10-1: San Antonio Council Embraces Climate Action
October 23, 2019
Last week, the San Antonio City Council voted 10-1 in favor of a climate plan intended to drive the City's climate pollution to zero by 2050 and better prepare residents for the acceleration of extreme weather being driven by global warming. The...
Help Texas Rebuild After Tropical Storm Imelda
October 22, 2019
It’s been almost a month since Tropical Storm Imelda slammed into Texas. The news cycle may have moved on, but for affected residents, recovery is far from complete.
We're Hiring!
October 11, 2019
Want to build a strong base of democracy champions for a clean energy future? Got solid research skills and interest in grassroots organizing? Then we might have the job for you. The Lone Star Chapter is hiring a paid intern to help pilot our...
San Antonio Is Moving Backwards on Climate Action
October 10, 2019
The climate crisis is an existential threat to all life on Earth. To slow the overheating of the biosphere--driven primarily by fossil fuels--millions of people around the world marched last month to demand rapid and aggressive action from their...
Cameron County Ignores Community, Approves Annova LNG Tax Break Deal
October 1, 2019
Today, the Cameron County Commissioner’s Court voted to approve a tax abatement agreement for the proposed Annova LNG fracked gas export terminal, which is 80% owned by Exelon, a Fortune 500 company.
The Texas Clean Energy Scorecard 2019 Is Live!
September 30, 2019
Over the last year we combed through massive amounts of data, from the Public Utility Commission of Texas, State Energy Conservation Office, Energy Information Administration, and good old-fashioned web searches to create the first ever Texas Clean...
Redistricting and What It Means For People’s Health and the Environment
September 30, 2019
The Census hasn’t even started yet, but the process to redraw our legislative and Congressional district maps is already underway. It’s strange. We haven’t even done the “counting” of the Census but the Texas House Committee on Redistricting is...
Trump’s EPA officially publishes methane controls rollback rule, invites the public to Dallas
September 26, 2019
When Trump came into office, his administration immediately tried to sabotage the safeguards to control methane pollution from the fracked oil and gas industry that the Obama administration put in place. We knew eventually an actual proposal would...
New Proposed Ethylene Oxide Limit Would Harm Children and Vulnerable Communities
September 24, 2019
On July 12, the Sierra Club signed a joint letter with several other organizations to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Toxicology Division to request a 45-day delay on its proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Speak Out Against Border Wall Construction in Laredo!
September 19, 2019
On Tuesday, September 24th, there will be a Border Wall Townhall meeting in Laredo, Texas at 6 pm. The Townhall meeting will take place at the UT Health Science Center - Laredo campus, on the 2nd floor auditorium (1937 Bustamante, next to LMC)....