News

In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, a bevy of lawyers, citizens and organizations joined a virtual meeting with State Office of Administrative Hearing (SOAH) Judge Christian Siano proceed over a Preliminary Hearing to determine which “parties”...

The Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club joined forces with Green Latinos, Environmental Defense Fund, Environment Texas, and Texas State Representative Erin Zwiener (D-HD45) earlier this week in hosting a virtual townhall on oil and gas air...

Following significant community pressure, the Texas Municipal Power Agency (TMPA)—comprised of Bryan, Denton, Garland, and Greenville—has submitted a letter to the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) announcing that the current Interconnection...

The Environmental Integrity Project and Lone Star Legal Aid filed a lawsuit in federal court against a wood pellet manufacturing plant about 90 miles northeast of Houston for violating the Clean Air Act and emitting hundreds of tons of illegal VOC...

Kinder Morgan CEO Steve Kean announced yesterday that the company plans to reroute the controversial Permian Highway fracked gas pipeline to go around the Blanco River, in response to public outrage over a spill during pipeline construction, the...

Today, the Trump administration is expected to finalize two rules that eliminate common sense Clean Air Act safeguards against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry. These protections were implemented under the Obama...

Yesterday, Sierra Club hosted a virtual town hall to highlight and discuss a report that found that CPS Energy should propose a much stronger FlexSTEP program that helps San Antonio residents fight high bills and reduce dangerous pollution.

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) released a modest proposal to revise the “Rule 32 Datasheet” to require oil and gas operators to provide more accurate information to the Commission when requesting authorization to flare and vent gas (methane...

In another stinging setback for ExxonMobil Corporation in a long-running environmental enforcement case, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected nearly every argument ExxonMobil raised in its appeal of the $19.95 million penalty imposed...

We are excited to support our friends at Texas Living Waters' upcoming workshop, “A Seat at the Table: How to engage in Houston-area flood mitigation,” taking place next Wednesday, August 5th from 11:30 am -1:00 pm!