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"I'm heading home this Christmas to an island without electricity, certain to return to Texas in 2018 illuminated up with the energy of my land and my people. Texas is the last place I expected to end up in my journey through the diaspora. But I've...

"Clean energy aside, my favorite memory of the year was seeing the total solar eclipse from on top of a mountain near Thermopolis, Wyoming. It was the moment where I felt most in tune with the planet and the natural beauty we are all working to...

"I do not do this work alone... my coworkers and colleagues at other organizations, Sierra Club members and volunteers, and nature lovers all over the state, are working towards the same goal."

"I can't help but hope that the arc of history bends toward justice, even if it feels painstakingly slow or like we're taking 10 steps backward for every step forward."

"When honest and respectful conversations happen, a shared understanding can develop. More people can then realize their struggles are bound together, and can open a space to work together to improve their lives."

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How do the Pedernales Electric Cooperative and Austin Energy plan on saving customers money with this same technology so that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to a clean energy future? The answer is community solar, which keeps solar local...

I love to be the bearer of good news: Texans are making tremendous progress on conserving water. In fact, in the municipal sector (composed of residential, institutional, industrial, and commercial water use) cities across Texas are using 21 percent...

Lone Star Sierran: November 2017

Disaster recovery is usually a fairly top-down process. Over the last ten weeks, West Street Recovery has tried to help families in Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey with an alternative community-based approach, asking residents to identify...