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South Texas Groups, Sierra Club Condemn Federal Decisions to Advance Gulf LNG Facilities

Brownsville, TX – On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) rejected several environmental groups’ motions for rehearing on the reapprovals of three methane gas projects along the…

Texas Coal Plant Speeds Up Retirement, Saving Ogallala Water Resources

Sudan, Texas — After last week’s vote by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, the Tolk coal plant in the Texas Panhandle will close down four years earlier than its previous retirement…

EPA Agrees to Settle With Sierra Club in Lawsuit Over East Texas Pollution Plan

Tatum, Texas – Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to settle a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over the agency’s failure to act on an inadequate Texas plan to reduce harmful…

Orgs Sue EPA to Hold Texas Accountable for Coal’s Year-Round Haze Pollution

Austin, Texas – Just days after wildfire haze plagued much of North America, a coalition of organizations is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address another kind of traveling haze…

EPA Proposes Strong TX Rule to Curb Haze in National Parks

DALLAS, TX – On Thursday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a strong draft rule to reduce Texas coal plant pollution that causes regional haze in national parks and wilderness…

Groups Support EPA Closure of Leaking Coal Ash Pond in East Texas

On Monday the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and dozens of Texas residents urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop an East Texas coal plant from continuing to dump toxic coal ash in…

New Report Shows Parish Coal Plant Kills People Across Texas and State Lines

Houston, TX – A new report by the Sierra Club has revealed that soot pollution from the Parish coal plant kills 109 people each year, making it the eighth most deadly coal plant in the nation. In…

Report Shows Martin Lake Coal Plant Kills People Across Texas and State Lines

Dallas, TX –  A new report by the Sierra Club has revealed that soot pollution from the Martin Lake coal plant in Tatum kills 154 people each year, making it the fifth most deadly coal plant in…

Sierra Club Sues EPA to Enforce Clean-Up Plan For Martin Lake Coal Plant

DALLAS, TX — Yesterday, Sierra Club sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to implement a federal plan to eliminate harmful levels of sulfur dioxide pollution from Luminant’s…

Texas AG Aims To Shirk Responsibility for State’s Pollution that Travels Across Borders

Austin, TX – On Feb. 14, the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for rejecting the state government’s plan to reduce smog pollution that crosses…