Daniel Mottola

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Is BCP Still for the Birds?
Is BCP Still for the Birds?
Ongoing disagreement over the appropriate balance between public access and endangered species protection on Western Travis County's Balcones Canyonlands Preserve comes to a head

News, April 7, 2006

Eastside Neighborhood Garden Uprooted
Eastside Neighborhood Garden Uprooted
A more-than-25-year tradition of community gardening in Central East Austin's McKinley Heights neighborhood has come to an end, some fear for good.

News, March 31, 2006

Energy Lotto Update
GreenChoice renewable energy drawing raffled off the program's remaining 1,400 residential and 200 business subscriptions. Now What?

News, March 31, 2006

Trashing the Trash Rules
Trashing the Trash Rules
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently adopted the most significant rewrite of the state's garbage rules in a decade

News, March 24, 2006

Study Finds Pesticides Tainting U.S. Water Supply
Industry argues chemicals at safe drinking levels, activists worry about impact on wildlife

News, March 17, 2006

New Pollution Rules for Coal-Crazed Texas
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality takes up two federal EPA air quality measures to hopefully reduce mercury and carbon dioxide pollution

News, March 10, 2006

Texas Parks in Harm's Way
Texas Parks in Harm's Way
New report sounds alarm that Texas parks are being financially starved, warns that many of the state's open spaces and parks are under immediate threat

News, March 3, 2006

Texas Biofuels Movement Building Momentum
As Bush makes groundbreaking revelations about the U.S. being "addicted to foreign oil," Texans may be pleased to know that many of the scientific "breakthroughs" he says will someday break our oil fixation are already in the works here.

News, Feb. 24, 2006

City Cuts Scofflaw Cafe No slack
City Cuts Scofflaw Cafe No slack
South Congress Cafe appeals unsuccessfully for code variances for illegal deck and patio

News, Feb. 17, 2006

Sayonara Shoal Creek Frankencurbs
Sayonara Shoal Creek Frankencurbs
City hands down death sentence to street's controversial curb islands

News, Feb. 17, 2006

Making the Energy Grid Smarter
Making the Energy Grid Smarter
New nonprofit pushes energy providers for efficiency via high tech

News, Feb. 17, 2006

CCET Membership

News, Feb. 17, 2006

State Enviro Agency Accused of Racism
Three longtime African-American employees of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality go public with charges that they were denied opportunities for advancement and systematically blocked from salary increases

News, Feb. 10, 2006

Trash Talk
New rules for state garbage

News, Feb. 3, 2006

Stratus Busted for Runoff Pollution at Future AMD Site
Stratus Busted for Runoff Pollution at Future AMD Site
Activists say early problems foretell future of construction over aquifer

News, Jan. 27, 2006

Upcoming Permaculture Events

News, Jan. 20, 2006

Permaculture
Bringing urban living in harmony with nature

News, Jan. 20, 2006

From Hard Time to New Beginning
From Hard Time to New Beginning
Pro Con puts ex-offenders to work

News, Jan. 13, 2006

Bonds for Bikes
Bonds for Bikes
Bicyclists ask committee to invest more in two-wheel transportation

News, Jan. 13, 2006

Get It While It's Green
Get It While It's Green
City pimps out limited supply of clean energy

News, Jan. 13, 2006

Are Partiers Dimming the 37th Street Lights?
Are Partiers Dimming the 37th Street Lights?
Changes on popular Central Austin street irk, worry neighbors

News, Dec. 30, 2005

Shoal Creek Frankencurbs Could Multiply, Mutate
Despite being slated for removal by City Council in September, the city may actually build them some new friends

News, Dec. 16, 2005

Global Warming Treaty Update
While the international community and some U.S. cities embrace the Kyoto Protocol, the Bush administration resists, in typical assbackwards fashion

News, Dec. 16, 2005

Advocacy Groups Call Proposed EPA Rule Changes Dangerous
White House-backed changes would drastically alter the requirements for reporting releases of dangerous chemicals

News, Dec. 9, 2005

Austin's Energy Independence Challenge
A national contest to be the first city to generate 50% of its energy using renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass is under way, and Austin wants to win

News, Dec. 9, 2005

Alcoa, von Gonten Family Reach Settlement in Legal Fight
Alcoa, von Gonten Family Reach Settlement in Legal Fight
Critics charge suit was meant to intimidate citizens

News, Dec. 2, 2005

Texas Republicans Dodge Criminal Campaign Finance Bullet
Republican Party of Texas cuts deal with Travis County on corporate money charges.

News, Nov. 25, 2005

Trouble on Green Mountain
Green Mountain blames regulatory and market obstacles for its woes, but critics cite lack of investment in clean energy.

News, Nov. 25, 2005

Can Austin Carshare?
Can Austin Carshare?
Several car-sharing proposals hope to reduce auto spending, traffic, and pollution

News, Nov. 11, 2005

Developing World Is Our Toxic Techno Trash Dumpster
Developing World Is Our Toxic Techno Trash Dumpster
Tons of electronic waste are polluting poor countries rather than being recycled

News, Nov. 4, 2005

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