Commentary
App, Community Buy-In Can Help Decrease Litter in San Antonio
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The Litterati app presents us with an opportunity to tackle our litter problem by turning environmental activism into a game that inspires sustainable solutions.
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Gov & Politics
City Council Confirms Webhead CEO Janie Gonzalez to CPS Energy Board
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City Council voted unanimously to confirm Tech company CEO Janie Gonzalez to the board of the municipally owned power utility.
Gov & Politics
CPS Energy Likely Won’t Raise Rates This Year, Despite Tightening Finances
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The utility’s leadership says it wants to exhaust every possible option before hiking rates, but one board member called the numbers “not acceptable.”
Sponsored
San Antonio River Foundation Developing More Reasons to ‘Discover Your River’
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Just as the River Foundation is a purpose-driven steward of the San Antonio River, the organization is also an efficient steward of every investment made in its vision.
Environment
SAWS Offers Money to Cut Water Use by 10 Million Gallons at Pepsi Plant
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PepsiCo. will receive up to around $155,000 in rebates from the San Antonio Water System to cut down water use by almost 10 million gallons at its bottling plant on the East Side.
Environment
Climate Plan Calls for San Antonio to Phase Out Fossil Fuels by 2050
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To fulfill its City Council’s promises on climate, San Antonio must ditch coal, natural gas, gasoline, and diesel by 2050, according to a draft climate plan.
Environment
Report: Texas Coal Power Plants Leaching Toxic Pollutants Into Groundwater
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An environmental group found that groundwater under 16 Texas coal plants had unsafe levels of contaminants, the pollution being linked to disposal pits for spent coal.
Environment
Game Ranch Fined for Pesticide Misuse in Hill Country Bat Cave Incident
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The Texas Department of Agriculture fined the Star S Ranch near Mason this week for two violations of pesticide drift at the Eckert James River Bat Cave.
Environment
Rice University Study: Texas’ Complementary Solar, Wind Could Be ‘Coal-Killer’
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Texas got about 18 percent of its power from wind last year, but research found that solar could supply more of the power Texans consume.
Environment
San Antonio Receives Bloomberg Staffers, Support for Climate Initiatives
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San Antonio joins Albuquerque, Austin, Denver, and Orlando as the final five cities of 25 chosen as winners of the American Cities Climate Challenge.
Environment
Michael Bloomberg Visiting San Antonio to Discuss Climate Action Plan
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The former mayor of New York City and current special envoy to the United Nations will be in town Friday to discuss San Antonio’s efforts to address climate change.
