2024
Apr 22, 2024: Inflation Reduction Act Delivers $405.82 Million in Solar for All Funds to Two Texas-Based Entities
Feb 28, 2024: Sierra Club Files Amicus Brief Addressing Data Collection of Cryptocurrency Mining
Feb 14, 2024: Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Statement on “Connect the Grid Act”
2023
Nov 8, 2023: Sierra Club Statement on Passage of Texas Proposition 7
October 6, 2023: Biden Administration Waives 26 Federal Laws to Build New Border Wall in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
June 28, 2023: Sierra Club Intervenes to Address Weak Utility Energy Efficiency Plans
June 20, 2023: Gov. Abbott Vetoes Energy Efficiency Building Codes Bill
May 28, 2023: Under Impeachment Shadow, Amendment to Bring Water Infrastructure to Rio Grande Valley Targeted for Removal
May 18, 2023: Energy Efficiency Bill Close to Passing, Utilities Attempt to Derail
April 19, 2023: Rio Grande Valley Community React Ahead of SpaceX Rocket Launch Blast on the South Texas Coastline
April 14, 2023: Rio Grande Valley Residents Join IRA Community Workshop to Tell Department of Energy To Support Renewables
Mar. 2, 2023: New Report Shows Parish Coal Plant Kills People Across Texas and State Lines
Mar. 2, 2023: Report Shows Martin Lake Coal Plant Kills People Across Texas and State Lines
Feb. 17, 2023: US House Committees' Field Hearings Pushed Harmful Message for Fossil Fuel Industry
Feb. 17, 2023: Texas AG Aims To Shirk Responsibility for State’s Pollution that Travels Across Borders
Feb. 14, 2023: Texas Groups Urge EPA to Break Up With Haze, Commit to Clean Air
Jan. 23, 2023: CPS Energy in San Antonio Announces 2028 Spruce Coal Closure
Jan. 19, 2023: Sierra Club Statement on PUC's Initial Approval of PCM Market Redesign Concept
Jan. 19, 2023: Sierra Club Intervenes to Support Tolk Coal Plant Early Retirement
Jan. 6, 2023: Proposed EPA Soot Standard Falls Short, Leaves Thousands at Risk
2022
Dec. 9, 2022: Austin City Council Approves Another Large Energy Rate Hike
Dec. 2, 2022: FERC Again Acts Against South Texas Communities by Fast-Tracking Rio Grande LNG Project
Nov. 15, 2022: Lawsuit Would Push EPA to Enforce Clean Air Act Regulations For Martin Lake Coal Plant
Nov. 11, 2022: PUC OKs Expensive, Polluting Fracked Gas Plant in Southeast Texas
Nov. 11, 2022: EPA Releases Improved Safeguards for Monitoring and Stopping Methane Leaks
Oct. 18, 2022: Report: Rio Grande Valley in Texas At Risk From LNG Export Terminals
Oct. 17, 2022: New Podcast “Breaking the Cycle” Aims to Give Narrative Control to Frontline Communities Fighting Fracked Gas Industry
Oct. 4, 2022: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Receives Major Public Push Back to Rio Grande LNG Carbon Capture and Storage Facility
Oct. 3, 2022: Entergy Texas Scores “F” in Sierra Club Climate Report
Sept. 20, 2022: EPA Calls on Dallas, Houston Areas to Reduce Smog Pollution
Sept. 16, 2022: Reinstatement of Offshore Drilling Leases Threatens Gulf Coast Communities
Sept. 15, 2022: More Than Two Dozen Advocacy Orgs and Businesses Call On Texas Public Utilities Commission to Adopt Energy Efficiency Rulemaking
Sept. 12, 2022: Advocates Urge Austin City Council to Continue Green Power Legacy as Rate Hike Request Moves Forward
Sept. 6, 2022: Environmental Organizations Condemn TCEQ’s Withdrawal of Ban on Plastic Pollution
Aug. 30, 2022: Circuit Court Rules Against ExxonMobil a Third Time, Upholds Record Clean Air Act Penalty
Aug. 24, 2022: Texas Comptroller’s Climate Denying Publicity Stunt Will Be Costly for Taxpayers
