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President Biden delivered a speech on protecting the freedom to vote just one day after a majority of Texas House Democrats left the state to block a vote on new voter suppression bills. To date, 48 states have introduced nearly 400 bills...

While Texas rarely sees meaningful improvements on pollution standards, one pretty good thing and one very good thing happened recently: TCEQ adopted modest rules on controlling volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in non-attainment areas (a fancy way...

Governor Greg Abbott called to reconvene the Texas Legislature for a special session on July 8th. What is that going to look like, and what is Sierra Club pushing for? We're asking Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature to prioritize well being of...

On June 24th, San Antonio's City Council heard from the Emergency Committee. At this meeting, CPS Energy's Spruce 1 Coal plant was named the number reason behind the city's power outages. Energy injustice is threatening the lives and wellbeing of...

Governor Greg Abbott recently signed Senate Bill 601, creating the Texas Produced Water Consortium at Texas Tech. This bill might seem kind of niche, so you might have some reasonable questions: What is produced water anyway? What is this “...

The TCEQ was court ordered to hand over thousands of pages of documents to Sierra Club that they've been withholding from the public regarding their changes in rulemaking for ethylene oxide emissions, a super carcinogen. Rather than complying and...

ERCOT issued an energy conservation request on Monday, June 14, asking individual consumers to reduce their energy use until Friday, to help prevent the possibility of future power outages. ERCOT’s request on Monday was issued shortly after the end...

The Lone Star Chapter is super excited to welcome our Summer 2021 Communications Intern, Hannah Lopez (she/her)!

While the Sierra Club is already busy working on our 2021 Legislative Scorecard, we wanted to give a quick wrap-up of the tumultuous rollercoaster ride that was the 87th Legislative Session, which officially wrapped up on Memorial Day.

There’s only a few days left until Sine Die, the official end of the 87th Texas Legislative Session. With not much time to waste, let’s get into the good, the bad, and the ugly.