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The TNRCC votes to delay working on ways to reduce Texas' contribution global warming, focusing instead on cleaning up pollution in the state's big cities first.

Al Gore is the only presidential candidate who's hot and bothered about global warming.

The debate over Longhorn Pipeline's proposed gasoline pipeline between Houston and El Paso has heated up recently, moving from Austin to Washington, D.C. in advance of a decision by the federal government on whether to conduct a formal environmental impact statement.

Ken Martin sells In Fact Daily to reporter Jo Clifton to focus on his monthly magazine, The Good Life.

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

East Timor. Campaign Finance Reform. Napster. Living Wages. Little Richard.

Shane Phelps resigns from the AG's office to run as a Republican candidate for Travis County District Attorney; Community leaders ask Dell Computer to reconsider moving into the Drinking Water Protection Zone

Although he's catching heat in the national media, here in Texas, Bush has been given kid-glove treatment by the media.

The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

Readers are baffled by the Chronicle's "no endorsement" for the mayoral race.

Gov. Bush presents a new plan to clean up "brownfields," or abandoned industrial sites, across Texas, but environmental leaders say the plan greenwashes his poor environmental record.

Consumer Advocate Mounts Green Party Presidential Campaign

Charles Gandy hopes to best perennial candidate Gene Kelly, who has a famous-sounding name but has never held office, in the Democratic race to oppose incumbent Sen.Kay Bailey Hutchison in November.

Mayor Kirk Watson talks about challenges for austin during his next term.

The Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival is not sexist; the city/Bradley settlement bodes poorly for Barton Springs; golf courses pay their way; and more reader mail.

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

Our readers talk back.

With barely a week to go before the primary, District 48 candidates Mandy Dealey and Ann Kitchen square off with local TV ads; meanwhile, the Republican contenders sort themselves out.

Can Travis County Republicans Ever Get It Together?

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

TheLeague of Conservation Voters releases report cards on the major presidential candidates, and finds Gov. Bush : who did not return a League survey : lacking in every category.

Two Fox reporters, fired by a Tampa station for their report on the continued use of the controversial recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, are coming to Austin to tell their tale.

Responding to market demands and consumer pressure, Whole Foods decides to banish genetically modified ingredients from its store-brand product lines.

thomas "hollywood" henderson pulls out of council race, county democratic clubs offer candidates endorsements, linda curtis is at it again.

The annual Austin Environmental Directory includes, for the first time, a report card rating Austin's environmental record. The outlook looks dismal on the surface, but the verdict isn't all doom and gloom.

Activists oppose World Trade Organization

The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.