An Update to the Update of Austin Energy's Resource Plan (and How You Can Help!)
November 26, 2019
In September we announced that Austin Energy, Austin’s public electric utility, kicked off its process for updating the utility’s Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan). The Resource Plan provides Austinites with an...
TCEQ Faces Charges of Federal Civil Rights Violations
November 25, 2019
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is violating the federal Civil Rights Act and discriminating on the basis of national origin by failing to require public meeting notices and language services in an equitable manner, according to...
South Texas Fracked Gas Export Proposals Face Continued Hurdles Despite FERC Approval
November 25, 2019
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced federal approvals of three controversial fracked gas export terminals - Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG, Rio Bravo Pipeline, and Annova LNG - proposed for Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Despite today’s...
EPA Proposes Another Plan That Does Nothing to Help Our National Parks and Will Likely Increase Air Pollution Across Texas
November 18, 2019
Late Friday, the EPA quietly signed a supplemental proposed Texas Regional Haze rule that attempts to shore up its inadequate proposal from over a year ago.
Rally to Protect the Rio Grande Valley: Stop Texas LNG!
November 18, 2019
This Wednesday (November 20) three impacted communities in the Rio Grande Valley: City of Port Isabel, Laguna Heights, and Long Island Village by the proposed Texas LNG fracked gas project will attend a contested case hearing to challenge the...
28 Organizations Call on Houston’s Mayor Turner to Drop Support for Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas Project
November 5, 2019
The letter was sent in response to Mayor Turner’s attempt to influence the federal permitting process for the controversial fracked gas project. In 2018, Turner sent a letter on behalf of the City of Houston and the Climate Mayors group to the...
Updating Austin Energy's Resource Plan—Where They Are, Where Are They Going, and How You Can Help!
October 31, 2019
In September, we announced that Austin Energy, Austin’s public electric utility, kicked off its process for updating the utility’s Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan), providing Austinites with an extremely important...
Can Texas Cut Ethylene Oxide Use and Switch to Safer Chemicals?
October 31, 2019
Last month, we raised awareness of the TCEQ’s proposal to the EPA to reduce the Integrated Risk Information System’s (IRIS) risk factor of the carcinogenic air pollutant ethylene oxide (EtO). (A huge thank you to everyone who submitted comments to...
Nearly 100 Strong Tell EPA to Shelf Their Rollback Rule on Methane at Dallas Hearing
October 30, 2019
On the sunny Thursday of October 17, a diverse crowd filed intently into the Earle Cabell Federal Court Building in Dallas, Texas. Though they all came from different backgrounds with different stories to tell, they were united over the single...
Sierra Club Argues for Texas to Clean Up the Air in Greater San Antonio Area
October 28, 2019
On October 9 in federal court, counsel for the Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund argued against a State of Texas appeal on the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to declare Bexar County, Texas as nonattainment with...