State Capitol Report

A Publication of the Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter. The State Capitol Report is available here online in PDF format. (Acrobat Viewer required)

2005 Archive

December 22, 2005

State Parks System in Financial Crisis

Big Breaks for Polluters: State Collects Only 14% of Potential Fines for Air Pollution

Administrative Law Judges Deny Sierra Club Standing in Radioactive Waste Storage License Contested Case Hearing

Arctic Drilling Issue Still Not Settled

November 30, 2005

November 22, 2005

TCEQ Seeks Public Input on Penalty Policy

Interim Study Charges Announced for Texas House (continued from 11/22 issue)

Citizens Raise Concerns about the Largest of Seven Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants

On the Waterfront

Coal-Fired Power Plants Proposed in Texas

Interim Study Charges Announced for Texas House of Representatives

November 10, 2005

August 24, 2005

Texas Parks and Wildlife Begins Implementing New Land Transaction Procedures

Central Texas Land Trusts Meet in Bastrop

Correction

Urgent! Protect Big Bend Ranch State Park

Kentucky Power Plant Decision Has Lesson for Texas

Sierra Club Seeks Disclosure of Secret Waste Management Plans

Public Meeting on Region K Water Plan Set for September 7 in Austin

August 5, 2005

July 7, 2005

Oilfield Waste Contamination in East Texas Ignored

Updates on Regional Water Plan Public Meetings and Hearings

Public Meeting on Region H Water Plan Set for August 11 in Houston

Public Meetings and Comment Periods on Revised Regional Water Plans set for Summer and Early Fall

Water Legislation Introduced, Moving in Special Session

Sierra Club Proposes Alternative Water Strategies for Region L (South Central Texas)

June 10, 2005

May 19, 2005

Wrap-up on State Agency Appropriations: Budgets of Natural Resource Agencies Shrink

Legislative Session a Defensive Victory: But Historic Opportunities Missed

Legislative Session Nears Conclusion: No Final Outcome for Many Water Issues

State Budget Report Offers 13 Ways to Green the State Budget

Water Sentinels Report: Water Pollution in Bosque and Leon River Watersheds

May 6, 2005

March 29, 2005

Conservation Groups Hail Senate Passage of Senate Bill 3

Water Quality Protections under Attack in Legislature

Radioactive Waste is Coming Sooner than you Think

Sierra Club, Others Push for Answers on Radioactive Waste at Legislature

Budget Ax Falls on Natural Resource Agencies

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