Hosted by the Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Extinction Rebellion ATX, and the Austin Environmental Justice Team - On November 20, three South Texas coastal communities that would be directly impacted by Texas LNG: City of Port Isabel, Long Island Village, and Laguna Heights are challenging the...
Hosted by the Sierra Club, Public Citizen Texas, the Austin Environmental Justice Team, Extinction Rebellion ATX, and the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas - Join community members from the Rio Grande Valley and the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas for a dinner and panel discussion to...
After a lot of debate, Austin Energy has decided to back away from a plan to build a new natural gas plant in Austin. At last week's Electric Utility Commission meeting, Austin Energy announced that it has at least temporarily abandoned the plan. The reason comes down...
Author Taylor Brorby will be speaking and signing his new book, "Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America," at Book People on Thursday. The book is an anthology of established and emerging writers giving voice to the complexities of hydraulic fracturing across the...
Guest Post - from Al Braden Al Braden is a longtime climate activist and energy policy wonk located here in Austin. In recent posts, he's taken readers behind the scenes into the negotiations behind the future of energy generation in Austin. At stake is a big...
Guest Post - from Al Braden The Navigant study of Austin Energy’s (AE) proposed 500 MW combined cycle gas plant has been completed and given to the Electric Utility Commission (E.U.C) and to Austin City Council. You can find it online here. Part of the 2015 to...
Natural gas or renewables? That is the question a long-anticipated study by a local consulting firm has tried to answer. The study, which was released on Monday, concluded that yes, it does make economic and environmental sense for Austin Energy to build a new $500 million natural gas plant. Financially, the study...
[Energy] The US government wants you to improve the energy efficiency of your home. And, to make this as easy as possible, they’re deploying an army of trained professionals to cities across the country, all with one mission in mind - to give Americans a Home Energy Score.Kind of like...