Lege Update: Budget Budging and Bad Bills
April 1, 2019
The Texas Legislature is moving at break-neck speed, offering up both good and bad legislative ideas, committee hearings, and wrangling over budget items. As Sierra Club gears up for our Lone Star Lobby Day(s) on April 11t (and April 12 if needed),...
Shop at H-E-B in April, Help the Environment!
March 29, 2019
The Sierra Club Foundation is pleased to announce that H-E-B, in recognition of Earth Day, has selected EarthShare of Texas to be the April beneficiary for its in-store coupon promotion. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out...
The ITC Disaster and What Could Be in the Air and Water
March 29, 2019
It has been more than a week since the petrochemical storage tank fire started burning. As many Texans watched in horror the huge trail of black smoke stretch for miles (it reached the I-35 corridor and beyond), residents of Deer Park and...
We're Hiring! Sierra Club Seeks an Organizing Manager for the Gulf South
March 25, 2019
Sierra Club is looking to hire an experienced Organizing Manager to support Gulf South organizers and campaigns for a just transition to a cleaner, more equitable economy.
A Decisive Week at the Legislature: You can make a difference!
March 25, 2019
This week will be pivotal to the future of Texas at the Capitol, and you can make a difference! We have some good news, and some bad in terms of bills getting hearings this week and next week.
South Texans Won’t Back Down Against Fracked Gas Exports
March 22, 2019
The Rio Grande Valley of South Texas’s wildlands and Latinx communities are threatened by three proposed fracked gas export terminals, pipelines, and new border walls.
ITC Fire Response Causes Toxic Contamination of Houston Ship Channel
March 22, 2019
PFAS Firefighting Foam Highly Toxic to Human Health
Legislative Update: Things Are Moving Fast Under the Pink Dome
March 18, 2019
Seems like it has been awhile since we mentioned it would be rather slow at the beginning as the law does not allow the State Senate or State House to actually consider bills until after 60 days of legislatin’ have passed. Well they have passed, and...
FERC Issues Environmental Impact Statement For Texas LNG... Kinda Prematurely!
March 15, 2019
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Texas LNG fracked gas export terminal. Texas LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande...
Legislature Heats Up As March Filing Deadline Approaches
February 28, 2019
Bills are moving. And so are we.
