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Hi y’all!  My name is Samira Alam, and I’m the communications intern for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter.  I was 7 years old when I started my climate activism. After reading a picture book about Bengal tigers, I was...

Want to plan for some post-election fun this weekend? Join us to celebrate the hard work so many of us put in this election cycle and honor some remarkable Texas environment champions.

Closing these bays to harvest is essential if we want to prevent yet another Gulf region from losing its oyster populations, which perform functions that are crucial for the environment and our shoreline.

On Sept. 22, the Sierra Club joined other organizations in a protest against more of this dirty infrastructure. This was just one action that is in line with a new resolution passed by the Lone Star Chapter to affirm support of Gulf Coast residents...

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has largely ignored affordable solutions that help residential consumers and make our grid more reliable at a time when fossil fuel electricity prices are spiking.

Last week Austin City Council green-lit a $15 monthly increase in electricity bills when it approved higher fuel charges on an 8-3 vote. This hike is in addition to a separate effort by Austin Energy to raise base rates by another $15 per month. 

On Thursday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m., state advocates will host a press conference and rally as part of a nationwide day of action to call on President Joe Biden to take immediate action to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas industry.

After the release of a staff memo recommending rejection, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) is widely expected to deny an energy efficiency rulemaking petition that had been supported by numerous environmental organizations and business...

As a member of the Produced Water Consortium, we’ve been pushing it to consider the potential human health and environmental impacts of fracking wastewater. The consortium's recent report will likely form the basis of upcoming state legislation.

Austin Energy’s latest proposed fee increases would raise the average residential bill by $20 per month at the same time that the utility is seeking a similar increase in base rates.