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In pre-corona times, the Texas Capitol would be buzzing with activity during this time of year with lobbyists peddling bills, various committees of the House and Senate discussing issues likely to come up during the 2021 Legislative Session, and the...

Despite healthy growth in 2019 of roughly four percent, Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance said it estimates that nearly 10 percent of those jobs were lost in mid-2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tomorrow, Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an oil rig in Midland, Texas. Trump is expected to tout his administration’s attacks on key environmental protections, with the goal of propping up the oil and gas industry at the expense of local...

Local landowners are reporting that Kinder Morgan has had yet another spill of drilling fluid this weekend during construction of its Permian Highway fracked gas pipeline under the Pedernales River.

It has taken a little while to get there, but we made it! Thanks to fundraising efforts, our staff and executive committee have taken the plunge and are opening two new staff positions.

The Lone Star Chapter has taken a nuanced position on the proposal of TESLA, the iconic electric car brand led by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, coming to develop a factory in De Valle, a community just East of Austin. We must be clear: we can...

Despite low oil and gas prices (and limited demand for those products); despite widespread opposition; despite the COVID-19 pandemic; despite protests over systemic racism and the awareness that climate change and pollution are racial violence; the...

The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn oil and gas leases that would have allowed fracking under Lake Lewisville, the drinking water supply for Dallas, Denton and other Texas cities.

For the first time in their history, our two largest cities, Houston and Dallas, both unveiled and partially approved Climate Action Plans. And the question is: are these plans hopeful signs of progress or are they just not good enough? I think the...

In late April, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit arguing that the Army Corps failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it approved the project without first conducting the required analysis of environmental impacts,...