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The latest electric demand and supply projections from the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) show that sunshine is in Texas’s future -- specifically solar photovoltaic power. According to the latest draft Long-Term System Assessment (...

Stop a coal mine, protect bays and estuaries, and make Castner Range the Next national monument!

Somewhere off the east side of the Franklin Mountain Range adjacent to Northeast El Paso lays a field colored with Mexican poppies and native grasses. This land, left nearly untouched by humanity for the past half century, is known as Castner Range...

On Thursday, on a 9-0 city council vote (with two abstaining), Austin became the latest city in Texas to adopt the most up to date building energy codes (the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code, or IECC) for new commercial and residential...

Back in March, the Obama Administration announced the sale of 13 new offshore drilling leases between 2017-2022. Ten of them would be located in the Gulf. This announcement ignited significant opposition in coastal communities, which was reinforced...

As the clock approached midnight, Denton City Council finally voted on the Denton Renewable Plan, which would increase its renewable energy use to 70% but also include a whopping 12 new natural gas power plants. Despite opposition from dozens of...

Since becoming a focal point of the struggle against the state’s power grab (remember HB 40?), Denton could be making a big misstep if it adopts the Denton Renewable Plan as proposed. Wait, adopting something called a “renewable plan” that would...

As many Austin Sierrans know, Austin Energy has been engaged in a public discussion on the 2016 Austin Energy Rate Case, which would go into effect in October. Sierra Club recently joined forces with Public Citizen and were represented by attorney...

Many exciting things are happening here at the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, including the recent publishing of the 2nd edition of the Facts About Texas Water. This is a continuation of what we published in the 2004 publication and is available...

This has been a scary week for ozone pollution - especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. On Monday June 6, the Dallas-Ft. Worth and El Paso areas recorded the first ozone exceedances this season. As readers of this blog know, ground level ozone...