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Austin Energy has taken another step toward a 100% clean energy future after reaching an agreement with energy storage company Younicos on a battery system capable of powering more than 1,500 homes for two hours each day.

Please join us on Saturday, July 22, 2017 to honor and celebrate the 2017 Lone Star Chapter Environmental Award winners at a special banquet in Austin! This year's event will be held in a private room at Chez Zee in midtown Austin. This is a time...

If there was any question as to what “America First” meant when it came to the subject of climate change, the world got its thumb-in-the-eye answer on June 1 when Trump announced plans to extricate the United States from the hard-won Paris Accord, a...

Electoral success for pro-environment candidates is often hard to come by in the current political climate, but in the recent municipal elections in Dallas and San Antonio, pro-environment candidates proved to be quite popular with voters. Time will...

To “start at the beginning” of the story of our victory against ExxonMobil, you’d have to go back more than seven years. To explain why it matters, you’d have to go back decades, because the pollution that makes people sick in the Houston area has...

This week, City Council, Resource Management Commission, and Electric Utility Commission will begin discussions on a host of recommendations that would move Austin forward again on climate action.

The U.S. EPA is under attack from the inside and, unfortunately, that means so is the health and welfare of the American people.

“From the Ashes” features the personal stories of Cherelle and Misti’s families and their organizing work in Dallas. These past months the film ​has premiered around the U.S. including this year's Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Next...

Texas hasn’t seen its Governor veto this many bills since 2007. Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott vetoed a flurry of bills and shot his total for the 85th Legislature up to 51 and counting. By comparison, during the 84th Legislature, his first as...

Earlier this month, the most popular two words in the Latin language were heard in Texas politics: Sine Die. Literally, it means "without day", but it refers to the ostensible last day of the Texas legislative session. It was, by most accounts, a...