June 16, 2022: San Antonio City Council Extends Crucial Energy Savings Program for Five More Years
June 8, 2022: Sierra Club and Others Sue EPA to Ensure Action on Ozone Pollution Across the Country, Including Across Texas
May 9, 2022: Texans Urge Environmental Protection Agency to Protect Public Health by Strengthening Ozone Standards
May 5, 2022: Sierra Club Joins Lawsuit Against Texas GLO and Cameron County for Closing Boca Chica Beach for SpaceX
May 2, 2022: French Firm’s Deal With Rio Grande LNG Locks France Into Fracked Gas Until 2041
April 1, 2022: EPA Fails to Take Action to Address Ozone Pollution in Bexar County
March 25, 2022: Gulf Coast Groups Respond to Biden's EU Task Force: Don't Turn the Gulf Into a Fracked Gas Sacrifice Zone
March 21, 2022: Sierra Club Urges Entergy to Improve Renewable Energy Proposal
February 23, 2022: EPA Fails to Take Action to Address Ozone Pollution Across Texas
February 15, 2022: New Report: 2021’s Winter Storm Uri Didn’t Need To Be So Deadly and Expensive
February 9, 2022: Sierra Club denounces the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s inadequate plan to address dangerous SO2 pollution at Vistra’s Martin Lake Coal Plant
February 1, 2022: TCEQ Must Stop Blaming Mexico For El Paso Air Quality
January 4, 2022: Freezing Temperatures Disrupt Texas Gas Supply, Pollute Communities
January 3, 2022: Rio Grande LNG Export Project Delayed Yet Again
2021
November 23, 2021: El Paso Ozone Levels Exceed Federal Standards, Must Be Addressed
November 23, 2021: Saturday’s People’s Hearing Demanded That The PUC And Gov. Abbott Fix The Grid
November 19, 2021: South Texas Coalition Sues Army Corps of Engineers For Issuing Permit to Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline That Violates the Clean Water Act
October 14, 2021: Organizations File Complaint to Federal Aviation Administration to Demand Spanish Language Access of SpaceX Public Hearings
September 21, 2021: Environmental and Labor Rights Activists Sway Tarrant County to Delay Decision On Tax Abatement to Automotive Corporation
September 7, 2021: Sierra Club: Congress Has Ninety Days to Undo Harm Done To Texas Voters
August 27, 2021: Sierra Club Decries Failure of the Texas Legislature to Protect Voting Rights
August 23, 2021: Sierra Club Urges House Democrats to Hold the Line
August 17, 2021: Community Advocates Secure Significant Health and Climate Concessions around Newman 6
August 10, 2021: Texas for All Strongly Urges Lawmakers to Continue Quorum Break, Stay Out of Austin
August 3, 2021: Native Americans and Local Residents Sue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over Oil Export Terminal Expansion Approval
August 3, 2021: Court Confirms FERC Failed to Study Climate, Environmental Justice Impacts of Brownsville Fracked Gas Export Terminals
July 15, 2021: Hundreds Express Opposition to El Paso Electric's Proposed Fossil Gas Expansion
July 13, 2021: Texas House Democrats Took Bold Action, Now The Senate Must Pass The For The People Act
July 7, 2021: Governor Abbott’s Demands Would Leave Texas more Polluted and Texans in the Dark
June 15, 2021: Governor Abbott and Texas Legislature’s Failure to Improve Power Grid Jeopardizes Lives of Texans, Again
April 27, 2021: Bill Will Restore Texas Parks’ Role in Protecting the State’s Water, Fish, and Wildlife Resources
April 22, 2021: On Earth Day, San Antonio’s Climate Justice Community Calls for Extensive Energy & Housing Policy Reforms
April 13, 2021: Nineteen NGOs, Business Groups Call for Hearings on Energy Efficiency Bills in Texas Legislature
