Water Utilities Should Include Residents In Conservation Planning
October 1, 2018
Few utility providers proactively educate residents about the future of their water supply and engage them in the decision-making process, but engaged and informed consumers can make all the difference. It’s time for utility providers and public...
Trump's EPA Loves Hot Air (Filled With Methane)
September 28, 2018
It’s hard to keep up with the dizzying number of federal environmental safeguards that Trump’s administration is trying to roll back but one thing is clear: it loves allowing more methane into the atmosphere.
Don't Let Texas Become The Country’s Dumping Ground For Toxic High-Level Nuclear Waste
September 28, 2018
Interim Storage Partners (ISP), made up of Waste Control Specialists and Orano USA, is currently trying to obtain a license for a project that would make Texas the dumping ground for 40,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste from reactors around the...
It’s Time To Increase Texas' Energy Efficiency Goal
September 28, 2018
Our electric grid performed well during a hot summer despite several power plants retiring. But now is the time to dust off a great tool of reliability: clean, green, cost-saving energy efficiency.
Lone Star Chapter's Conservation Director Receives Clean Energy Award
September 27, 2018
Congrats to our Conservation Director Cyrus Reed for receiving the “Gregg Cooke Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership" at the Texas Energy Summit this week!
Sierra Club, Texas Campaign for the Environment Step Up to Contest Pollution Permit for Massive Exxon Facility
September 27, 2018
Earlier this month, Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter and Texas Campaign for the Environment (TCE) were granted party status to contest the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) decision to allow an ExxonMobil/SABIC subsidiary to build...
Texas Parks & Wildlife To Border Patrol: Don’t Split Our Treasured Parks In Half With A Wall
September 24, 2018
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department doesn’t usually make its views about the plans of federal agencies, like Customs and Border Protection, public knowledge. But in documents obtained by the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter through an open...
Manuel's Restaurant: Rio Grande LNG Is Not For Our Community
September 22, 2018
"As a business owner of Manuel's Restaurant and a Port Isabel resident for over 35 years, I am worried that my home, community, and livelihood are in danger if Rio Grande LNG builds its massive liquefied natural gas export terminal and flammable...
The Simple App that Helps Texans Report Pollution in Houston-Galveston Waters
September 21, 2018
As Texans, we want our waters to be healthy. We want to know that it is safe for our friends and families to be boating, swimming and fishing on our waters.
Power At The People's Tribunal On Harvey Recovery In Houston
August 29, 2018
“You see all these commercials, ‘Houston’s come back.’ Houston hasn’t come back. We still need somewhere to stay… I’m not asking for charity. I’m just asking for what I feel like is owed to me. I want to be comfortable and die in the place I was...