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Today, the Cameron County Commissioner’s Court voted to approve a tax abatement agreement for the proposed Annova LNG fracked gas export terminal, which is 80% owned by Exelon, a Fortune 500 company.

Over the last year we combed through massive amounts of data, from the Public Utility Commission of Texas, State Energy Conservation Office, Energy Information Administration, and good old-fashioned web searches to create the first ever Texas Clean...

The Census hasn’t even started yet, but the process to redraw our legislative and Congressional district maps is already underway. It’s strange. We haven’t even done the “counting” of the Census but the Texas House Committee on Redistricting is...

When Trump came into office, his administration immediately tried to sabotage the safeguards to control methane pollution from the fracked oil and gas industry that the Obama administration put in place. We knew eventually an actual proposal would...

On July 12, the Sierra Club signed a joint letter with several other organizations to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Toxicology Division to request a 45-day delay on its proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

On Tuesday, September 24th, there will be a Border Wall Townhall meeting in Laredo, Texas at 6 pm. The Townhall meeting will take place at the UT Health Science Center - Laredo campus, on the 2nd floor auditorium (1937 Bustamante, next to LMC)....

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) wants to change the rules by reclassifying several categories of extremely dangerous radioactive waste so it goes into shallow burial, instead of deep underground as currently required for important safety...

The U.S. Forest Service has begun a public process that could protect our forests, grasslands, water, air, endangered species, game and non-game wildlife, recreational activities, scenic areas, solitude, quiet, and wilderness in East Texas. “...

Texas' Attorney General Ken Paxton filed two lawsuits this year against two huge fossil fuel corporations, Valero and ExxonMobil, for serious pollution violations in Port Arthur and Baytown. While Ken Paxton is not a know environmental advocate,...

Austin Energy’s recently-announced Working Group to Update the Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan (Resource Plan) for early 2020 may open a door to even more cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency goals—with plenty of...