March 22, 2021: Plans for Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal Ditched
January 25, 2021: CPS Energy Fails New National Utility Survey on Climate Action
January 14, 2021: Plan to Import and Store Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas in Cork Harbour Scrapped
January 13, 2021: Coalition Calls On Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to Resign From Office After Inciting Violent, Pro-Trump Mob
2020
November 5, 2020: American Electric Power to Stop Burning Coal at Power Plants in Texas and Indiana
November 3, 2020: Engie Drops Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas Export Deal After French Government Raises Pollution Concerns
October 21, 2020: Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas Export Facility Hits Setback as French Government Blocks Deal for Being Too Dirty
October 21, 2020: TCEQ Gives Xcel a 4-year Free Pass to Violate Pollution Safeguards and Approves Additional Gas Burning at Amarillo Coal Plant Without Public Input
October 2, 2020: Federal Court Still Requires EPA to Enforce Civil Rights
September 29, 2020: Vistra Announces Coal Retirements in Illinois, Ohio with No Plans for Remaining Texas Coal Fleet
September 21, 2020: Sierra Club Releases New Reports on Texas Coal Pollution and Calls on EPA to Take Action in Texas Panhandle and North East Texas
August 25, 2020: Plan to Reopen Gibbons Creek Coal Plant Takes A Hit as TMPA Backs Out of Interconnection Agreement
August 18, 2020: Environmental Groups Sue Texas Wood Pellet Plant for Toxic Emissions
August 13, 2020: Trump Administration Gives Polluters a Free Pass for Methane Pollution
August 13, 2020: Concerns Remain as Kinder Morgan Announces New Route for Destructive Permian Highway Fracked Gas Pipeline
August 6, 2020: NEW ECONOMIC ENERGY REPORT: CPS Energy’s FlexSTEP Program Should Do More to Support San Antonio Ratepayers
August 4, 2020: Texas Railroad Commission Adopts Lackluster Proposal for Public Comment to Improve Flaring and Venting Permit Requests
July 30, 2020: Appeals Court Again Deals Major Blow to ExxonMobil’s Attempt to Avoid Responsibility for Record-Setting Clean Air Act Violations
July 28, 2020: Trump to Tout Permian Fossil Fuel Development as Local Communities Face Rising Pollution
July 27, 2020: Kinder Morgan Spills More Drilling Fluid Along Permian Highway Pipeline Route
June 26, 2020: Bureau of Land Management Cancels Proposal to Lease Public Land in Lake Lewisville to Fracking
June 24, 2020: Sierra Club Urges Court to Halt Construction on Parts of Permian Highway Fracked Gas Pipeline
June 16, 2020: Sierra Club Calls on Railroad Commission to Eliminate Flaring by 2025
May 20, 2020: Xcel Reaffirms Commitment to Retire Tolk Coal Plant in Texas by 2032 in Agreement with Sierra Club
May 20, 2020: Sierra Club Tells Railroad Commissioners: Do Better On Enforcement and Transparency
May 15, 2020: Mystery Surrounds Reports of Arizona Technology Company with Plans To Seasonally Operate Mothballed Gibbons Creek Power Plant
May 15, 2020: Environmental Groups Call On TCEQ to Include Impacted Communities In Pollution Monitoring Decisions
May 6, 2020: Ignoring Threat to Local Air Quality, TCEQ Approves Permit for Texas LNG
May 6, 2020: Environmental and Consumer Groups Oppose Gas Rate Increase
April 30, 2020: Sierra Club Lawsuit Challenges Construction of Permian Highway Fracked Gas Pipeline
April 27, 2020: Sierra Club Files Legal Action to Force Environmental Protection Agency to Address the Nation’s Largest SO2 Polluter
