Sierra Club Statement on the Recommitting of HB 40 to Committee
April 14, 2015
State Representative Drew Darby (R-San Angelo) recommitted the controversial HB 40 back to the House Energy Resources Committee today due to a technicality. The bill would take away the rights of citizens and cities to protect themselves against...
Sierra Club Statement on HB 40, Arlington Gas Well Leak
April 13, 2015
As the Texas House of Representatives prepares to vote on HB 40, which would take away the rights of communities and citizens to protect themselves against pollution and hazardous oil and gas drilling activities, a gas well leak in Arlington, Texas...
Action Alert: We Need You Right Now or the Frackers Win Big in Texas
April 10, 2015
The Texas Legislature is close to passing a bill that would take away the rights of citizens and cities to protect themselves against pollution and hazardous activities. HB 40, a bill heavily influenced by the oil and gas industry, would...
2015 Legislative Update - March - Bevy of Bills Filed as Legislature Picks Up Steam; Efforts to End Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and Undermine City Authority Move Forward
April 9, 2015
Friday the 13th marked the official deadline to file bills in the Texas Legislature. By then, over 4,000 bills were filed in the House and some 2,000 in the Senate, as well as multiple “resolutions” and even a few proposed constitutional amendments...
Shop at HEB in April, Help the Sierra Club Foundation!
April 8, 2015
Do you like food? Do you like the environment? If you answered yes to both questions, shop at H-E-B during the month of April and tear off coupons to support our work! It's fast, simple, and helps organizations like ours a lot!
The Lone Star Sierran - March 2015
March 31, 2015
Bad Bills Take Shape at the Lege; How Texas Can Save 52 Billion Gallons of Water; Texas Outings and more
Cutting Wasteful Lawn Watering in North Central Texas, Houston-Galveston Areas Could Save 52 Billion Gallons of Water
March 26, 2015
The Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation released a report estimating that reasonable restrictions on lawn watering could save Texas billions of gallons of water every year. As shown in Water Conservation by the Yard: Estimating Savings from...
Detelich: The Unintended Consequences of Catalysts: How Marathon Petroleum Stirred Up Bayou Vista
March 19, 2015
Between 8am on January 13, and 6:54am the next day, Marathon Petroleum’s Blanchard Galveston Bay Refinery (formerly owned by BP) in Texas City dumped an estimated 216,000 lbs. of spent catalyst into the air during a major “upset event” when air...
As Austin’s Poverty Crisis Persists, Demand for Affordable Clean Energy Grows
March 17, 2015
By Dave Cortez and Mayté Salazar
Have you ever fallen behind on your bills? What about getting your power, water, or gas service cut off because you fell behind? As Austin confronts a poverty crisis, persistent drought, and ongoing economic...
The Worldwide Coal Boom Is Going Bust: Sierra Club and CoalSwarm Report Details New Data from Global Coal Plant Tracker
March 16, 2015
[Original Post: Sierra Club Press Room, Mar. 16, 2015]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Sierra Club and CoalSwarm released their new report, Boom and Bust: Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline, which details the findings of an extensive...