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Environment

Vampire Energy sucking our power!

December 7, 2010

Shutting down the Holly Power Plant took neighbors organizing and expressing a shared vision for our neighborhood. While the power plant is in the process of being deconstructed our work to build a healthier future is far from over. One thing we could do as neighbors to clean up our air (most of our power [...]

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Lady Bird Lake home to stolen cars

December 3, 2010

A DPS crew fired up sonar equipment on Thursday while examining the bottom of Lady Bird Lake near Festival Beach. They discovered an outline of an automobile. By the end of the day, KVUE reports, DPS had pulled five cars out of the lake.

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Cap Metro Proposes Ethanol Transfer Facility

August 10, 2010

The Capital Metro Transportation Authority (CMTA) Board is hosting a public meeting to discuss a proposed project – an ethanol transfer facility along Decker Lane on CMTA’s rail line. Travis County Commissioner Ron Davis has expressed some serious concerns regarding this proposed Ethanol Project and its implications for the residents of eastern Travis County. The [...]

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City Invites Residents to “Meet the Contractor” Meeting

August 3, 2010

The City of Austin Invites Residents to “Meet the Contractor” Meeting For the Canterbury Lift Station Removal Project Thursday, August 5, 2010 6 to 7 p.m. Metz Recreation Center, 2407 Canterbury Street Dear Neighbor, The repair work on the Canterbury wastewater structures located on fenced, City-owned property at the east end of Garden Street (and [...]

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Inside the Holly Power Plant

May 28, 2010

The ill-fated Holly Street Power Plant is closed to the public before its demolition but KUT brings you inside this aging industrial facility. [MP3] The Holly Street Power Plant provided electricity for Austin over four decades. But it was built in the middle of an East Austin residential neighborhood. And after a long, drawn out [...]

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Residents Near 4th and Attayac Want a Better Smelling Barrio

May 26, 2010

The stench of horse manure is common in the area of 4th and Attayac. It is a staging area for Die Gelbe Rose — a carriage company that provides rides west of I-35. Some neighbors have been active in trying to get the operation moved out of the neighborhood. Barrio Unido Neighborhood Association President Frances [...]

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Town Lake DDT Fish Massacre Legacy

May 5, 2010

Rachel Carson chronicled the darkest moment of Town Lake in her book Silent Spring when the dumping of DDT into an Austin storm drain led to a massive fish kill that spread from East Austin to Matagorda Bay. One of the most spectacular fish kills of recent years occurred in the Colorado River below Austin, [...]

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