierra Club. "New Source Review covers utilities and refineries, but..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Republic Square: A Brief History

A Capsule History of Republic Square

"...a parking lot. In 1976, following efforts by the Sierra Club and other groups, the block was rededicated as..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Chale Nafus

Capitol Chronicle

Bush brings smog to Europe, and Rich Oppel blows smoke.

"...state environmental organizations announcing the report (SEED, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Neighbors for Neighbors) called for the EPA to..."

June 22, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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