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Crude
Expert documentarian Joe Berlinger sheds light on the epic environmental lawsuit filed by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron.
"...U.S. courts by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco. In 2001, Texaco merged with Chevron, and therefore inherited..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Defense Lawyers Try to Halt Execution
State primed to deliver another lethal injection
"...Kris Keeran, during a botched robbery of a Kerrville Texaco station. Wood did not fire the gun that killed..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Roadside Fuel
Gas station eats by the lake
"...not in abundance in those parts. Lake Travis Country Market/Texaco3325 RR 620 S.; 512/263-0900 Tacos: Mon.-Sat., 6am-3pm; Sun., 7am-3pm..."

July 4, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hightower Report
USDA and Synthetic Organics; and Chevron Runs but Can't Hide
"...of Ecuador. For a quarter of a century, Chevron's Texaco subsidiary willfully contaminated the land, water, and people of..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Luv Doc
Leave the milk in the refrigerator
"...trailer in the parking lot. OK, maybe the Tarrytown Texaco, but I don't even know that for sure because..."

July 7, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Those Who Are About to Die
Your Texas death machine gets rolling again
"...Jeffrey Wood did not enter the Gold Star Texaco in Kerrville until after he heard the gunshots...."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
Local biodiesel producer expands its business
"...S Petroleum, an Austin-based company that operates Shell and Texaco convenience store gas stations and offers fleet and commercial..."

Aug. 26, 2005 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
"...is the lone exception to the ORV trend. Chevron Texaco's Port Pelican and El Paso Energy's Energy Bridge, both..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Signs
"...delicious unease and this guy could be the next Texaco. Still, the shadowy, barely glimpsed horrors and circular philosophizing..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Visualize Whirled Tank Farms
An update on the continuing controversy over the future of the tank farms
"...to the group of oil companies -- Exxon, Citgo, Texaco et al. -- that once stored fuel on the..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hightower Lowdown
Selling the Commons; The Corporate Tax-Dodgers
"...you say? Fantasyland? Well, if your company name was Texaco this very fantasy would have come true for you...."

March 16, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Lone Stars Rising
The Lady Rancher: From Hogs to Boll Weevils
"...In 1997, she got a $1,000 contribution from a Texaco executive 12 days before a hearing on Texaco's request..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

South by Southwest Announces Black Keys Keynote and More Featured Speakers
Jane Fonda, Dwyane Wade, Elijah Wood top latest announcement
"...for battling Chevron in the landmark case Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc., and Chris Smalls, founder of The Congress of..."

Jan. 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

We Have an Issue: Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art
In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)
"...Cosmic Saltillo Lands in East Austin: The Historic Texaco Depot has been reinvented as a bar/cafe/restaurant by the..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

New Bar/Cafe Opens on East Fourth Street
Cosmic Saltillo opens in the old Historic Texaco Depot
"...& Beer Garden, have taken over the old Historic Texaco Depot with partners Jason Stevens and John Butts. Cosmic..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Quack’s Bakery, Julio’s, and Others Weather a Weeklong Power Outage
“We survived … again!”
"...Café, Fresh Plus, Curra’s Hyde Park, and the Pronto Texaco station were all unable to open from February 1...."

Feb. 7, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

How Carnitas El Güero Got So Good at Its Namesake Dish
What started with takeout orders in a gas station has become a small empire
"...Gustavo Reyes found in the tiny kitchen of the Texaco Stassney Foodmart in South Austin, when he opened Carnitas..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Food Feature by Raphael Brion

Top 10 Gas Station Taquerias in Austin
Fuel up with the unofficial food of Central Texas
"...technically a truck, but at the back of this Texaco food mart live massive burritos, tacos, tortas, and larger..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Photos From Before I-35 and During Highway Construction
Back when Austin was cool
"...Center; the middle building at left (north of the Texaco sign) is now the Chronicle offices. 2) I-35 construction,..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature

Bob Schneider Record Review
Blood and Bones (Shockorama)
"...Davíd Garza's sure sense of pacing and lyrical acrobatics. "Texaco" pushes Schneider's rap impulses over the edge, leaving softer..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: Top 10 Needlessly Long Sentences
"...July 7, 2017: OK, maybe the Tarrytown Texaco, but I don't even know that for sure because..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Death Watch: Executing Texas' Law of Parties
Jeff Wood never killed anybody; Robert Pruett may not have either. Why does the state want to put them both to death?
"...Wood and told him to make off with the Texaco's surveillance camera and VCR...."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Pfoodies
Pflugerville dining has come a long way
"...carnitas by the pound in the back of a Texaco. You can't throw an ironic T-shirt in Austin without..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Food Feature by Corina Kellam

Estate Sale Roundup: November 13-16
There are a few day trips this week, so gas up the wreck
"...teak octagon table with inlaid marble top; fireplace mantle; Texaco oil pump; Model T wooden steering wheel made into..."

Nov. 13, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

'Slap Noir'
BigBoy Medlin's dark comic novel of West Texas: an excerpt
"...Brady Blackstock left the scene of the explosion, Hull's Texaco, and followed a trail of blood. Thanks to the..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by James BigBoy Medlin

Whip It Real Good
Whip In's reincarnation continues with its award-winning Kamala beers
"...house. After an Eighties recession-era deal in which the Texaco across the street abandoned its alcohol enterprise in exchange..."

June 20, 2014 Food Feature by Anna Toon

'Confessions of a Mexpatriate'
With this new solo show, playwright Raul Garza takes a journey deep into Mexico
"...Cura, and even led them on an excursion into "Texaco," a futuristic no-man's-land carved out of what we know..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Communication Breakdown
Does the closure of HausBar Farms spell trouble for the urban farming movement?
"...owned by six major oil companies, including Exxon, Citgo, and Texaco. The tank farm, located at the corner of Airport..."

April 12, 2013 Food Feature by Anna Toon

The Hightower Report
Wall Street's Mitch; and That Can't-Do Spirit
"...model is the oil industry, where he helped merge Texaco into Chevron. That one hardly benefited consumers or our..."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Food-o-File
Austin is drowning in coffee, and the Blue Bonnet Cafe is Still Cookin' After 80 Years
"...(3421 N. I-35, 334-9211, www.owltreeroasting.com), in a converted 1950s Texaco station alongside the northbound freeway access road. Kizer is..."

May 1, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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