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More than four hundred public comments reject energy proposal, push for clean energy instead.

On September 5, 2021, Leo Alton Reitan died. Most people have not heard of Leo, but he did more with his individual work ethic and his money, which he used to do the most for conservation, than scores of people do during their lives. Leo was not a...

As Hurricane Ida is still causing harm to millions of people, forecasters’ predictions of “above-normal” storm activity with the 2021 hurricane season are coming true. Texans can expect storm tracking to be a regular part of their news feed. However...

Our neighbors in Louisiana are dealing with the effects of a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, making landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. At the same time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing a regulation that...

After Winter Storm Uri led to a catastrophic collapse of our energy grid last February, politicians, utilities, consumer groups, and just about everyone have been talking about how and whether we should change our electric market.

On Friday August 20, the Texas House of Representatives claimed there was a quorum after three additional Democrats returned to the Capitol. Speaker of the House Dade Phelan proceeded to refer the special session’s voter suppression bill to...

The Chaparral Coalition for Community Health and the Environment, the Sierra Club, and Earthworks (the Community Groups) reached an agreement with El Paso Electric (EPE) that will substantially reduce air pollution in El Paso and southern New Mexico...

Affected community members testified at a public hearing on August 11 on TPC Group’s proposed expansion of its polluting butadiene plant in the Houston Ship Channel.

Well the first special session just concluded on Friday, with more than 50 “quorum-busting” House Democrats staying in DC to prevent passage of voter suppression bills like HB 3 and SB 1, and some other bad ideas from Gov. Abbott and political...

MODA Ingleside Oil Terminal, LLC (MODA) (the country’s leading oil export terminal) plans to double its capacity will destroy Karankawa cultural site, seagrasses, and wetlands. In response, the Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend, Karankawa Kadla...