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There are many great things about Memorial Day weekend. One of them happens to be a sales tax holiday on energy and water-saving appliances. That’s right. This weekend, all across Texas, you won’t have to pay state or local sales tax on a variety of...

We are growing! This month, the Lone Star Chapter welcomed its newest staff member to the team. Drew O'Bryan is our new Clean Energy Coordinator and will work closely with Conservation Director Cyrus Reed on several initiatives to strengthen clean...

Recent droughts have seared the memories of Texans deepening their appreciation for our most precious resource: water. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people across the Lone Star state are trying to conserve water. Homeowners are installing...

We live in a politically polarized age—particularly in the state of Texas. Renewables are either a godsend or a pipe dream. Fossil fuels are either our economic bedrock or a culprit of climate change disaster. So it’s refreshing when strange...

If you’re over 30, you may remember a time when lawn watering entailed dragging a hose around the yard at dusk. If you’re like us, you did this as a chore and didn’t realize that using the hose was one of the most water conserving ways to irrigate...

LNG, Dos Republicas, BLM Lease Updates, Plus So Much More!

It is with great joy that we share with you the winners of the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter 2016 Environmental Awards! The honorees will be presented their awards at a special banquet this Saturday in Austin.

On Saturday, April 16, nearly 200 native people and their allies gathered in the quiet town of Eagle Pass, Texas. They came drumming, singing, and praying in defense of the land. For almost nine miles, young and old marched from the international...

Citing the need to further evaluate public feedback, the Bureau of Land Management has w​ithdrawn​all Texas acres from a federal fossil fuel auction slated for April 20 in Santa Fe, N.M.

More than 70 people attended the Save RGV from LNG kickoff campaign on Monday, April 11 to learn more about the liquefied natural gas export terminals proposed for the Port of Brownsville and the negative impacts they could bring to the Rio Grande...