April 22, 2020: Sierra Club Steps in as Watchdog After Trump’s EPA Uses COVID-19 Crisis to Curb Enforcement of Pollution Laws
April 21, 2020: Sierra Club Calls on Railroad Commission to Stop Allowing Industry to Flare Off Gas at Drilling Sites
April 20, 2020: Lawsuits Challenge Approval of Rio Grande and Annova Fracked Gas Export Facilities in Texas for Harm to Endangered Ocelot
April 14, 2020: Sierra Club to Railroad Commission: If You Want Stability, Focus on Addressing the Pollution From Flaring and Venting
April 8, 2020: Organizations Compel Gov. Greg Abbott to Suspend All Utility Disconnections in Texas During COVID-19 Emergency
April 8, 2020: Sierra Club Challenges EPA’s Attempt to Reinstate Air Pollution Loopholes in Texas
April 2, 2020: Kinder Morgan Spills Into Drinking Water During Construction of Permian Highway Fracked Gas Pipeline
March 27, 2020: Local Residents, Environmental Groups File Three New Lawsuits Challenging Rio Grande Valley LNG Export Terminals
March 27, 2020: Austinites Use Speaker Phone in City Council Meeting to Critique and Support Passage of Austin Energy's 2030 Resource Plan
March 26, 2020: Sierra Club Applauds Public Utility Commission of Texas Actions to Suspend Water and Residential Electric Disconnections
February 20, 2020: Local Residents Sue Federal Energy Regulatory Commission For Approving Fracked Gas Facility
January 14, 2020: Xcel Rate Case Agreement Includes Commitment to Retire Tolk Coal-Fired Power Plant in Texas by 2032
2019
December 20, 2019: Sierra Club Releases 2019 Texas Legislative Scorecard
December 3, 2019: Legal Challenge Secures Key Accountability Measures and Air Pollution Reductions at West Texas Gas Plant
November 21, 2019: South Texas Fracked Gas Export Proposals Face Continued Hurdles Despite FERC Approval
November 20, 2019: Rio Grande Valley Residents Protest Texas LNG at TCEQ Contest Case Hearing
November 4, 2019: EPA Proposes Another Plan That DoesNothing to Help our National Parks and Will Likely Increase Air Pollution Across Texas
October 24, 2019: 28 Organizations Call on Houston’s Mayor Turner to Drop Support for Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas Project
October 17, 2019: San Antonians Call for Utility Accountability After City's Apporval of Climate Action Plan
October 10, 2019: Sierra Club Launches First-of-Its-Kind Texas Clean Energy Scorecard
October 9, 2019: Sierra Club Argues in Federal Court for Texas to Clean Up the Air in San Antonio and Surrounding Communities
October 1, 2019: Cameron County Ignores Community, Approves Annova LNG Tax Break Deal
September 20, 2019: Sierra Club Statement on Imelda Floods
August 22, 2019: Sierra Club condemns the Environmental Protection Agency’s Rollback of SO2 pollution standards for Texas Coal plants
August 20, 2019: Cameron County Delays Vote on Annova LNG Tax Abatement
August 20, 2019: Sierra Club Files Legal Action to Force U.S. EPA to Address Unsafe Texas Air Pollution
July 26, 2019: Communities on Two Continents Send Message: Save Rio Grande Valley From LNG
July 22, 2019: Environmental Groups Spur TCEQ to Sue Valero – But Agency Must Now Deliver Clean Air for Port Arthur Residents
July 12, 2019: Letter of Request to TCEQ's Toxicology Division
July 10, 2019: New Report: Banks and Investors Should Avoid Supporting Rio Grande Valley LNG Projects
July 10, 2019: City of Bryan Approves Coal Plant Decommissioning Plan
July 1, 2019: Texas Cities Smartly Decide to Move Forward Without Coal; Gibbons Creek Power Plant to Retire Permanently
