On February 24th, nearly 100 Austinites joined Rainforest Partnership Executive Director Niyanta Spelman, Texas Interfaith Associate Director Yaira Robinson, and Huston-Tillotson student Brittany Foley, as well as Austin Mayor Steve Adler, to discuss what the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement means for Austin at a local...
Last night, Austin came together to discuss a very important topic - climate change. At "The Paris Climate Agreement, An Austin Perspective" event, cohosted by the Austin EcoNetwork and the Rainforest Partnership, nearly 100 people came together to learn more about Austin's role in the global...
2015 was the hottest year on record, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. That breaks the record set in 2014, which had previously been the hottest year on record. Not only was 2015 the planet's hottest year since record keeping began (in 1880),...
Austin Mayor Steve Adler certainly kept himself busy while in Paris, making the case for cities to lead in the global fight against climate change and touting some of Austin's environmental success stories. In an interview with Bloomberg News in Paris, Adler spoke of Austin's recent solar purchases...
Last year, Austin’s City Council made a big decision. They decided to go zero.
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