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After Winter Storm Uri led to a catastrophic collapse of our energy grid last February, politicians, utilities, consumer groups, and just about everyone have been talking about how and whether we should change our electric market.

On Friday August 20, the Texas House of Representatives claimed there was a quorum after three additional Democrats returned to the Capitol. Speaker of the House Dade Phelan proceeded to refer the special session’s voter suppression bill to...

The Chaparral Coalition for Community Health and the Environment, the Sierra Club, and Earthworks (the Community Groups) reached an agreement with El Paso Electric (EPE) that will substantially reduce air pollution in El Paso and southern New Mexico...

Affected community members testified at a public hearing on August 11 on TPC Group’s proposed expansion of its polluting butadiene plant in the Houston Ship Channel.

Well the first special session just concluded on Friday, with more than 50 “quorum-busting” House Democrats staying in DC to prevent passage of voter suppression bills like HB 3 and SB 1, and some other bad ideas from Gov. Abbott and political...

MODA Ingleside Oil Terminal, LLC (MODA) (the country’s leading oil export terminal) plans to double its capacity will destroy Karankawa cultural site, seagrasses, and wetlands. In response, the Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend, Karankawa Kadla...

In a victory for Gulf Coast communities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to conduct an adequate analysis of the climate and environmental justice impacts...

There is good news to report on the political front in Texas. The municipal elections across the state earlier this summer produced major wins in several cities that could have positive impacts on environmental and social justice policies at the...

Earlier this week, two contract workers died tragically and at least thirty were hospitalized due to a chemical leak at the Lyondellbasell facility in La Porte. Our hearts go out to the workers who lost their lives, those injured, and to their...

Yesterday, the Lone Star and Rio Grande Chapters of the Sierra Club submitted over 1,000 public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calling for action to bring El Paso into compliance with federal, health-based standards for ground...