June 14, 2019: Statements of Organizations Opposed to Governor Abbott’s Action on HB 3557 - the Protest Over-criminalization Bill
June 12, 2019: Coastal Bend & Central Texas Residents Protest TCEQ Approval of Air Pollution Permit for Exxon/Mobil/Saudi Plastics Plant
May 22, 2019: Valero Faces Clean Air Lawsuit for Violations at Port Arthur, Texas Refinery
May 7, 2019: Advocates Challenge EPA for Leaving Weak Clean Air Protections in Place in Eight States
April 19, 2019: Opposition Remains as FERC Releases Environmental Review of Proposed Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal
March 15, 2019: FERC Releases Final Environmental Review of Proposed Texas LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal
March 11, 2019: Environmental Groups Will Sue Over Air Pollution from Ector County Gas Plant
February 25, 2019: Advocates Hand Deliver Public Comments Opposing Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal to TCEQ
January 24, 2019: Opposition to Exxon-SABIC Ethane Cracker, Petrochemical Buildout in Coastal Bend Grows Ahead of Permit Hearing
January 11, 2019: Local Residents Speak Out at People’s Hearing to Stop Permitting of Annova LNG Fracked Gas Terminal in South Texas
2018
December 18, 2018: Over 900 Public Comments Submitted in Opposition to Texas LNG Export Terminal
December 17, 2018: San Antonio Environmental Justice Community Celebrates Retirement of Oldest, Dirtiest Coal Plant
December 14, 2018: Annova LNG Draft Environmental Impact Statement Issued
December 12, 2018: TCEQ Denies Contested Case Hearings to Protest Rio Grande LNG Air Permit
December 4, 2018: Xcel Energy Announces Ambitious Plan To Eliminate Carbon Emissions by 2050
December 4, 2018: Over 850 Public Comments Submitted in Opposition to Rio Grande LNG and Rio Bravo Pipeline
November 16, 2018: Local Coalition Hosts People’s Hearing to Stop Permitting of Polluting LNG Projects in South Texas
November 15, 2018: City of Denton Signs on Two More Solar Contracts
October 18, 2018: Austin City Council Moves Toward Renewable Energy Goals By Approving Another Solar Contract
September 28, 2018: Sierra Club and EDF Defend EPA Decision that San Antonio Does Not Meet Federal Smog Standards
September 26, 2018: EPA Hosts Hearing For Proposed Plan That Will Increase Air Pollution Across Texas
September 11, 2018: New Sierra Club Report Showcases 10 U.S. Cities Moving To 100% Clean Energy
August 23, 2018: Big Oil Wants Taypayer-Funded Protection from Climate Change Crisis of its own Making
August 17, 2018: Air pollution throughout the South Central U.S. would continue under new proposed rule
August 13, 2018: Army Corps of Engineers Cancels Annova LNG Permit Application
July 26, 2018: Petrobras Settles Air Pollution Suit Against Pasadena Refinery
July 18, 2018: New EPA Designation Step In Right Direction To Address Unsafe Smog Pollution In San Antonio
June 15, 2018: Texans Rally Outside LNG Company NextDecade’s Shareholder Meeting
June 5, 2018: Climate Justice Coalition Announces Proposed Climate Goals For San Antonio's Public Utility CPS Energy
May 20, 2018: Hundreds Support Lummi Nation In Call to Bring Captured Orca Home
May 3, 2018: U.S. And European Activists Host #BreakTheFrackingCycle Demonstrations Across Four Countries
April 17, 2018: Sierra Club Marks Fifth Anniversary Of West, Texas Explosion
March 26, 2018: Texans From Across The State Oppose Air Pollution Permits For LNG
March 21, 2018: Texas Proposes Ending Unsustainable Commercial Wild Turtle Trapping
March 9, 2018: Proposed Rio Grande LNG Terminal Could Be Biggest Polluter in Cameron County
