Fourteen Things the Texas Legislature Can Do After Uri
February 24, 2021
Climate change is unpredictable, but here are 14 recommendations for Texas to increase reliability and resiliency in the face of an uncertain future.
We're Hiring! Three Texas Based Positions Open
February 11, 2021
Looking for a job in the environmental field? Want to join the fight against environmental racism while working alongside grassroots leaders and frontline communities to achieve climate justice? We might have the job for you. There are three open...
UPDATE: EPA Announces Approval of TCEQ Program on Oil and Gas Wastewater
January 29, 2021
On January 15th, just days before the change in Administration, the regional (Dallas) office of the US Environmental Protection Agency announced it had approved Texas’s application to take over wastewater discharge permitting for oil and gas wastes...
CPS Energy Fails New National Utility Survey on Climate Action
January 28, 2021
Sierra Club released a groundbreaking report and research tool, which grades the top 50 utilities that generate the most electricity from coal and gas across the country based on their plans to retire coal plants, stop building new gas plants, and...
Victory! Plan to Import and Store Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas in Cork Harbour Scrapped
January 14, 2021
The Port of Cork has cut ties with United States firm NextDecade and dropped the Cork LNG terminal project. The project would have imported up to 3 million tons of LNG per year from NextDecade’s proposed export Rio Grande LNG facility at the Port of...
Coalition Calls On Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to Resign From Office After Inciting Violent, Pro-Trump Mob
January 13, 2021
The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Texas Campaign for the Environment, and JOLT, are calling on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to resign immediately for his role in spearheading a lawsuit that sought to throw out duly...
EPA and TCEQ Suppressed Public Engagement For Fracking Wastewater Rule That Would Disproportionately Affect Communities of Color
January 13, 2021
Since the passage of HB 2771 in 2019, the Sierra Club knew it was only a matter of time before the TCEQ would leap at the chance to permit the discharge of fracking wastewater into our rivers and streams. Last year, the TCEQ submitted an application...
ERCOT Reports Show Solar Growth, But Transmission Concerns Persist
January 7, 2021
In late December, Texas’s transmission grid operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), released three important reports that deal with generation, transmission and adequacy of our electric grid. There's promising growth for new solar...
The Two-Decade Long Struggle to Protect the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Continues
December 18, 2020
The Texas Sierra Club has been keeping tabs on what's going on with the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard for nearly two decades, during all of which the United States Fish and Wildlife Service couldn't decide how to protect the species. Now the US Fish and...
What Does Oil, Gas, and Energy Have to Do With Police Brutality In Texas?
December 18, 2020
This summer, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, and the police violence that erupted onto peaceful protestors demanding justice, demonstrated that police departments do not protect everyone. Black lives continue to...