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The Texas Commission On Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will be holding a series of virtual public meetings in October to get input from the public about ways to improve their public notice process in order to comply with Title VI of the 1964 Civil...

Sierra Club filed a new report with legal comments advocating that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognize that Southwestern Electric Power Company’s (SWEPCO) Pirkey Coal Plant near Longview is worsening the region’s existing Sulfur...

Last week, Hurricane Laura made landfall at the Texas-Louisiana border, an area that is consistently battered with the dual dangers of natural disasters and chronic pollution from the petrochemical industry. Almost exactly this time last year, the...

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.