Hosted by the Truman Project - The Truman Project Texas Chapter hosts its third and final discussion in the three-part water series, “Water, Energy, and Security: Exploring Local and National Security Implications of the Water-Energy Nexus in Texas”. This final event will explore the security implications of...
Hosted by the Truman Project - The Truman Project Texas Chapter hosts its second discussion in the three-part water series, “Water, Energy, and Security: Exploring Local and National Security Implications of the Water-Energy Nexus in Texas”. This second event will explore water and land resources and the...
Hosted by the Truman Project - Join the Truman Project Texas Chapter for its first discussion in the three-part water series, “Water, Energy, and Security: Exploring Local and National Security Implications of the Water-Energy Nexus in Texas”. This first event will explore the water-energy-security nexus and how...
Guest Editorial - by Al Braden Al Braden is a local environmental activist and photographer. He is also a member of the Electric Utility Commission Resource Planning Working Group, which is helping to advise Austin Energy and City Council on where Austin should get its energy...
Maybe you've seen the news stories about the 16-year-old from Sweden who's demanding climate action from our world leaders. Or you've watched a video on Instagram of one of the hundreds of marches taking place across the globe. Perhaps you've even attended a recent climate...
Guest Post - from the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club Written by Shane Johnson, Clean Energy Distributed Organizer with the Sierra Club For community advocates and policy wonks alike, Austin Energy’s recently-announced Working Group to Update the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan) for early...
Hosted by CleanTX - ElecTrip is the next-level intercity travel in private, professionally driven Teslas. Solving Problems for businesses and lawyers while boosting EV adoption. Learn about how people lost time and money before taking ElecTrip. Come to this September’s exciting PowerHour! RSVP at https://cleantx.org/event/power-hour-with-electrip/...
"Solar is the best unused equity tool we have, in terms of maintaining the quality of life, maintaining the balance of this city," explained Kenneth Thompson (former member of the African American Resource Advisory Commission and a current board member with Solar Austin) on a recent episode of Shades of...
Austin is about to get more than half its energy from renewables. And that's a pretty big deal. Austin Energy, our city's electric utility, just announced a new wind power contract that will allow Austin to get 61 percent of its energy from renewables (once the wind farm is complete...
Hosted by Solar Austin - We’re doing something a bit different this month. Instead of our regular happy hour, Solar Austin is hosting a community workshop to gather input on the topic of expanding access to solar. In September, a team that will include Austin Energy staff,...