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Today, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to require Texas to crack down on excessive and unsafe air pollution in the communities around the coal-burning Martin Lake power plant in Rusk...

Texas has been sheltering-in-place, more or less, since mid-March in most major cities and throughout the state since March 31. The decline in economic activity combined with increased residential energy use, since people are staying home much more...

Today, the Sierra Club announced the Texas rollout of a new “polluter watchdog” program, by issuing Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA) and Texas Public Information Act requests to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on...

In the middle of a pandemic, you might be thinking about ways to get outdoors while still practicing physical distancing. Well if you plan on visiting a river, reservoir or stream, one thing you might consider is just how safe it is to swim in that...

Even as oil plummets to negative prices and a glut in the oil market continues to burgeon, and the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) discusses “proration” -- cuts in oil production to stabilize prices -- the RRC is still granting requests from Texas...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act, putting ocelot at risk of extinction in the U.S.

A virtual town this Thursday entitled, “Our Power, Our Water,” promises to unpack and expand upon the outlet’s fifth broadcast about utility justice.

In a virtual meeting, three elected Commissioners of the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) considered a petition to “prorate” oil production during the COVID-19 emergency. The Commission’s immediate concern is whether they should act on a petition by...

Today, while a global pandemic is infecting the globe, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved the hotly opposed air permit for the Annova LNG fracked gas terminal during an online commissioners meeting.

Late yesterday, a broad coalition of environmental and community groups challenged EPA’s plan to reopen the Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction (SSM) loopholes in Texas, which would allow dirty industrial facilities like coal plants and oil refineries to...