Why Has Austin's Solar Program Stalled?

Activists think the city has put sun power in the shade

"...continue to call for immediate funding increases to Austin Energy's solar program, which got identical funding to last year's..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Chicago; Earth, Wind & Fire

"...Chicago; Earth, Wind & Fire Backyard, Oct. 20 As longtime musical franchises..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

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"...All forms of transportation require energy to operate (gas, diesel, coal, hydro, wind, solar, etc.)...."

June 25, 2004 Column

You Can Leave Your Hat On

The ballad of Mambo John Treanor

"...1976, compares the drummer's seemingly endless supply of onstage energy to something supernatural...."

July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...Texas, the company a majority pipeline partner with Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners...."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green

Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservation

"...Austin Water Utility – like its sister utility, Austin Energy – become a national model for energy efficiency, environmental..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

It's the Carbon, Stupid!

Texas leaders continue to drag their boot heels on global warming

"...there are viable alternatives to meet the state's growing energy needs. The bad news is that our state honchos,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Greenest Zine in Town

The new Austin Environmental Directory – part investigative environmental reports, part encyclopedia of sustainability, and part yellow pages of everything green in Austin – is out

"...day that goes by that some issue related to energy is not in the headlines," he said. "The greenhouse..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

There Goes the Sun

Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?

"...solar ambitions have long been predicated on an Austin Energy-commissioned "Value of Solar Study," designed to determine what decentralized,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Will the Nuke Mushroom?

The long-reviled South Texas (Nuclear) Project might actually expand.

"...of hostility toward it in America. New Jersey-based NRG Energy Inc., which last year bought a 44% interest in..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House

"...Bush-Whacking Energy Sanity "Crisis, crisis!" squawks Little George Bush, pointing to..."

April 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...1) Biomass: Got Wood? In August, Austin Energy sought to push through council a 20-year, $2.3 billion..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...exactly what's needed to make solar competitive with fossil energy sources. HelioVolt's decision to stay in Austin is a..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

The Austin Climate Protection Plan

An update on the state of the city's ACPP

"...and technologies and the current lack of sufficient renewable energy. The good news at year-end: The city has made..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Will Austin's Silicon Hills Supply Plug-In Hybrids' Techno Entrails?

How Austin's inherent intellectual, industrial, and human resources can take charge in supplying technological guts for plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles

"...more than three years now, Mayor Will Wynn, Austin Energy's Roger Duncan, and the city-run Plug-In Partners national campaign..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Sucking, Spewing, and Burning LNG and the Texas Gulf

Plans for LNG terminals in the Gulf of Mexico raise major environmental questions

"...Following the latest recommendations of the governor's Texas Energy Planning Council, Texas is poised to become the nation's..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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"...an economic issue. It remained the cheapest form of energy, and there was no viable/economical alternative. We neither had..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Rock & Roll Never Forgets

Bob Seger hits Dallas on Saturday

"...“I’m older now but I’m still running against the wind” in “Against the Wind.”..."

Dec. 14, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Headlines

Some of the week's biggest news

"...• Austin-based Cielo Wind Power Inc. has signed a 15-year contract to sell..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...into outfits including Dyke & the Blazers and Earth, Wind & Fire, the Watts 103rd rekindles Wright's founding vision..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...it through that item relatively unscathed, there's always Austin Energy's tree-trimming policies and the proposed moratorium on "McMansions" –..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

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"...to these aspects of Catholicism rather than put their energy into revisionist history blaming Popes for the holocaust and..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Go Geothermal

"...with a decade of experience, I'm excited about Austin Energy's partnership with Exceed Energy Inc. to pilot a 5-megawatt..."

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Could ERCOT Connect to the Southeastern U.S. Grids?

Plan in the works to build transmission lines through Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

"...Pattern Energy, a private company that owns and operates utility-scale solar..."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Tom “Smitty” Smith Announces Retirement

Public Citizen director to remain during search for new director

"...steps in state environmental progress: promoting the development of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources, the..."

Sept. 20, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Storm Surge

Finger-pointing follows lost fed funds for Weatherization Assistance Program

"...set of time constraints that come with such unexpected windfalls. You would need a forensic auditor to determine who's..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

How Green Is Our Austin?

The city turns green with 100% renewable energy

"...a mission to move all city-owned facilities to renewable energy by 2012. With the start of the new budget..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Plans in Play

The Big Eight

"...development patterns, transportation, mass transit, traffic/congestion, water/wastewater, solid waste, energy, utilities conservation and environmental resources, public buildings, facilities, services,..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

2020: More Solar, Higher Cost

"...On Monday, Aug. 17, Austin Energy announced to City Council its early recommendation for meeting..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...sooner"; offering optional carbon offset credits to eco-conscious Austin Energy customers; holding council meetings outside of City Hall; and..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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