February 6, 2018: Texas Tell Trump: No Offshore Drilling Off Our Coasts
February 6, 2018: Denton, Texas Adopts 100% Renewable Energy Goal
2017
December 15, 2017: Austin Making Moves On Solar Energy For All
October 26, 2017: Sierra Club Releases 2017 Texas Legislative Scorecard
October 13, 2017: Luminant Energy to Close Big Brown, Sandow Coal Plants
October 13, 2017: CEQ Nominee Hartnett-White Is "Nightmare Scenario"
October 6, 2017: Texas’ Monticello Coal Plant Announces Plans To Close
October 4, 2017: Cameron County Sells Out Valley Communities, Approves Massive Tax Break for NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Project
October 4, 2017: Pruitt Blatantly Ignores the Law, Leaving San Antonio and El Paso Communities Unprotected under Smog Pollution
September 7, 2017: New Report: CPS Energy’s Coal Plant Outside San Antonio Lost More Than $100 Million Since 2015 While Polluting Thousands
August 17, 2017: Statement on Austin City Council vote to include Working Group recommendations in Austin’s Climate Protection and Generation Plan
July 31, 2017: Federal Judge Rejects Exxon's Request to Reduce Record Setting $20 Million Clean Air Act Penalty
July 19, 2017: The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Awards Texas Environmental Activists
June 16, 2017: Statement on Austin City Council Adoption of Solar-Ready Requirement
June 13, 2017: Abbott’s Veto Pen Targets Low-Income Texans, Clean Air, Groundwater Research
June 8, 2017: Sierra Club Statement On EPA’s Pruitt Delaying Cleaning Up Smog in Texas
May 30, 2017: Sierra Club Statements on Water Legislation Outcomes of the 85th Texas Legislature
April 26, 2017: Texas Senate Sneaks In Vote To Approve Kelcy Warren For Parks & Wildlife Commission
April 26, 2017: Federal Court - Exxon Violated Clean Air Act Over 16,000 Times, Must Pay $19.95 Million Penalty
April 20, 2017: Texas Senate Committee Approves Kelcy Warren For Parks & Wildlife Commission
April 12, 2017: Thousands Speak Out Against Kelcy Warren Nomination to Parks and Wildlife Commission
March 28, 2017: (Corrected) Sierra Club Statement On Texas House Passing Railroad Commission Sunset Bill HB 1818 On Second Reading (A previous version of this statement erroneously said the Texas House had passed HB 1818 unanimously, when in fact they had passed it on second reading by voice vote.)
March 28, 2017: Trump's Executive Order Attacking The Climate Action Plan Can't Stop Momentum In Texas
March 23, 2017 (Joint Release): Railroad Commissioners Fail To "Self-Police" Conflicts
March 2, 2017 (Joint Release): Environmental Groups Sue Petrobras for Clean Air Act Violations at Pasadena, Texas Refinery
February 17, 2017 (Joint Release): Legal Protest Targets Federal Fracking Plan Threatening Dams, Wildlife in Texas, Oklahoma
February 9, 2017: Sierra Club Testifies in Senate Finance Committee on Water, Railroad Commission, TCEQ, Parks & Wildlife Budgets
February 2, 2017: Sierra Club Praises Progress on Austin Solar-Ready Building Code Adoption
2016
December 22, 2016: Brazilian Energy Company Petrobras Faces Clean Air Lawsuit For Violations At Pasadena, Texas, Refinery
December 16, 2016: Corpus Christi’s Water Threatened by Nearby Industrial Operations
December 13, 2016: Sierra Club: Rick Perry Tapped to Run Agency He’d Eliminate If Only He Could Name It
November 29, 2016: EPA Informs Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of Intent to Voluntarily Withdraw the Regional Haze Rule
