Nick Anderson – Art in Service to the Environment Award Winner
July 21, 2015
Houston Chronicle Editorial Cartoonist Nick Anderson won the Art in Service to the Environment Award for 2014 at the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter Environmental Awards this past Saturday. Wait a minute. A cartoonist won an environmental award? You...
Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter Celebrates 2013 and 2014 Environmental Award Winners
July 20, 2015
Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter announced its annual environmental award recipients at a special banquet in Addison, Texas, on Saturday. The awards recognize and reward efforts of volunteers, organizations, staff, and others that reflect Sierra Club...
Mannchen - Forest Service Begins Planning Effort in 2016
July 17, 2015
In 2016, the U.S. Forest Service (FS) will begin a four-year process to revise the existing National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT) forest plan. Usually, forest plans are revised every 10-15 years. However, our existing forest plan is...
EPA Should Fulfill Its Duties - Enforce Title VI of Civil Rights Act
July 16, 2015
Years of civil rights complaints have gone unexamined by the EPA, and this week Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of several groups, including the Sierra Club's Lone Star Chapter, to compel the EPA to fulfill its duties to enforce Title VI of...
With HB 40 on the Books, Will Local Governments Be Able To Make Progress on Badly Damaged Roads?
July 14, 2015
When Denton citizens came together last year to pass an unprecedented local ban on new hydraulic fracturing, retaliation by the powerful oil and gas industry seemed inevitable. With the passage of HB 40 this year, the 84th Legislature and Governor...
La Loma: A Group Poem By Young Scholars For Justice
July 8, 2015
Last month, we posted about La Loma, a special green space in East Austin that has been neglected by the city and strewn with years of toxic trash. ATX EJ leaders and Sierra Club Outings went on a hike with Pete Rivera and his brother Raymond, who...
Sierra Club Hires Reggie James As Permanent Chapter Director
July 7, 2015
The Executive Committee of Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter announced today the hiring of Reggie James as its permanent Chapter Director. James had been serving as Interim Director since January, and led the Lone Star Chapter during the 84th...
Bad Air Days Are Back – Is Your City Affected?
July 6, 2015
Texans associate a lot of things with our hot summers: swimming holes, trips to the coast, and warm nights spent outside with the fireflies to name a few. Unfortunately for Texans in urban areas, the unstoppable heat also harkens the arrival of...
The Lone Star Sierran - June 2015
July 1, 2015
Our New Chapter Director, Awards Banquet, Plus Our Legislative Wrap Up and Much More!
Lege Update – June: It’s Over But It’s Not Over
June 29, 2015
June 1, 2015, was the official end of the 2015 Legislative Session… at least the regular session. There are always rumors of special session brewing. Here are some highlights from the perspective of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter.