January 21, 2010
Do you know where the electricity in your house comes from? Coal? Solar? Nuclear? The answer impacts everything from climate change to environmental justice. That’s why we write stories about the local effort to make Austin’s energy supply more sustainable.
A Call for Fast Action and Green Leadership for Austin Energy
A Call for Fast Action and Green Leadership for Austin Energy
January 14, 2010
Interfaith Environment Network issues greenest call for Austin’s Energy Future
I am supporting my good friends @ Clean Energy for Austin* in calling on City Council to approve citizen review board recommendations re: Austin’
January 11, 2010
“Austin has a Dirty Secret” … news: 1/10/10
Via facebook, I’ve been made friends with over 700 Austinites who share my interest in Austin’s energy future.
January 11, 2010
Endorse Clean Energy for Austin
Attention: Green businesses and Austinites!
If you were as frustrated as I was watching world leaders dither in Copenhagen while the Earth heats up and island nations continue making evacuation plans, there is good news on the horizon for Austin.
Austin Energy has developed a consensus plan that would establish our own CO2 cap and reduction plan. The great news is that by 2020, Austin’s investments in solar, wind and energy efficiency would allow us to reduce our dependence on the Fayette coal plant by 30 percent! This energy plan will also bring a wide variety of jobs to the city, from innovative clean technology companies to installation, retrofit and construction jobs.
We need support to pass the plan now!
January 6, 2010
Your Ecological Plan for 2010 and the Decade – Your Christmas/Holiday List for You, Yes, You!
Howdy Permaculture, Citizen Gardener, Garden, Farm, Local Food, Sustainable Friends,
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
December 22, 2009
Bringing Copenhagen Home: Austin’s Climate Urgency, pt. 1
Last week’s UN summit on climate change, aka Copenhagen, opened with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last, best chance for a deal to protect the world from cal
December 15, 2009
December 10, 2009
Austin’s Climate Commitment
On November 11, 2007, Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, urgently stated — “If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late.
December 4, 2009
Cap & Trade v. Carbon Tax
Hi again everyone!
A guest post from Sierra Club Intern, Michelle, is below!
November 20, 2009
Blogs
Leadership Costs Less
According to the analysis used to plan Austin’s energy future it costs 3% more to lower Austin’s CO2 footprint by 61 percent, as compared to the current plan which will lower CO2 18 percent, by
November 19, 2009
Austin City Council — Recommit to Climate Protection
This petition, to put climate protection at the top of our new City Council’s agenda, is co-sponsored by Jake Stewart (frmr manager of the Austin Climate Protection Program)…
November 11, 2009