KVUE Local News
- UT wins Fiesta Bowl
- City aims to improve 911 response
- FBI hiring thousands of new recruits
- Family awaits DWI offender's trial
- Obama readies for the Oval Office
- Fiesta Bowl tickets not re-selling well
- APD gets long list of recommendations
- AustinHealth: Breast cancer MRI
- UT jaded, Ohio State pumped
- Craddick backers go to Smithee
Statesman Williamson Co. News
- Hutto fire department looking for fire chief
- Charter middle school to open in East Austin
- Couple finds outlet for grief after losing firstborn
- After 20 years of service, city secretary retiring
- Georgetown officer struck while trying to help motorist
- Lake Travis finance official to retire after 20 years; Austin Voices receives $25,000 grant for high school programs
- Physician cared for Williamson County
- Despite pinch, area still saw major road and rail work in 2008
- Teen remembered by family after fatal Christmas wreck
- Quiet - teen court in session
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Austin ranks 14th on the latest list of greenest U.S. cities from SustainLane.com. Texas’ Capital City moved up one place since the last time SustainLane compiled its rankings in 2006. Topping the list were Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and New York, in that order. The SustainLane U.S. city rankings factor in each city’s ability to maintain healthy air, drinking water, parks and public transit systems, as well as an active, sustainable local economy with green building, farmers markets, renewable energy and alternative fuels. According to SustainLane, Austin “took a decisive step toward becoming the planet’s ‘Carbon-Neutral Capital’ when it adopted an aggressive climate protection plan in 2007” that calls for all the city’s operations, facilities, vehicle fleets, and utilities to be carbon neutral by 2020. For the complete list and details on the rankings, click here.
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