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New Federal Standards Will Cut Climate-Warming Pollution from Oklahoma Coal and Gas Plants

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a package of four federal rules that will cut air and water pollution from power plants across the country. The new carbon…

Texas Communities Welcome Strong Mercury Rule to Rein In Lignite Pollution

Christine, Tex. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a package of four federal rules that will cut air and water pollution from power plants across the country. One of these…

Biden Administration Approves Largest Offshore Oil Export Terminal in the U.S.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration gave formal approval Monday for a huge oil export project in Texas known as Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT), despite widespread opposition because of its impacts to…

OG&E Issues Resource Plan that Will Raise Costs and Pollute

Oklahoma City, Okla. - Last week, Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) filed its final Integrated Resource Plan with Oklahoma regulators. This required report charts the long-term strategic plan for…

5th Circuit Decision on Sea Port Oil Terminal Could Harm Communities and Climate

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the unsound approval of a massive deepwater oil export facility off the Gulf Coast near Brazoria County, Texas. If built, the Sea…

Texas Sierra Club Criticizes Paxton Lawsuit Against LNG Approval Pause

Austin, TX – Yesterday, 16 attorneys general, including Texas AG Ken Paxton, filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over the recently announced pause on approvals of new gas exports, known…

Sierra Club Presses Court to Prevent LNG Construction on Wetlands

Brownsville, TX – On Friday, the Sierra Club and partner organizations filed a motion to stay with the D.C. Circuit Court to prevent construction from happening at the proposed Rio Grande LNG…

Texas Advocates Respond to Biden Administration Pause on Pending LNG Projects

Port Arthur, Texas – Early this morning, the Biden Administration announced a pause on all pending approvals for gas export facilities, amounting to what is being called one of the most important…

Sierra Club Urges Texas Parks Department to Delay Vote on SpaceX Land Swap

Austin, Texas – Yesterday, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club urged the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to delay its Jan. 25 meeting where the agency plans to vote on a proposed land…

Fifth Circuit Upholds EPA Designation that Rural East Texas Counties Have Unhealthy Air

Tatum, Texas – In a critical step to ensuring that the Martin Lake coal plant must reduce pollution that harms East Texas communities, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Thursday to…