News

Back in 2007, Austin City Council gave Austin Energy a goal: by 2015, adopt codes so that all new homes are net zero-energy capable. In other words, make all new homes capable of producing as much energy as they consume by adding an onsite energy...

Back in 2015, Sen. Troy Fraser filed SB 931, which would have eliminated the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and the potential for any future Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) - designated regions where transmission lines can be...

We are very excited to announce two new additions to the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter team. Bekah Hinojosa is our new Chapter Conservation Organizer based in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and Olka Forster is our new Chapter Communications...

Thank you to all who donated in this year's Amplify Austin Day!

Fracking in Our Forests and Lakes?

The Sierra Club is partnering with National Wildlife Federation, Galveston Bay Foundation, and others to present the 5th Annual Gulf Coast Water Conservation Symposium: New Frontiers in Water Conservation in Houston on March 9.

There are still 5,700 acres slated for auction by the BLM that would enable fracking near and beneath Lewisville Lake, Somerville Lake and Choke Canyon Reservoir, which would threaten to contaminate drinking water for millions of people in Dallas-...

On February 9, 2016, Lorraine G. Bonney died in Chase, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 93. Lorraine, along with her husband Orrin, was an original founder of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter and the Houston Regional Group. The Lone Star...

Know someone who did outstanding work last year worthy of recognition? Let's recognize them! Each year, we take some time to look back at the previous year and recognize the great work of inspiring environmental activists and innovators from around...

You did it! Yesterday, the U.S. Forest Service withdrew 31,169 acres of national forest lands in Texas from a Bureau of Land Management fossil fuel auction slated for April 20 in Santa Fe. The move responds to concerns raised by environmental groups...