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Sierra Club, Public Citizen and several other legal aid and justice organizations sent a joint letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott late Tuesday calling on him to issue an executive order to ensure all Texas residents, regardless of their location...

Kinder Morgan has spilled drilling fluid into local drinking water wells during construction of its Permian Highway fracked gas pipeline

Organizer Greg Harman share's his thoughts on the corona virus pandemic while navigating within the climate justice movement in San Antonio.

Today, the Sierra Club joined local residents and the City of Port Isabel in filing a set of lawsuits challenging approvals for three highly polluting fracked gas export terminals in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley.

Yesterday afternoon, in a “virtual” meeting, Austin City Council approved the Austin Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan through 2030 (Resource Plan), committing the utility to no carbon-based electric generation by 2035.

Earlier today, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas voted unanimously to issue a state-wide, temporary moratorium on disconnects of electric, water and wastewater service for failure to pay.

Are you passionate about climate justice? Are you looking to hone your communication skills and learn the ins-and-outs of nonprofit work? We have just the internship for you. The Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter is seeking an Environmental...

Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter has signed a joint letter to the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas requesting that the Commission order the suspension of utility shut-offs state wide during the Texas Public Health Emergency response to the...

After meeting for several hours on March 9 in a special joint meeting, members of the City of Austin’s Electric Utility Commission (EUC) and Resource Management Commission (RMC) recommended approval of a revised and improved Austin Energy Resource,...

In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed HB 2771. The bill (now law) directed the TCEQ to “get ready” for so-called “produced” oil and gas wastewater to be discharged in Texas. Produced water basically means the wastewater that comes back out of the...