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Perry on Power
'No energy subsidies' or 'No, energy subsidies"
"...99.6% of the subsidies go towards towards oil and gas."..."

Oct. 25, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

AE's Nuclear Option
The seduction of the South Texas Project
"...lower than the cost of power generated by natural gas and coal," and "nuclear power plants are cleaner for..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Just Wright
Queen Latifah co-stars with Common in this rote romantic comedy in which the only surprise element is the success of the New Jersey Nets.
"...at his mansion (after she helps him find the gas cap on his fancy car during a chance meeting..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shami's Shale Flail
Dissecting the latest attack on Bill White
"...waste his one question on White's stance on natural gas drilling in the the Barnett Shale? So his people..."

Feb. 10, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Spillar Responds on Carbon Footprint
More on the Strategic Mobility Plan
"...He continues, "Focusing on 'sustainability' and greenhouse gas emissions is no longer an option for any transportation..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Twisting in the Wind
Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done
"...they'd otherwise pay for more conventional sources: coal, natural gas, and nuclear power. The upside for subscribers is that..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

2020: More Solar, Higher Cost
"...Expand the Sand Hill natural gas plant by 200 megawatts of combined-cycle gas generation while..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Letter to City Council
Reasons why the city should forestall WTP 4
"...of dollars while also saving energy, reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, protecting Lake Travis' recreational values, protecting fish and..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

Wish List
Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most
"...Gift cards (gas, groceries, and merchandise)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Pickens and Pope
Possibilities open up when the Sierra Club can find common ground with a Texas oilman
"...himself into the spotlight lately by aggressively advertising his wind-and-natural-gas-powered "Pickens Plan" – meant to save us from the..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Montopolis Is Gastationopolis
"...but I think we should change the name to Gastationopolis. We are spoiled for choice when it comes to..."

July 24, 2008 Postmarks

Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights
A progress report on Austin's war on global warming
"...Austin Energy the leading utility in the nation for greenhouse-gas reductions...."

April 18, 2008 News Feature

Ministering to the Dead
A death row chaplain has a change of heart in At the Death House Door
"...the murder of Wanda Lopez fits the bill. A gas-station clerk in Corpus Christi in 1983, Lopez was the..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Global Warming
A political timeline
"...in Kyoto, Japan, and negotiate a treaty to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The United States never ratifies the treaty...."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

Point Austin: The Convert
Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning
"...for Democrats that the sales tax is regressive. The gas tax is much, much more regressive. The gas tax..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Heavy Metal
Even in blazing summer, Austin's welders and forgers fire it up and make like rock & rollers
"...who utilize computer-aided design and work with tungsten inert gas production methods, nonsteel welding. The shops I went to..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Tire Tracks: What the Lege did
"...Shrinking Gas Tax: Legislators remained loath to increase the most important..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Naked City
"...groundwater contamination caused by improper disposal of oil and gas waste. For four years, the Rev. David Hudson of..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature

Enviro-Rentalism
Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in
"...just one bulb, you've prevented 500 pounds of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere.Around the House: Little by Little..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Transportation Funding Friction
Toll-road frustration leads to blow up in House Transportation Committee meeting
"...– TxDOT says the state would need a $1.40 gas tax to cover the gap; TTI says it would..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin Energy's Coal Considerations Smoked Out?
Council to be asked to consider authorizing city manager to negotiate land agreement for future "clean coal" plant
"...is in many ways suited to host an integrated gasification combined cycle coal plant (that could perhaps capture and..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

It's the Carbon, Stupid!
Texas leaders continue to drag their boot heels on global warming
"...change – the impending catastrophe caused by fossil-fuel combustion gasses (namely carbon dioxide) building up atmospherically and keeping heat..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...U.S. 183 – is roughly equivalent to a 17-cent gas tax, according to estimates from TxDOT and the Central..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature

Austin Reaches Biodiesel Big Leagues
New local partnership makes Austin biodiesel pump headquarters
"...all of Triple S' 19 Signature Austin convenience store gas stations since May...."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Climate Change News
Safe Climate Act introduced to Congress; and National Academy of Sciences releases climate change report requested by House Committee on Science chair
"...to global warming. The measure would freeze U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 at 2009 levels and cut emissions..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Tolls Levied East of I-35
"...west of I-35 that had previously been funded with gas tax dollars. Every mile of every road east of..."

June 20, 2006 Postmarks

Fare Fight
The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories
"...for disabled passengers). But her greatest expense, unsurprisingly, is gas. Nwoko runs through two full $40 tanks a day,..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Irving-based BioPerformance Inc., which sells a so-called "top secret gas pill" that purports to lower vehicle fuel consumption and..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...can afford to build roads, provided legislators pass a gas tax increase to adjust for inflation. Inflation average has..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Doesn't Like CTRMA
"...can afford to build roads ,provided legislators pass a gas tax increase to adjust for inflation. Inflation average has..."

April 6, 2006 Postmarks

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