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In 2018, Environment Texas and the Sierra Club settled a 2016 lawsuit filed against Pasadena Refining System, Inc. (PRSI) for its multiple violations of the Clean Air Act. Between March 2018 and April 2019, PRSI has shown substantial, well-rounded...

The Save RGV from LNG Coalition and the Sierra Club attended the Port of Brownsville Commissioner’s meeting to make public comments and held a protest outside against the proposed Rio Grande LNG and the Rio Bravo pipeline projects. Simultaneously,...

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is holding 13 flood outreach meetings during the month of August. These meetings are open to members of the community so that they may submit comments to ensure that the new programs meet the needs of Texans...

Environment Texas, Sierra Club, and the Port Arthur Community Action Network announced back on May 22 that they planned to sue Valero Energy Corporation and the Premcor Refining Group, Inc., in federal court for illegally releasing nearly two...

For each of the more than 50 vetoes dealt by Abbott this session, he explained his reasoning, calling most of them “good bills gone bad.” That was certainly true of SB 1804 by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, his veto of HB 1059 shows that he still has a long...

The City Council of Bryan unanimously approved a decommissioning budget to help pay for the retirement costs of the Gibbons Creek Generation Station, a 470 MW coal plant located about 20 miles east of Bryan.

A new report released today highlights the reputational damage that would plague any bank or investor that supports three fracked gas export terminals proposed for Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter is looking to hire an experienced and passionate organizer to advocate for and help plan clean energy campaigns.

The Texas grid operator ERCOT received a notification from the City of Garland that the Gibbons Creek Generating Station will be retired permanently as of October 23, 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...