Legal Settlement Holds James Lake Gas Plant Accountable to Reduce Pollution
December 3, 2019
A lawsuit challenging illegal flaring under the Clean Air Act from the James Lake Gas Plant in West Texas has secured penalties and significant pollution reductions for a plant that state and federal regulators have failed to address.
Protect Texas Communities and Parks from Coal Pollution!
November 27, 2019
EPA is holding a hearing in Dallas on December 9th on a supplemental proposed Texas Regional Haze Plan. If this feels like deja vu all over again, its because this proposal is a third attempt by EPA here in Texas to concoct a rule that might stick...
Submit Comments to Sunset Advisory Commission to Give Input About TPWD!
November 26, 2019
Texans have the opportunity to influence the work of the Sunset Advisory Commission by submitting comments to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department by December 2!
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...