News

It has taken a little while to get there, but we made it! Thanks to fundraising efforts, our staff and executive committee have taken the plunge and are opening two new staff positions.

The Lone Star Chapter has taken a nuanced position on the proposal of TESLA, the iconic electric car brand led by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, coming to develop a factory in De Valle, a community just East of Austin. We must be clear: we can...

Despite low oil and gas prices (and limited demand for those products); despite widespread opposition; despite the COVID-19 pandemic; despite protests over systemic racism and the awareness that climate change and pollution are racial violence; the...

The Bureau of Land Management has withdrawn oil and gas leases that would have allowed fracking under Lake Lewisville, the drinking water supply for Dallas, Denton and other Texas cities.

For the first time in their history, our two largest cities, Houston and Dallas, both unveiled and partially approved Climate Action Plans. And the question is: are these plans hopeful signs of progress or are they just not good enough? I think the...

In late April, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit arguing that the Army Corps failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it approved the project without first conducting the required analysis of environmental impacts,...

We must continuously read, watch, and listen to Black voices with the intent to learn how to recognize white privilege and manifestations of systemic racism, unlearn the habits and social practices built on that system and privilege, and act to...

Austin, TX- Today, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club joined others at a Texas Railroad Commission open meeting to call on the Commission to completely eliminate routine flaring -- and associated unlit flaring and venting -- by 2025. Sierra...

The Lone Star Chapter would like to welcome our newest communications intern, Camila Rojas!

How and why would a coal plant which has been shut down for almost two years suddenly be available for the 2020 summer for a new owner that no one had ever heard of?