TLW: Next Steps For San Antonio's Vista Ridge Project
November 7, 2014
Last week, the San Antonio City Council unanimously voted to move forward with the Vista Ridge Project that plans to bring 50,000 acre-feet of groundwater from Burleson County to the city. Because of our many concerns with this project, the vote was...
Update On Denton Fracking Ban: A Community Organization Success Story
November 6, 2014
Without a doubt, the best environmental news from Tuesday's election in Texas was the City of Denton voting to ban new fracking in the city. The proposition passed by roughly 17%, with 58.64% voting yes and 41.36% voting no. Predictably, however,...
Detelich: A Primer on the Denton Fracking Ban Vote
November 3, 2014
Residents in Denton, a town situated on top of the lucrative geological formation known as the Barnett Shale, will decide on Tuesday whether to ban new fracking within their city. The ban would be the first of its kind in Texas and a big challenge...
The Lone Star Sierran - October 2014
October 31, 2014
San Antonio makes a bad deal on water, upcoming legislative workshop and much more
ERCOT Finally Values Wind Peak Capacity Using Actual Data
October 29, 2014
For the last five years, the Sierra Club has been in a healthy discussion at ERCOT (Electric Reliable Council of Texas) and the Public Utility Commission of Texas over how to calculate the value of wind energy during peak demand. Opponents of wind...
Update On Vista Ridge
October 28, 2014
Today, after more than four hours of citizen testimony, San Antonio City Council approved a contract between SAWS and Abengoa, a Spanish developer, to develop the 140-mile Vista Ridge water pipeline project. Despite hearing from a plethora of...
Welcome Mayté Salazar and Tane Ward to the Texas Team!
October 27, 2014
Recently, the Sierra Club welcomed the arrival of two great new staff members to work in our Austin office. Mayté (likeMy-tay) Salazar, who helped to establish a low-income advisory task force in Austin, is now an Apprentice with the Beyond Coal...
Once A Leader, Texas Now Ranks 34th In Energy Efficiency
October 23, 2014
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy – or ACEEE (“A-C-Triple E”) for short – unveiled the 8th edition of its State Efficiency Scorecard this week, and once again, Texas languishes far back in the pack with other under-performing...
Financing Sustainable Water - More Than Just Ideas
October 20, 2014
People throughout Texas are supportive of reducing water use through water conservation and drought contingency measures – due in large part to Texas’ growing population and crippling drought. The big question that gets asked is how can a water...
Austin to Begin Negotiations With LCRA on Future of Fayette Coal Plant
October 16, 2014
Today, passing on consent, Austin City Council directed Austin Energy to immediately begin negotiations with the Lower Colorado River Authority for better operational control of Austin’s share of the coal-fired Fayette Power Project, the fifth...