November 23, 2016: BLM Urged to Remove 3,100 Acres of Texas Public Lands from Oil and Gas Lease Auction
November 10, 2016: Texas Energy Regulators Awash in Industry Money
November 4, 2016: Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren Agrees to Meet With Society of Native Nations
November 3, 2016: Statement of Reggie James on Rally Calling Out Kelcy Warren at Parks and Wildlife Headquarters
September 21, 2016: Sierra Club Applauds Houston Adopting Solar Ready Building Energy Code
July 21, 2016: Statement on Texas Water Development Board Approval of SWIFT Funding
July 15, 2016: Sierra Club Statement on Annova LNG FERC Permit Filing
July 6, 2016: Thousands Call on TCEQ to Deny Dos Republicas Coal Mine Wastewater Permit
June 15, 2016: Sierra Club Applauds the Dallas City Council on vote for the Clean Air Resolution
May 31, 2016: Federal Appeals Court Rules For Environmental Groups in Major Clean Air Act Case Against Exxon
May 18, 2016: Texas Living Waters Unveils First Ever Water Conservation Scorecard
May 13, 2016: Statement of Cyrus Reed - Obama Administration Finalizes Safeguards For Methane Pollution
April 16, 2016: Native Groups Lead Historic Action Against Dos Republicas Coal Mine
April 12, 2016: Feds Pull Remaining Texas Acres From Upcoming Fossil Fuel Auction
March 15, 2016: Statement of Jim Chapman on FERC Denial of LNG in Oregon
March 10, 2016: Texas Polluters Attempt to Block Federal Safeguards, Sierra Club Steps In
February 17, 2016: New EPA Recommendations Address Unsafe Texas Coal Plant Pollution
January 7, 2016: Statement of Cyrus Reed - Texas Finalizes More Energy Efficient Codes
2015
December 9, 2015: EPA Moves to Protect Big Bend National Park And Other Wild Areas From Air Pollution
October 23, 2015: EPA Proposes Federal Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Publishes Clean Power Plan
October 16, 2015: Statement of Cyrus Reed on ERCOT Clean Power Plan Impact Analysis
October 15, 2015: Statement of Cyrus Reed on Austin City Council Approving More Solar Energy
October 1, 2015: Statement of Cyrus Reed on Austin City Council Approving 300 MW of Solar Energy
October 1, 2015: New EPA Smog Safeguards Leave Texans at Risk
Sept 10, 2015: New Analysis Shows Pollution from NRG's W.A. Parish Plant Violates Federal Health Protections
August 12, 2015: Sierra Club Statement on the Resignation of Doyle Beneby as CEO of CPS Energy
August 6, 2015: South Texas Residents to Rally Against Proposed LNG Export Terminals at FERC Hearing
August 3, 2015: Clean Power Plan Finalized to Help Curb Climate Change
July 23, 2015: Statement of Ken Kramer on Texas Water Development Board Reaching Milestone in SWIFT Funding Implementation
July 14, 2015: Advocacy Groups Come to Defense of Environmental Justice Victory
July 7, 2015: Sierra Club Hires Reggie James As Permanent Chapter Director
June 22, 2015: Statement of Ken Kramer on Governor Abbott’s Line Item Veto on Water Conservation Education Funding
June 16, 2015: Dallas City Council to Vote on $450 Million, 84-month Contract with TXU Energy
June 10, 2015: Sierra Club Statement on Carlos Rubinstein Stepping Down From Texas Water Development Board
June 2, 2015: EPA Wins Again Against Gov. Abbott, TCEQ in Court
May 29, 2015: Statement of Cyrus Reed, Sierra Club Conservation Director, on Cowardly Move to Delay Railroad Commission Sunset Review
May 22, 2015: Update Statement of Ken Kramer, Sierra Club Water Resources Chair, on Actions to Resurrect Water Gridzilla
May 21, 2015: Statement of Ken Kramer, Water Resources Chair on Last Minute Maneuver to Resurrect Water Gridzilla
