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Today the Sierra Club urged the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee to recommend a strong, science-based standard to protect Americans from smog. The Committee provides independent advice to the Environmental Protection Agency as it seeks to...

Helping Galveston Bay, Dallas Bag Ban, Rep. Burnam Fights On and More

Ok I’ve written about this before but the pace is getting to be mind-boggling. Every month, ERCOT releases its Monthly Status System Planning Report and the amount of proposed generation keeps growing. And in particular what appears to be winning is...

Improving energy efficiency and demand response will keep the lights on for Texans and insulate the state from future issues arising from extreme weather

Endorsements, Big Bend Trip, Save the Date for Amplify and More

Earlier this month, after the long holiday break and the close of a bitter year of partisan brinkmanship in Washington, the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014, was quietly introduced in both chambers of Congress. Widely known as...

In response to the traffic-logged and ever-growing I-35 corridor, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is studying how passenger rail service could alleviate traffic congestion. The Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study project has reviewed...

Lone Star Sierra Club's Tyson Broad among the recipients in Washington

Earthquakes! Add earthquakes, tremors and sinkholes to the list of possible negative consequences Texans are facing as a result of the growth of oil and gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) throughout the state.

In January, the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter’s Executive Committee elected a new board to govern the organization in 2014. Most notably, Margot Clarke of Austin, formerly the Vice-Chair of the committee, was appointed Chair of the Lone Star...