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Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature
Pie-in-the-Sky Pollution
Federal Clean Air Act critics say it's an unrealistic, paper-only policy
"...groups have overridden science. "What happened was that air pollution laws were hijacked in the name of other political..."
Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Capitol Chronicle
The grandfathered pollution exemption celebrates its 30th birthday, and the Lege takes another look at cleaning up the air
"...Lignite did burn and pollution did swirl...."
April 6, 2001 News Column by Michael King
The Greening of George W. Bush
An industry pollution control program started backed by Gov. George W. Bush has cleaned less than 3% of the industrial toxic emissions it aimed to clean up.
"...would allow major industrial polluters exempt from the state's pollution controls since 1971 to volunteer to clean up their..."
Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Capitol Chronicle
The TNRCC reports that the Voluntary Emissions Reduction program has produced zero reductions in air pollution
"...the "Voluntary Emissions Reduction Permit" program. The VERP air pollution control initiative was announced with great fanfare by then-Governor..."
Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Michael King
Neighbors vs. Neighbors
A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.
"...applying for the emissions permits -- or installing the pollution-control equipment -- such changes presumably require...."
July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
It's a Wrap!
A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session
"...Senate Bill 5 -- an attempt to "incentivize" air pollution control in the state's non-attainment areas -- had been..."
June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Rockdale Smoke Out
"...legal dispute simmers, the public relations battle over air pollution at Alcoa's Rockdale plant remains on a high boil...."
Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
News Top 10s
"...get done. The pols put a formal end to grandfathered pollution (hold your breath for only six or seven..."
Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature
Cast Away
Pure Castings, Zavala Elementary, pollution, jobs ... and the neighborhood
"...unfair and inaccurate to suggest that every molecule of pollution comes from his facility or his vehicles. He recalls..."
Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
All Hail Texas!
Texas emits more globe-warming carbon dioxide than any other state in the nation, by a long shot
"...filthiest power plants. The EIP warns that global warming pollution from large, old, and inefficient plants -- like TXU's..."
Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Capitol Chronicle: A Profile in Courage
After 10 years in the Texas House, Glen Maxey retires and reflects. A profile of Austin's New Black Panther PartyA surprisingly small crowd turns out to demand safety guarantees from Longhorn Pipeline.
"...children's insurance program, access to Medicaid, the fight against grandfathered pollution, reform of the TNRCC, and progressive changes in..."
Dec. 7, 2001 News Column by Michael King
Bush vs. Bush
Clean Air: Optional or Mandatory?
"...Texas air cleaner by significantly reducing emissions from older grandfathered plants."..."
May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Capitol Chronicle
An Update on Work in Progress at the Lege
"...agenda: reflexively punitive law and order, privatized education, voluntary pollution control, stingy health and human services, huge tax cuts...."
April 27, 2001 News Column by Michael King
Voluntary Evasion
"...so-called voluntary reduction program to address the state's air pollution problems codified during the 1999 legislative session as..."
Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Coal Hard Cash
Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.
"...dozens of older facilities across the state, Alcoa was "grandfathered," meaning the plant has never been required to comply..."
Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature
Watershed Redo
How redevelopment can save the springs ... or not
"...we still have a problem – the continued commercial pollution of our Barton Springs Watershed creeks as well as..."
Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
On The Lege
Grandfathers Win
"...that allows those plants to reduce the amount of pollution they generate -- voluntarily, and only to decade-old standards...."
April 16, 1999 News Column
The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology
"...ground and goes down to the aquifer, and any pollution or impervious cover development in this area will degrade..."
Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature
Capitol Chronicle
Surveying the George W. Bush Legacy in Texas
"...hazardous waste incineration, cancerous air and water emissions, ozone pollution exposure, environmental civil rights complaints ... the list goes..."
March 16, 2001 News Column by Michael King
An S-O-S for SOS
What will the Stratus deal mean for the Springs?
"...that drastically increase density, and thus both traffic and pollution." Strict application of the law allows for such "clustered"..."
Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith
Environmental Cage Match
After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?
"...last year for an unusual reason: Texas' horrendous air pollution problem. A nationally respected Sierra Club organizer, Hernandez moved..."
May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
Advice Unvarnished -- and Unsolicited
Letters between governmental groups show that Bush's "unvarnished advice" was not coming from anyone interested in clean air.
"...quoted a 1997 Energy Information Administration report documenting that "pollution operating costs have been and continue to be a..."
March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
KXAN's Aluminum Siding
KXAN does publicity work for Alcoa, disguised as news reporting.
"...the company's record on mining, land reclamation, and air pollution control...."
Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Michael King
Land for Water
The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs
"...Legislature had other ideas and passed a bill that grandfathered all plats filed before the ordinance was passed (including..."
Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader
TNRCC, EPA Follow Suit
The EPA and TNRCC jump on environmentalists' bandwagon by accusing Alcoa of violating the Clean Air Act.
"...the same site, was one of many Texas facilities "grandfathered" out of compliance with the 1970 Clean Air Act...."
Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Stratus Flows Downhill
A description of the Stratus Properties / City of Austin development negotiations, and the historical precedents (Freeport-McMoRan)
"...flotilla of Austin-bashing bills, including House Bill 1704 (the "grandfathered" development bill) and a special water-quality zone bill...."
Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
S.o.s. 101
"...imposed tighter impervious cover limits and promised "zero degradation" (pollution) of Barton Creek...."
April 30, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff
Postmarks
The Executioner
"...(4) no traffic stops saves fuel, auto wear, and pollution, (5) accidents are rare, (6) no businesses on the..."
Feb. 13, 1998 Column
Postmarks
Don't Dissolve District
"...government with the authority to regulate pumping and prevent pollution in the entire recharge zone of the Barton Springs..."
May 1, 1998 Column
The Sterling Stage, 6134 E. Hwy. 290
