Company Seeks to Bring High-Level Radioactive Waste to West Texas: Sierra Club Will Fight It and You Can Help!
June 27, 2019
The Sierra Club and local residents are gearing up to fight Waste Control Specialists' application that would allow their low-level radioactive waste storage facility to accept some additional 40,000 tons of high-level radioactive waste from the...
New Report: Replacing San Antonio’s Spruce Coal Plant With Renewables Could Save $1 Billion
June 26, 2019
An economic analysis by Synapse Energy Economics was released and found that CPS Energy could save almost $1 billion dollars for San Antonio residents by relying on renewable energy and storage alternatives versus operating both Spruce 1 and 2 coal...
EPA Hard at Work to Rollback the "P" for Protections: Seeks to Re-Open Clean Air Act Loopholes
June 25, 2019
In 2015, after a long battle, we celebrated the closing of major loopholes in the Clean Air Act (CAA) which had allowed exemptions for industrial facilities’ release of harmful air pollution during episodes of startup, shutdown, or malfunction (SSM).
Joint Letter Reveals Rio Grande LNG Increased Capacity Post-FERC Proposal, Groups Request Environmental Analysis Update
June 20, 2019
This Monday, we filed joint comments with Defenders of Wildlife, Save RGV from LNG, and local groups to the FERC reiterating our request to the agency to revisit their environmental analysis to address the true capacity of NextDecade’s fracked gas...
Volunteer to Break Barriers to Electric Vehicles
June 20, 2019
Has the auto industry changed with the increased demand for electric? Help us find out!
Dust Left Unsettled in Controversial Quarry’s Case Hearing
June 18, 2019
Residents show opposition to a proposed quarry at contested case hearing against Vulcan Materials Company concluded last Tuesday, June 11.
San Antonio Says "We're Still In" (Again) on Climate Action
June 14, 2019
San Antonio City Council swore in 2017 to meet the goals and aspirations of the Paris international climate agreement. On the other side of another run-off election, we're saying: Enough already. The world cannot wait and neither will we.
Standing Against Big Polluters: Update on Latest TCEQ Decisions on the RGV and Corpus Christi
June 13, 2019
This week, Texas residents, community leaders and environmental groups took to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in Austin to stand for the communities of the Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi who are targets for liquified...
Contested Case Hearing Underway for Controversial New Quarry Site
June 11, 2019
Vulcan 3009 Quarry wants to be San Antonio's new neighbor - and they're bringing their carcinogenic dust with them.
Welcome Brittney VanCuran - Our 2019 Environmental Communications Intern!
June 6, 2019
The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter is proud to welcome Brittney VanCuran to our team as the newest Environmental Communications Intern!