UPDATE - What Went Down At Kelcy Warren's Parks & Wildlife Nomination Hearing?
April 14, 2017
One of the richest people in Texas had his hearing at the Senate Nominations Committee on Wednesday morning, and he wasn’t even there. The meeting to consider the nomination of Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren to the Texas Parks...
Don’t Mess With Texas: What I Have Learnt While Interning For The Sierra Club
April 11, 2017
My name is Ruth. I am not native to Texas, nor do I call the US my real home. Last August, I journeyed from the UK, arriving into Austin and Texas for the first time where I would soon begin to study at UT Austin for the academic year. Since January...
Join Us for the Alliance for Clean Texas (ACT) Lobby Day, April 25, 2017
April 11, 2017
With the 85th Texas Legislative Session underway, we need your help to make legislators aware of the important environmental issues facing our state and help push for the legislation that addresses these problems to protect our families and our...
Texas House Robs Air Quality, Local Parks To Fund Anti-Choice Groups
April 7, 2017
During the circus that was the House budget debate last night, you may have tuned out as President Trump started bombing Syria. The Texas House approved an additional $30 million for the Alternatives to Abortion program. As NARAL Pro-Choice Texas...
Public Health Committee Votes to Slow Down Sid Miller’s Feral Hog Poison Plan
April 4, 2017
Texas House Public Health Committee unanimously voted to move to a full House vote legislation that would slow down Sid Miller's feral hog poison plan.
LEGE UPDATE - Budget Gimmicks, House Passes Weak Railroad Commission Reform Bill
March 30, 2017
Things are moving much quicker now that April is approaching.
Live Oak Forest Near Hill Country Could Soon Be Sacrificed to Frack-Sand Mining, Residents Fight Back
March 27, 2017
In northern Atascosa County, just a few miles south of San Antonio, sit 2,000 acres of beautiful ancient oak tree forest. The area has a very delicate and unique ecosystem, from being a sensitive recharge zone for the Carrizo/Wilcox Aquifer to also...
Conflicted or Corrupt? Texas Railroad Commissioners ‘Self-Police’ Their Self-Interests
March 23, 2017
A new study finds Texas Railroad Commissioners took tens of thousands of dollars from energy interests with cases pending before their agency in recent years, contradicting Texas Sunset Commission testimony in 2012 that claimed that the...
Market Manipulation And Hurricane Rita - Kelcy Warren Before Dakota Access
March 22, 2017
Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren's ruthlessness is now well known worldwide because of the Dakota Access pipeline, as well as the Trans-Pecos and Comanche Trail pipelines. But those destructive projects were not his first forays into...