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What Makes Wine 100% Texan
Texas lawmakers debate state grapes
"...for cool nights and long ripening seasons – a climate not exactly characteristic of Texas. Unsurpris­ingly, the result was..."

May 31, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Five Food-Centric Panels Coming to SXSW
People are hungry for information about policy, sustainability, and curbing a global food catastrophe. And wine.
"...talk of many things: of food and drinks and climate change, of future plans and beans...."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Martin Luecke's "Campaign to Save Humanity"
Independent eyes Congressional District 25
"...global warming crisis – the imminent threat of “abrupt climate change,” he reiterates – and that’s why he’s running..."

June 12, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: The Best of Times …
Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness
"...opposition, beginning Inau­gu­ra­tion Day and continuing through last weekend's climate change protests. A large mass of people continue to..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: Bill Nye: Science Guy
TV science-maker is called into battle against willed ignorance
"...of the film are his public disputes with anti-evolutionists, climate-change deniers, and the general suspicion of scientific knowledge that..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

Top 10 Environmental Stories
We've only got one planet
"...that signed a new international agreement to act against climate change, adding the "C40" agreement that promises more substantial..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes
An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance
"...Join the Global Climate March. On Sunday, Nov. 29, the day before the..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Heed the Experts
"...Dear Editor, Council Member Don Zimmerman recently asserted to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe that CO2 cannot warm the Earth..."

May 5, 2015 Postmarks

Under the Big Tent
Does working from home help save the environment?
"...could kill. Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gave a dire warning that nations must act..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill McKibben Visits UT
Climate change leader promotes higher ed sustainability
"...a household name, but his work has helped make climate change a household concern. Since the late eighties, McKibben..."

April 9, 2014 News Post by Lizzie Jespersen

SXSW Eco: Remember the Dinosaurs
Green conference bridges gap between environmental movement and tech scene
"...– with the question of the reality of global climate change settled, the problem now is how to deal..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Eco: By Any Means Available
Conference slate features diverse range of speakers
"...inspiring," he gushes, "A prime example would be the Climate Wise Women who are leading their communities' migrations as..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Heather Woodbury's 'As the Globe Warms'
Woodbury's latest solo stage epic is a beautiful experiment in soap opera meets PSA
"...pundits across the nation hyperventilated about the absence of climate change from the presidential debates. Then a massive storm..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

An Exceedingly Poor Understanding of Science
"...“commonsensical” maybe, based on the public’s disconnected understanding of climate science, “poleaxed by the fear … that we are,..."

Nov. 22, 2010 Postmarks

How Cool Is Austin
2010 snapshot of the ACPP 'five plans'
"...Completed 2007-2009 municipal inventory of greenhouse gases; created automated Climate Action Reporting System to track ongoing energy use, replacing..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Feature

Environmental Cage Match
After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?
"...overdue" – she said, "The economic costs of unchecked climate change will be orders of magnitude higher for the..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, March 18-25
"...CLIMATE PROTECTION PETITION Encourage city officials to continue onward and..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature

From Austin to Denmark
Questioning coverage of Copenhagen climate conference
"...[international] media here covering serious policy, global action and climate impact in educated detail, while the American Media provides..."

Dec. 16, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

AE's Coal Conundrum
Energy planners and the fight over Fayette
"...that surpasses many of the expectations of the Austin Climate Protection Plan, in part by ramping down use of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Hightower Report
Corporate Monsters; and Change at the Chamber
"...free lunch is over," crowed the speaker. "Breakthroughs on climate change and improving our society's energy efficiency are within..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cool City: Solar Subtleties
Cost of solar array depends on how you look at it – and when
"...solar-powered municipality, as required by the City Council-mandated Austin Climate Protection Plan. The shift to solar involves many complexities;..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Biomass: A Question of Wood, Not Could
Council will vote this week on a proposed wood-waste-fueled power plant, but just because it's carbon-neutral doesn't mean it's perfect
"...renewable sources by 2020 and adhering to the Austin Climate Protection Plan. Contract in hand, AE wants to seal..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Cool City: My Big Fat Carbon Footprint
One reporter's liberating steps toward energy efficiency
"...saves energy. Reporting on the launch of the Austin Climate Protection Plan last February, I researched national efforts to..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

World, Interrupted
Saving the world, one Web warrior at a time
"...of what our green techno-future might hold.Building a Worldwide Climate Movement March 10, 3:30pm, Room 19AB..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Appetite for Change
"...leaders are rising to face the challenge of a climate change crisis and get onboard. As an attendee and..."

Feb. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Top 10 Developing Stories
Lessons Learned
"...Waller Creek, the Second Street retail district, density as climate protection, and a 2008 referendum for Downtown rail transit...."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories
Lessons Learned
"...Waller Creek, the Second Street retail district, density as climate protection, and a 2008 referendum for Downtown rail transit...."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Press Needs to Hold Politicians Accountable
"...brings me to Katherine Gregor's update on Mayor Wynn's Climate Protection Plan [“The Austin Climate Protection Plan,” News, Dec...."

Dec. 11, 2007 Postmarks

Getting Warmer
A leading environmentalist on the growing threat to the planet and the future
"...demonstrations in all 50 states. Last month, the student climate movement drew 7,000 hardworking kids from campuses all over..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Bill Mckibben

Developing Stories
Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town
"...zero energy. An initiative allied with the city's Austin Climate Protection Plan, the public-private stakeholder task force achieved a..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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