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This week, Denton Mayor Chris Watts and his city council colleagues unanimously approved two new solar contracts, pushing Denton closer to a 100% renewable goal and signaling the end of reliance on the 35-year-old coal plant known as Gibbons Creek.

The Texas Water Conservation Scorecard, released in 2016, was a first-of-its-kind, big-picture look at water utilities across Texas, evaluating them on their water conservation practices. The Texas Living Waters Project team continues to update the...

Our friends at Public Citizen are hiring a Press Officer for their Austin, TX office. Public Citizen represents and protects public interest within the legislature, advocating for clean environment, clean environment, and accountability in...

It takes a village -- or in this case a district -- to raise Texas to its true potential. But first, people must vote, and that obstacle is being addressed by many candidates running up and down the ballot this year.

US industrial greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the rapid warming of the earth may have dipped slightly last year, but in San Antonio they took a sharp jab skyward, according to EPA numbers released last week. What's going on?

While the brutal days of Texas summer dwindle as we head into November, it’s time to reflect on the data from this year’s ozone (smog) season and the work we’re doing in our major metro areas with the most smoggy air to pressure our federal and...

By the end of this year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to release the draft environmental impact statements for several LNG projects proposed for South Texas. Here's how you can involved in the international resistance against this...

Austin is moving closer to its renewable energy goals with another solar contract, this time a plant to be located southeast of Plugerville! When the project is completed in 2020, the utility will generate more than 52 percent of all energy demand...

This summer, the EPA designated Bexar County — where asthma rates are nearly twice the state average — as being in “non attainment” for its high levels of unhealthy ground-level ozone (smog). But instead of acknowledging the designation and working...

Do you remember when local heritage tree ordinances were under attack? Remember the horrible bathroom bill? How about the bill that eliminated certain tax incentives for wind energy? Or the racist SB 4 - the “show me your papers” bill? Early voting...