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President Obama Should Host a UNFCCC Climate Change Summit

Ben Carmichael | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green

President-elect Obama has pledged that his administration will mark a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change." The question is: What will open that first chapter?

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Texas Publication Slams Fuel - Austin Viewers Fight Back

Josh Tickell | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Critics, Fuel, Austin, Austin Chronicle, Josh Rosenblatt, Alternative Energy, Biodiesel, Austin Chronicle Film Critic, Fuel Movie, Tx, Entertainment News

Meanwhile, the film's box office numbers in Portland, Seattle and Austin have been better than just about any documentary this year, making theaters around the world notice.

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What's Better than Turkey?

Josh Tickell | Posted 11.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel, Austin, Seattle, Fuel Movie, Celebrate Earth, Green News

Fuel opened in Seattle and Austin this weekend to sold out audiences. In Seattle, hundreds of people waited in the rain lined up around the block to get a seat for Fuel's opening night.

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Race at 150 mph? Sure.

Lea Lane | Posted 11.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, George Bush, Craig T. Nelson, Dell, George Herbert Walker Bush, Molly Ivins, Lady Bird Johnson, Ann Richards, Austin, Lance Armstrong, LBJ Memorial Library, Living News

When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

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How Green is Austin?

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Environment, Solar Panels, Progressive, Alternative Energy, Kilowatt Ours, Austin Texas, Austin, Texas, Green News

Austin, Texas is poised to set an example for the rest of the country, having successfully managed to shift its fiscal and social focus towards conser...

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Younger Military Families Closing Ranks Around Obama

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Military Times, Youth Vote, Donald Inbody, Black Voters, Austin, Museum of the Marine Corps, Independent Voters, University of Texas, Joe Biden, Democrats, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Iraq War, Virginia, Young Voters, Pollsters, Patriotism, Marines, Military, Latino Voters, US Marines, Iwo Jima, World War II, Michigan, Military Families, Republicans, Minorities, Don Inbody, Diane Tucker Military Closing Ranks, Home News

"Everyone I talk to wants change but on base you can't say certain things. At a bar or a party, everyone tells me they're voting for Obama... My military friends are tired of being lied to."

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Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Chicken, Culinary School, Barbecue, Smoking, Cooking, Beer, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits, Slow Cooked Chicken, Texas Cooking, Texan Dan, Style News

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

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WATCH>> Bob Barr Doesn't Know Why We Vote On Tuesday

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Texas, Election Reform, Congress, nn08, Weekend Voting, Netroots Nation, Why Tuesday, Austin, Bob Barr, Home News

"I'll tell you, we need to do something, and we need to do a lot of different things, and changing the voting day is one of the things we need to do. I would sign such legislation."

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HuffPost And GQ Throw Party At Netroots Nation (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post, GQ | Katharine Zaleski/Dan Duray | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Netroots, Photos, Austin, Gq, Jason Linkins, Mario Ruiz, GQ HuffPost Party, HuffPost GQ Party, Netroots Nation Ausin, Nico Pitney, Sam Stein, Katharine Zaleski, Roy Sekoff, Netroots Nation Parties, Politics News

Last Friday night HuffPost and GQ got together to provide some social lubrication outside the Austin convention center for all the bloggers, journalis...

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Green Leadership

Gavin Newsom | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Solar, Green Jobs, Wind, Green, Pollution, Van Jones, Gavin Newsom, Climate Change, Environment, Tidal Power, San Francisco, Austin, President Bush, Mayor Newsom, Netroots Nation, Green Economy, Green News

San Francisco is one of the greenest cities in the country because we did not wait for Washington. We are taking action now to green our environment and our economy from the ground up.

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It Doesn't Take a Genius to Notice the Sun, Does It?

Toby Barlow | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Phoenix, Renewable Energy, Bloomberg, Photovoltaic Cells, Austin, Denver, Solar Power, Google, Sergey Brin, Mike Bloomberg, Larry Page, Charleston, Living News

Mike Bloomberg and Google have figured out what to do with solar power. Now the rest of us should copy them.

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"Shuttle": Boston-Austin Redux, By Way Of Hollywood

Edward Anderson | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: South by Southwest, Austin, Filmmaking, Shuttle, SXSW 2008, Sxsw, Entertainment News

In the film business, it's not enough to raise money once, you have to do it over and over again.

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Student-run UT Obama HQ Draws Big Names

Devon Mills | Posted 02.28.2008 | Home

Read More: University of Texas, Austin, Tom Brokaw, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Barack Obama 2008, Home News

A new Barack Obama campaign office opened Monday on the University of Texas campus in Austin, organized by the past five presidents of the school's Un...

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