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FEMA stops sending money at the end of the month to cities for paying the rent of hurricane evacuees; apartment eviction notices are already showing up on some New Orleanians' doors; thousands of displaced evacuees are in rental properties throughout the area; talk amongst yourselves

Companies and utilities recognized for commitment to renewable energy

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

Austin Energy looks toward 'electrifying the transportation grid'

Austin Energy and a former city employee team up to publish an idealized, clean-energy vision of the future.

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

The details of the utility's 50-year vision for the future

Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.

The comprehensive energy bill is comprehensive theft; and put on your burqua -- the Taliban is back.

The Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund -- and the have-nots it supports -- fights to avoid an early death by budget ax.

The family of late UT professor Bill Gardiner says an improperly performed street cut led to his 2000 death in a bike crash.

Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron

The City Council kicked off its budget talks in earnest last week, with the least grim part of the FY2003 proposed budget -- public safety -- along with aviation, the Convention Center, and Solid Waste Services.

Georgetown mayor defends the sewage plant.

A preview of the city's proposed (and shrinking) budget

EPA reviews Clean Air Act new emissions policy for Bush Administration

PG&E's shell game, Bush Incorporated & Nestle's genetic engineering

CEO hogs, the Bush / Cheney energy hypocrisy & science for sale

The City Council prepares to decide how much information about Austin Energy's finances and operations will be kept out of the public view when deregulation comes in 2002.

Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature

Austin Energy's attempt to shut close its books to the public will be considered by city council September.

A public forum over Austin Energy's proposed "secrecy resolution," which will allow the utility to keep some financial information under wraps in response to competition, yields plenty of discussion but little agreement.

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.

Planning or Plotting?

The Rise and Fall of Cedar Street