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Meet the New Neighbors
A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado
"...appraisal office, and investigators with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which has since initiated several environmental enforcement actions..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Chronicle' Too Gullible
"...the best credentials to opine on that topic – environmental engineer Lauren Ross – submitted data to the Senate..."

May 16, 2005 Postmarks

LCRA Express Spawns Hamilton Pool Traffic Jam
Despite plenty of reasons to go slow, the agency – and its developer friends – are in a big hurry
"...Environmentalists and residents seeking to delay action on a proposed..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Loam. The three were named winners in the Texas Environmental Excellence Awards, to be presented by Gov. Rick Perry..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TxDot's Retention Detention
The I-35 / Ben White drainage tunnel may be adequately filtered -- someday
"...Les Tull, water quality engineer in the city's watershed protection division. The filtration system will cost $1.5 million, of..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

'Stakeholder' Bails on Stratus
When Lauren Ross urged the City Council to reject the "half-baked" Stratus development deal, council members' jaws dropped one by one.
"...Until Thursday, most observers thought that Ross, an environmental engineer whose opinion often carries the weight of gold,..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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We're sorry you feel that way.
"...would like to have more control over development and protection of property values. We would like to set up..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column

Down to Two
Runoff candidates offer views on city's future.
"...partly because both candidates -- Raul Alvarez, Sierra Club environmental justice director and planning scholar, and Rafael Quintanilla, consultant/attorney..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Field of Dreamers
Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.
"...and assistant attorney general in the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division...."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Page Two
The Hyde Park Baptist Church development may be legal, but it's wrong; and it's time for Statesman editor Rich Oppel to go.
"...already zoned single-family, and would have needed no such protection in today's political climate), and, specifically, gave the church..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column by Nick Barbaro

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Mixed Up Signals
"...a major economic study which documents that protecting our environmental assets is critical to both our quality of life..."

April 24, 1998 Column

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Rider Replies
"...This is also a "POLITICIAN PROTECTION PLAN." By setting unfairly low limits on challengers' fund-raising..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin
Rose (City)-Colored Glasses
"...often described as "crusty" and a forefather of today's environmental movement. (When one Portland neighborhood activist was asked how..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Off the Desk:
"...along. Anti-nuclear activists Paul Robbins, who wrote the Austin Environmental Directory, Tom Smith of Public Citizen, Bill Jackson of..."

Nov. 24, 1995 News Feature

Heritage Lost
"...TPWD from The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNCT), an environmental group that buys and protects land containing rare and..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Austin Pilots New Tactics to Address Toxic Algae Blooms
Toxin found in Sculpture Falls poses greater risk to humans
"...handfuls of gross algae," said Brent Bellinger, a senior environmental scientist in the city's Watershed Protection Department, but "your..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Can Architecture Provide a Blueprint for Our Post-COVID Existence?
Forge Craft Architecture's COVID Companion is a field guide to the world of the Aftertimes
"...driving force behind the hyper-local lifestyle, though, will be protection: protection from the next wave of the coronavirus or..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Travis County Primary Candidates Jockey to Champion Criminal Justice Change
A closer look at the heated District Attorney, County Attorney, and County Court at Law races
"...a more aggressive stand against corporate polluters (and on environmental questions generally), and Denton adds that he would sue..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide
Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut
"...with a Muslim ban; the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses for his immigration orders; the Taxing and Spending..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

At What Cost?
Code amendment approval could put East Austin seniors on the street
"...The city's Watershed Protection Depart­ment has likewise disputed the developers' claim that 68%..."

June 24, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Waller Creek Comes to Life
Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown
"...be completed in the next 18 months. With that protection in place, the conservancy can move forward on its..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Council: Water Into Whine
With this week's Council late start, what will happen to Citizens Communication?
"...should be granted to previous development plans over subsequent environmental regulations? – and it is likely to bear additional..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Small Victories
Whatever the prospects, the tasks remain the same
"...as a whole) to any comprehensive action on climate protection threatens to make more specific activism seem almost futile...."

April 4, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Food Events
May 24-25
"...• March Against the Monsanto Protection Act Austin is one of more than 100 cities..."

May 24, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

City Looks to Outside Counsel
Repeal of land code 'not a black and white legal issue'
"...of sharply divided testimony from a wide range of environmental activists on one side and real estate activists on..."

March 25, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

AE's Coal Conundrum
Energy planners and the fight over Fayette
"...– Scientist/environmental activist Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Developing Stories: Greening the Neighborhood
Mueller development wins LEED for Neighborhood Design
"...larger mixed-use projects; previously, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system applied only to single structures. But..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Does Climate Pollution Not Count?
Council misses opportunity with Strategic Mobility Plan finalists
"...long-range transportation plans to assure the continued economic and environmental success of Austin." Yet climate protection isn't made an..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...community feedback in crafting it, specifically on the department's environmental goals...."

June 26, 2009 News Feature

Groundwork: Active Austinites
What's doing at the grassroots level
"...www.austineconetwork.com, an online community center for local sustainability, climate protection, and environmental efforts. The ACPP is also pursuing a..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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