Shop at HEB in April, Help the Sierra Club Foundation!
April 8, 2015
Do you like food? Do you like the environment? If you answered yes to both questions, shop at H-E-B during the month of April and tear off coupons to support our work! It's fast, simple, and helps organizations like ours a lot!
The Lone Star Sierran - March 2015
March 31, 2015
Bad Bills Take Shape at the Lege; How Texas Can Save 52 Billion Gallons of Water; Texas Outings and more
Cutting Wasteful Lawn Watering in North Central Texas, Houston-Galveston Areas Could Save 52 Billion Gallons of Water
March 26, 2015
The Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation released a report estimating that reasonable restrictions on lawn watering could save Texas billions of gallons of water every year. As shown in Water Conservation by the Yard: Estimating Savings from...
Detelich: The Unintended Consequences of Catalysts: How Marathon Petroleum Stirred Up Bayou Vista
March 19, 2015
Between 8am on January 13, and 6:54am the next day, Marathon Petroleum’s Blanchard Galveston Bay Refinery (formerly owned by BP) in Texas City dumped an estimated 216,000 lbs. of spent catalyst into the air during a major “upset event” when air...
As Austin’s Poverty Crisis Persists, Demand for Affordable Clean Energy Grows
March 17, 2015
By Dave Cortez and Mayté Salazar
Have you ever fallen behind on your bills? What about getting your power, water, or gas service cut off because you fell behind? As Austin confronts a poverty crisis, persistent drought, and ongoing economic...
The Worldwide Coal Boom Is Going Bust: Sierra Club and CoalSwarm Report Details New Data from Global Coal Plant Tracker
March 16, 2015
[Original Post: Sierra Club Press Room, Mar. 16, 2015]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club and CoalSwarm released their new report, Boom and Bust: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline, which details the findings of an extensive...
Fraser Seeking to Dismantle What He Helped Create: The Renewable Portfolio Standard
March 13, 2015
Sen. Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) has filed a bill that would eliminate Texas’ Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) – a policy that has catapulted Texas to world leadership in wind energy and strengthened Texas’ energy diversity. In addition to...
Announcing The Blue Vision Summit Contest March 9-31, 2015
March 11, 2015
[Original post: Sierra Club Action Network]
The Marine Action Team is sponsoring a contest March 9-31, 2015 to select two activists to participate in the Blue Vision Summit5 (BVS5) and Marine Action Team events May 10-14, 2015 in Washington, DC....
What Got Into Baylor Creek Near the Fayette Coal Plant?
March 11, 2015
Caution urged near creek as residents await slow response from TCEQ
UPDATE - March 16: It has been eight days since nearby residents noticed Baylor Creek was flowing with an abnormal creamy-yellow color near the Fayette coal plant, and we have...
Fraser and Villalba File Bad Bills for Homeowners
March 6, 2015
Building energy codes used to be a no brainer. Efficient homes and the technologies that go into reducing a homeowner’s electricity bill have even permeated into pop culture in shows like This Old House. But legislation filed by Sen. Troy Fraser (R-...