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CPS Energy’s CEO, Doyle Beneby, has announced his resignation as CEO of CPS Energy, San Antonio’s municipally-owned utility. Beneby has served as CEO since 2010 and led the utility in several clean energy initiatives that have helped establish San...

In July, the Chapter recognized two years worth of environmental award winners at our annual Environmental Awards Banquet at the Blue Mesa Grill in Addison. As terrific an evening as it was, not all award winners were able to join us. Wally James,...

This article is one of several that will be written over the four year planning period for the revision of the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) plan for the Angelina, Sabine, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston National Forests and the LBJ...

Residents opposed to three proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals near South Padre Island will air their concerns publicly at a hearing hosted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Tuesday, August 11, 2015, from 5:00pm to...

As the feelings of relief from drought abate in 2015, many municipalities are already re-instituting water restrictions. At the same time, regions across Texas are in the middle of drafting a revised State Water Plan. Region H, which includes...

Sierra Club applauds climate leadership from President Obama, urges Texas to take action

Big Bend's Big Pipeline?, Beaumont Still Waiting for Justice, and A Night to Remember

Although mostly unnoticed in Texas, a national conservation milestone has been achieved for the Louisiana Black Bear (Ursus americanus luteolus). The bear, federally-listed as threatened since January 1992 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is...

The Sierra Club Political Committee of Texas (the Lone Star Chapter PAC) was active in supporting candidates again this Spring in the Dallas City Council elections. The PAC made contributions to several candidates which provided much-needed support...

The Federal Environmental Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on July 24 that an environmental assessment must be carried out and studied for the full length of the 143-mile Trans Pecos Pipeline proposed by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners (...