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It's the Carbon, Stupid!
Texas leaders continue to drag their boot heels on global warming
"...there are viable alternatives to meet the state's growing energy needs. The bad news is that our state honchos,..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Will the Nuke Mushroom?
The long-reviled South Texas (Nuclear) Project might actually expand.
"...of hostility toward it in America. New Jersey-based NRG Energy Inc., which last year bought a 44% interest in..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Billboard Blues
East Cesar Chavez Plans
"...Conserving Austin Energy..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles
“It’s about all of us”
"...Texas, the company a majority pipeline partner with Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners...."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Windmill State of Mind
A Q&A with the authors of a new book on the story behind Texas wind power
"...may seem to be the redheaded stepchild of Texas' energy portfolio, but it turns out to have a legitimate..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Pecan Street Project Unveils Smart Grid Solutions
Report highlights path toward clean energy future
"...the utility but really come up with a new energy system," said Jim Marston, a PSP board member...."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

State of the City Address
As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today
"...battles over huge issues like health care reform and energy policy. Here in Texas, we have a state education..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

McCracken Named Pecan Street Project Executive Director
Former council member to head smart grid group
"...New Non-Profit Organization as it Begins Implementation of Clean Energy Projects..."

Dec. 15, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Obama Going to COP15
The pres finally commits to UN Climate Talks
"...the foundation for a new, sustainable and prosperous clean energy future...."

Nov. 25, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Cool City: Getting Down With the Grid
Everybody's excited about the Pecan Street Project – they're just not sure what it is
"...development it hopes to generate and how inventing an "energy Inter­net" for alternative power can, in theory, help slow..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green
Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservation
"...Austin Water Utility – like its sister utility, Austin Energy – become a national model for energy efficiency, environmental..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...crowd that he seeks to prove there is no energy crisis and that TXU's billion-dollar 11-plant plan has nothing..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

There Goes the Sun
Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?
"...solar ambitions have long been predicated on an Austin Energy-commissioned "Value of Solar Study," designed to determine what decentralized,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Trouble on Green Mountain
Green Mountain blames regulatory and market obstacles for its woes, but critics cite lack of investment in clean energy.
"...In June, Austin-based Green Mountain Energy Company – self-described as "one of the nation's largest..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Can Austin Kick-Start the Hybrid-Car Future?
Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'
"...plugged into normal wall sockets connected to an all-renewable energy electric grid...."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
As other cities catch up, 'Solar Austin' advocates look to prime the green-power pump
"...Austin Energy likes to call itself the greenest utility in the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Lowdown
Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House
"...Bush-Whacking Energy Sanity "Crisis, crisis!" squawks Little George Bush, pointing to..."

April 20, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City
Thanks to soaring energy prices, wind energy is becoming cheaper than that fueled by natural gas and other fossil.fuels.
"...turbines in Texas can now deliver a kilowatt-hour of energy less expensively than all but the most efficient gas-burning..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Can Austin Become Carbon Neutral by 2050?
The city stepped up its game, but it'll need your help
"...had real teeth – including stopping production at Austin Energy’s two largest carbon emitters by 2027: the Decker Creek..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Francesca D'Annunzio

AE's Solar Deal: 'Game Changer'
Recurrent Energy price could lower energy rates
"...nonetheless came as a surprise in May when Austin Energy secured a solar power purchase agreement with Recurrent Energy..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'
Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics
"...My vision on energy – I've been a longtime advocate of renewable energy..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Water Utility Progress
Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions
"...of water used, treated, and pumped in Austin means energy get consumed – and lots of it. As Austin..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable
Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC
"...residential solar power work and proof that rooftop renewable energy can make sense for everybody. On a recent Saturday..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Thinking Beyond Coal
Coal mines are mucking up the environment, from the Appalachian mountains to the outskirts of Austin
"...Mine deal with a seldom-mentioned cost of cheap coal-generated energy: strip mining...."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

TXU Still Eyeing Clean Coal
Company continues clinging to previous dirty plans.
"...an array of green reforms, including using more renewable energy and devoting more resources to energy efficiency – to..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
"...giant steps must be taken to address the way energy is used and acquired in Texas and nationwide –..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

Sustainable Living
Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair is the place to learn about cutting-edge clean-energy technologies, as well as a one-stop shop for people wanting greener homes and natural backyard gardens
"...At the seventh annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair – billed as the..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Greenest Zine in Town
The new Austin Environmental Directory – part investigative environmental reports, part encyclopedia of sustainability, and part yellow pages of everything green in Austin – is out
"...day that goes by that some issue related to energy is not in the headlines," he said. "The greenhouse..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Texas Biofuels Movement Building Momentum
As Bush makes groundbreaking revelations about the U.S. being "addicted to foreign oil," Texans may be pleased to know that many of the scientific "breakthroughs" he says will someday break our oil fixation are already in the works here.
"...While most energy experts agree that a departure from America's auto-dependent lifestyle..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
News and happening from Austin and beyond
"...• Austin Energy announced a major purchase of West Texas wind power..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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