ERCOT Reports Show Solar Growth, But Transmission Concerns Persist
January 7, 2021
In late December, Texas’s transmission grid operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), released three important reports that deal with generation, transmission and adequacy of our electric grid. There's promising growth for new solar...
The Two-Decade Long Struggle to Protect the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Continues
December 18, 2020
The Texas Sierra Club has been keeping tabs on what's going on with the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard for nearly two decades, during all of which the United States Fish and Wildlife Service couldn't decide how to protect the species. Now the US Fish and...
What Does Oil, Gas, and Energy Have to Do With Police Brutality In Texas?
December 18, 2020
This summer, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others, and the police violence that erupted onto peaceful protestors demanding justice, demonstrated that police departments do not protect everyone. Black lives continue to...
Greg Harman's 2020 Reflection: COVID, San Antonio's Climate Community, and the Problem with CPS
December 17, 2020
Any 2020 reflection can't help but start with COVID-19 and the corresponding scramble to hold community together in unprecedented times. While some cities swung to Green-New-Deal-inspired principles of just transition to guide recovery efforts (not...
Shane Johnson's End of Year 2020 Reflection
December 16, 2020
Read Shane Johnson's, our Clean Energy Distributed Organizer's, end of the year reflection for 2020.
Cyrus Reed's 2020 Reflection: Transitions, COVID, and Compassion
December 16, 2020
Read Cyrus Reed's, our conservation director and
soon-to-not-be interim director, reflection for 2020 as we close in on the new year.
EPA Rushing to Approve Fracked Wastewater Discharge Authority to Texas Before Biden Takes Office
December 14, 2020
If you happened to read the Federal Register the day after Thanksgiving, you might have o have noticed that Texans and other interested stakeholders have only until January 11th to make comments on a proposal to give the Texas Commission on...
San Antonio's Problem with CPS Energy
December 3, 2020
For our families, planet, and future, San Antonio must shut down its last coal plant by 2030. But City-owned CPS Energy won't discuss shutting the JK Spruce plan down, other than to warn of the costs
Welcome Our New Water Resources Specialist, Alex Ortiz!
December 2, 2020
At long last, we've hired a new Water Resources Specialist for the Lone Star Chapter: Alex Ortiz!
Ready for the Pink Dome? Join us for Our Lege Workshop December 12
November 24, 2020
To help us - and some key partners - and our great volunteers get prepared, we will be hosting a two-hour zoom training meeting on December 12, from 11 AM to 1 PM. Called “Getting Ready for 87th Legislative Session: Training and Discussion about How...