May 18, 2015: Sierra Club Statement on Governor Abbott Signing ProPolluter HB 40 Into Law
May 12, 2015: Sierra Club Warns of Disaster in the Making if Water Grid Bill Becomes Law
May 4, 2015: Homes, Daycares, Local Businesses at Greater Risk with Passage of Pro-Polluter Bill HB 40
April 22, 2015: Local Environmental Groups and Thousands of Texans Call to Clean Up Texas Air, Protect Big Bend
April 17, 2015: Texas House Votes to Restrict Rights in Favor of Oil and Gas Development
April 17, 2015: Texas Senate Passes SB 709, Takes More Individual Rights Away
April 14, 2015: Sierra Club Statement on the Recommitting of HB 40 to Committee
April 13, 2015: Sierra Club Statement on HB 40, Arlington Gas Well Leak
March 25, 2015: Impact of Bills Aimed at Austin Energy Ratepayers
March 24, 2015: Cutting Wasteful Lawn Watering in North Central Texas, Houston-Galveston Areas Could Save 52 Billion Gallons of Water
March 18, 2015: Sierra Club Cross Timbers Group to Host Local Water Conservation Talk in Frisco, March 23
January 29, 2015: Texans Urge EPA to Set Strong Smog Pollution Safeguards
January 7,c2015: Sierra Club Hires Reggie James as Interim Director of Lone Star Chapter
2014
December 18, 2014: Federal Court Gives Exxon Free Pass Despite Thousands of Air Pollution Violations
December 16, 2014: Sierra Club Responds to ERCOT “Impact of Environmental Regulations in the ERCOT Region” Report
December 12, 2014: City Agrees to Phase Out Austin’s Oldest Fossil Fuel Plants
December 4, 2014: Sierra Club, Austin Energy Reach Agreement on Proposal to Ramp Up Renewable Energy, Phase Out Dirty Gas and Coal by 2023
November 24, 2014: EPA Moves to Protect Big Bend National Park and Other Wild Areas from Air Pollution
November 18, 2014: ERCOT Report Overstates Costs, Understates Benefits, Ignores New Technologies in Report on EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan
September 23, 2014: Parents Join Civic Leaders to Highlight How Climate Change is Affecting Families, With Special Focus on Latino Community
August 29, 2014: Historic Affordable Clean Energy Plan Adopted in Austin
August 28, 2014: Historic Proposal for Affordable Clean Energy Will Save Austin Average of $13 Million Annually in Energy Costs
August 21, 2014: Conservation Groups Encourage Input on State Water Funding Rules
July 30, 2014: Dallas Sierra Club Announces Inaugural Earth, Wind & Fire Energy Summit
June 12, 2014: Austin City Council Passes First Resolution Supporting Historic Carbon Protections
June 2, 2014: Sierra Club Applauds Plan to Curb Carbon Pollution
June 2, 2014: Sierra Club and Austin City Council Member Applaud Plan to Curb Carbon Pollution
May 21, 2014: Federal Action Needed to Address Smog in Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area
May 19, 2014: Sierra Club Press Statement: TWDB Executive Administrator Intends to Move Ahead with Marvin Nichols
May 13, 2014: 64 Environmental and Community Groups File Petition Demanding Federal Limits on Toxic Oil & Gas Well Air Pollution
May 12, 2014: Lone Star Chapter Issues Statement on Seismic Activity Related to Hydraulic “Fracking” of Oil and Gas
May 6, 2014: National Climate Assessment Shows Urgent Need for Action to Protect Texas Families
March 11, 2014: New ERCOT Report: Clean Energy Performs in Extreme Cold While Fossil Fuel Plants Fail
March 6, 2014: Austin City Council Votes to Create Austin Energy Task Force
February 27, 2014: Texas Capacity Debate: New Synapse Report Demonstrates that Peak Demand Can Be Met Through 2023 With Modest Policy ‘Tweaks’