Live Oak Forest Near Hill Country Could Soon Be Sacrificed to Frack-Sand Mining, Residents Fight Back
March 27, 2017
In northern Atascosa County, just a few miles south of San Antonio, sit 2,000 acres of beautiful ancient oak tree forest. The area has a very delicate and unique ecosystem, from being a sensitive recharge zone for the Carrizo/Wilcox Aquifer to also...
Conflicted or Corrupt? Texas Railroad Commissioners ‘Self-Police’ Their Self-Interests
March 23, 2017
A new study finds Texas Railroad Commissioners took tens of thousands of dollars from energy interests with cases pending before their agency in recent years, contradicting Texas Sunset Commission testimony in 2012 that claimed that the...
Market Manipulation And Hurricane Rita - Kelcy Warren Before Dakota Access
March 22, 2017
Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren's ruthlessness is now well known worldwide because of the Dakota Access pipeline, as well as the Trans-Pecos and Comanche Trail pipelines. But those destructive projects were not his first forays into...
As Solar Takes The Lead, Will Storage Be Next?
March 22, 2017
Solar energy is booming nationwide. 2016 saw the largest number of new solar installations in history, nearly doubling 2015’s mark. Could storage be next?
LEGE UPDATE - Senate Axes Funding for Vehicle Emissions Reduction and Parks, House Less Drastic
March 17, 2017
The Texas Senate is a strange place these days.
Time To Take A Fresh Look At The Renewable Denton Plan
March 15, 2017
The new Sierra Club report Denton’s Renewable Energy Plan: Can We Green It Up? finds that there were serious flaws in the independent analysis performed by the Brattle Group before the adoption of the Renewable Denton Plan, which...
Texas Wildlife Association Weighs In On Warfarin
March 14, 2017
The Texas Wildilfe Association has jumped in and publicly expressed serious concern about Ag Commissioner Sid Miller's plan to use Kaput Feral Hog Bait poison to deal with the state's feral hog problem. In a recent blog post they...
Guide the Future of Your National Forests and Grasslands
March 14, 2017
The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas are ecologically, culturally and economically significant to Texas, but they need your help to ensure that they are managed in the best possible way. Now is your chance to guide the future of your...
Pasadena Refining - What A Mess
March 13, 2017
The Pasadena Refining plant, located just east of Houston, is a pollution nightmare. We break down their repeated pollution violations and why we're taking them to court.
Senate Committee Passes Job-Killing, Anti-Wind Bill
March 13, 2017
On a 4-3 vote, the Veteran Affairs and Border Security Committee of the Texas Senate passed the anti-wind, job-killing SB 277. Take Action today!