Big Questions & Slow Progress: Six Months After Harvey
March 25, 2018
Climate change is a reality and extreme weather is part of our future, so the questions about how to recover with dignity and efficiency are more urgent than ever. At West Street Recovery, we believe that the people who were flooded out are a key...
EPA Ordered To Stop Delaying Ozone Designations As Ozone Season Starts
March 21, 2018
Nearly 20 million Texans (70%) live in the four most polluted Texas urban areas facing new designations as nonattainment for ozone, which has significant health impacts. Last week, a federal judge ruled in favor of Sierra Club in our Clean Air Act "...
Op-Ed: More Hot Air For CPS’ New Energy Plan
March 19, 2018
CPS' "Flexible Management Plan" is underwhelming and was developed in secret designed to preserve the status quo.
It's Chapter Awards Time: Nominate An Environmental Activist By March 16!
March 6, 2018
Each year, Texas Sierra Club takes some time to look back at the previous year and recognize this great work of inspiring environmental activists and innovators from around our state with awards to show our appreciation. Our award categories inspire...
San Antonio Moving From Paris Agreement To Community Climate Agreements
February 27, 2018
With the guidance of Sierra Club San Antonio Organizer Greg Harman, alongside countless environmental justice and social justice community leaders, the Climate Action SA coalition has been demanding that San Antonio leadership - including CPS Energy...
What's Next For Denton And Its 100% Renewables Goal?
February 27, 2018
Earlier this month, the City of Denton voted to revise the city utility's energy plan to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2020, becoming the second city in Texas to make the commitment (Georgetown was the first). However, the work did not end with...
From The Rio Grande Valley: Activist Jackelin Treviño Reflects On Border Wall Organizing
February 27, 2018
As the months pass and people around Texas and the nation hear news updates about the latest status of political squabbling in Washington, we wanted to center the perspective of our Rio Grande Valley volunteers, friends, co-workers, and activists...
Trump: Near Complete Abandonment of Ocean Drilling Protection
February 26, 2018
In early January, Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke released a draft offshore drilling five-year plan that proposed an unprecedented expansion of offshore drilling into nearly all of America’s waters. The Bureau of Ocean Energy...
Farewell To Jennifer Walker, Our Water Resources Programs Manager!
February 23, 2018
"Eighteen years ago, I began working at the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. I was fresh out of college with a degree in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology and I was (and still am) ready to work hard on behalf of the people and...