Legislative Update: Hearing Things... Which Bills Are Getting Heard?
April 1, 2023
Pressure is mounting at the Texas Capitol. Several bad bills are getting attention, as expected.
Lege Update: Who Is Talking to Your Representative? Lobbyists!
March 24, 2023
I was at the Texas Capitol this week with Sierra Club’s lobby team and, my oh my, the hearing schedule is relentless! We’re pretty much at the midway point of our state legislative session, and I’ve seen first hand how visible the wealthy corporate...
Repower Texas: Costs Too Much and Won’t Solve Our Issues
March 22, 2023
There will be a total of nine bills and one Senate Joint Resolution heard on Thursday, March 23, at the Business and Commerce Committee meeting. The Sierra Club will be commenting on several of the bills then and/or providing written testimony. Here...
City Bashing Week at the Texas Capitol
March 21, 2023
Last week was a city bashing week at the legislature.
Lege Update: D-Day and A Powering Texas Forward Debacle
March 11, 2023
Yesterday was the last day that Senators and Representatives can file their bills in the Texas Legislature. All told, over 5,300 House bills, plus several hundred resolutions, and some 2,600 Senate bills, and several hundred resolutions have been...
Budget Riders Coming, a Big Water Bill, and the House Dives Into #FixTheGrid
March 4, 2023
86 days to go and one week left to file new bills in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate.
Fine Particle PM2.5 Nonattainment Coming to Texas
February 28, 2023
Earlier this year, after a significant delay, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally proposed a new annual standard for fine particle particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less.
Lege Update: Things Get Cooking
February 24, 2023
Finally, all committees have been named and they are cooking. This week, the subcommittees of the House Committee on Appropriations began meeting, and Sierra Club was there to testify.
Legislative Update: Things Get Busy in Austin
February 17, 2023
This week, the Sierra Club hit the Capitol running. From providing written and oral testimony to the Senate Committee on Finance on the state’s budget, to volunteers scouring the halls passing out factsheets on our legislative solutions, to...
View from the Lege: 30 Days In
February 10, 2023
We have hit the 30 day mark. The Legislature has met, has been filing bills (about 3,000 thus far), and has even started committee meetings.