Help Protect Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary From Oil and Gas Drilling!
May 20, 2020
The Trump administration’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed shrinking the popular Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) expansion proposal to allow more oil/gas drilling and fishing near sensitive...
Xcel Reaffirms Commitment to Retire Tolk Coal Plant in Texas by 2032 in Agreement with Sierra Club
May 20, 2020
Today, Sierra Club has agreed not to oppose a settlement to conclude the Xcel rate case currently pending at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). While Xcel operates as Southwestern Public Service (SPS) in the contiguous Texas and New...
Sierra Club To Railroad Commissioners: Do Better On Enforcement and Transparency
May 20, 2020
Today, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) held an open meeting during the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter demanded that the oil and gas agency be stricter on pollution enforcement and be more transparent about their actions with the public.
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas to Host Historic Virtual Event: Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal For Human Rights
May 19, 2020
On May 22 -23rd, the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas in partnership with the Gulf South for Green New Deal Initiative will host and broadcast the historical event: the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights. Due to COVID-19 concerns, this...
Mystery Surrounds Reports of Arizona Technology Company with Plans To Seasonally Operate Mothballed Gibbons Creek Power Plant
May 19, 2020
Over the past several weeks, a entity named TEERP Power Station LLC has secured various approvals through the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) towards a potential restart of the mothballed Gibbons Creek coal-fired power plant located...
Environmental Groups Call On TCEQ to Include Impacted Communities In Pollution Monitoring Decisions
May 19, 2020
Sierra Club, joined by Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Integrity Project, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Public Citizen, Environment Texas, and Air Alliance Houston, submitted comments on the proposed 2020 Annual Monitoring...
Ignoring Threat to Local Air Quality, TCEQ Approves Permit for Texas LNG
May 19, 2020
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved a permit for air pollution from the Texas LNG fracked gas export facility. Texas LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, the cumulative...
Trump’s Bureau of Land Management Wants to Lease Public Lands in Texas for Fracking… Again
May 8, 2020
We fought it before under Obama’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and now it is back under Trump’s. Only this time, we’re in the middle of a global health crisis and with very little time to put together comments to Trump’s BLM.
But that won’t...
TDHCA Moves Forward On Funding Proposal Under CARES Act
May 8, 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump on March 27th, 2020. The $2 trillion+ economic relief package was divided into a number of buckets, including a $1200 check...
Railroad Commission Passes Three Private, Pro-Industry Resolutions Largely Drafted By Big Oil
May 8, 2020
Earlier this week, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) had what can only be described as a hair-pulling bad day at the office. The state agency regulates all-things oil and gas, (as well as coal mining, brine mining, uranium exploration, gas...