PUC Report: Texas Can Meet Growing Energy Needs with Efficiency Measures; Efficiency Investments Could Save Texas Consumers $11.9 Billion
Sierra Club Adopts State Legislative Priorities for 2009; 81st Texas Legislature Opens Session on January 13
12 Steps for a Cool Texas: 12 steps the Legislature and Governor could take in the 2009 session to increase energy efficiency, on-site and off-site renewable energy
Sierra Club and Public Citizen Call on Governor to Support Regulation of Greenhouse Gases; Governor’s Panel Should Promote Clean Energy and Green Jobs
Environmental & Natural Resource Briefs: Water Conservation; Sunset Review of Parks & Wildlife; Desalination
TDHCA Board Adopts New “Green, Solar” Rules for the 2009 Federal Housing Tax Credit Program; Support from Sierra Club and Housing Advocates
Senate Business and Commerce Committee Discusses Global Warming, Texas Energy Future
Mexican-American Caucus, Rep. Lucio III hold Public Meeting on the Texas Border Wall;
Sierra Club, Local Mayors Call for Alternatives
New Alliance Calls for Moratorium on Uranium Exploration and Mining in Drinking Water Aquifers in Texas; Releases Study on Groundwater Contamination by Uranium Mining
Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs Issues Report on State Parks;
Report Confirms that State Parks Are Natural Economic Assets to Texas
Sierra Club State Legislative Workshop Set for Austin November 15;
Get a Preview of What’s in Store for the Environment at the Texas Legislature in 2009; Find Out How YOU Can Influence Legislative Action in the Session
Joint Task Force on the Use of Sales Tax on Sporting Goods, October 29, 2008, 11:00 AM; Committee will take Invited Testimony
A Few Thoughts about Hurricane Ike –
and How We Move Forward
Loophole in “Clean Energy Bill” Takes Gas Plants off Tax Roles;
Appraisal Districts, Sierra Club, Urban Counties Alarmed at Interpretation of HB 3732
Sierra Club and Others Call on PUC to Take Action for Solar and Other “Non-Wind” Renewables; Groups Urge PUC to Jumpstart 500 MW Renewable Energy Requirement on Electric Utilities
Sierra Club Sues RUS over Failure to Make Public Information about Costs of Sandy Creek Coal Plant
Sierra Club Members Raise Concerns about Proposed Radioactive Waste Dump in Andrews County; Sierra Club Will Seek Contested Case on Draft License
Senate Natural Resources Committee Holds Interim Hearing in Arlington;
Hearing Focused on Air Pollution from Coal Plants, Cement Kilns, Barnett Shale Gas Operations, and Mobile Sources
Solar-Powered and Energy-Efficient Homes for Low-Income Families:
Upcoming TDHCA Hearings Provide Opportunity for Support
Sierra Club Files Notice of Intent to Sue Luminant (TXU);
Thousands of Air Pollution Violations Noted at Company’s Martin Lake Coal-Fired Power Plant
Public Utility Commission Approves Expansive Wind Transmission Plan;
Major Step Forward – But Could Have Been Bolder
Department of Housing & Community Affairs Ups Budget Request for Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program;
Move Follows Request by Sierra Club;
Table of Low-Income Weatherization Needs
Border Wall and the Sierra Club Wildlife and Endangered Species Committee
Memorial Day 2008 Energy Star Products Sales Tax Holiday;
State Senator Rodney Ellis, Sierra Club, Texas Retailers Association Promote Tax Holiday
Radioactive Waste License on May 21 TCEQ Agenda; Sierra Club Seeking Contested Case Hearing on Proposed License
Citizens Rally Against Coal Plants at Dynegy Shareholder Meeting in Houston;
Investments in New Coal Could Go Up in Smoke
Sierra Club Launches Multi-state Effort to Cut Mercury, Toxic Pollution;
Club Moves to Secure Health Protections from New Coal-Fired
Power Plants;
Two Texas Plants Targeted, Another Plant May Be Added
EPA Proposed to Strengthen Air Standard for Lead; Controls Would Reduce Lead Air Pollution and Protect Children's Health But EPA Proposal Itself Needs to be Strengthened
Earth Day 2008: Sierra Club Touts “Green Jobs” in Waco
House Energy Resources Committee Looks at the Promises and Drawbacks of Biofuels and Alternative Energy Sources
Texas Senate Committees Examines Electricity Demand and Its Environmental Impacts
Another Setback for a Coal-Fired Power Plant in Texas;
Environmental Groups Win a Victory for Public Health
After delay, Public Utility Commission Approves Rule On Metering for Solar Panels;
No “Net-Metering” on Transmission, But Perhaps on Retail
Sierra Club Presents “12-Step Plan” to House Select Committee on Electric Generation;
Calls for Greater Investments in Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Environmental Integrity Project Report Finds That the Nation’s Power Plant Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Rose Three Per Cent in 2007
Biggest One-Year Jump in a Decade; Emissions in Texas Increased the Most
TCEQ Releases Draft License for Radioactive Byproduct Waste
Sierra Club: TCEQ E.D. is Ignoring the Public and the Law
Sierra Club Coastal Public Forums - 2008 Registration Form
New Ozone Air Pollution Standard Puts Public Health at Risk
EPA Falls Short on Science
Clean Air, Cool Cities
SOLUTIONS for TEXAS
Sierra Club to Hold More Coastal Public Forums in May
Events Will Focus on Matagorda & San Antonio Bays
Sierra Club Coastal Public Forums - 2008 Registration Form
Are They Still National Parks If
You Can’t See Them?
TCEQ Claims It Can’t Achieve Natural Visibility at
Guadalupe Mountains until 2081, at Big Bend until 2155!!!
Express Your Opinion to TCEQ by February 22!
NRC Suspends Deadline for Intervention in Nuclear Plant Licensing
Environmental Groups Welcome Decision on South Texas Project
Border Battle to Continue as TCEQ Renews ASARCO Smelter Permit
Wind and Wildlife – Trying to Find the Balance
Mark Your Calendars!!
From Policy to Reality: Advanced Urban Water Conservation
in Texas
Annual State Water Conference... April 18, 2008 - Austin
Christmas Mountains Ranch Remains in Public Hands;
Eventual Status of Land Still to be Determined
Special Interim Committee on Energy and Environment Begins Work
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds First Public Meeting on New Nuke Plant in Decades in Bay City; Sierra Club Raises Concerns
Lone Star
Chapter Sets Conservation & Goals for 2008 and
2009
Environmental Defense and Sierra Club Challenge State's Weak Adherence to Clean Air Acts's Permitting Program
Nuclear Engineer Arjun Makhijani Outlines Transition
to Clean Energy;
Texas Book Tour Itinerary: Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free: Roadmap to a U.S. Energy Policy
State Capitol Briefs: NRG Limestone Coal Plant; Christmas Mountains; House Select Committee to Meet
Sierra Club Sues Shell Oil Company;
Fact Sheet: Air Pollution From "Emission Events" at
Shell Deer Park
New Uranium Mining Activity Approvals Sought; South Texans
Express Concerns
Lone Star Chapter Says Scrap Border Wall; More Public Meetings
Planned for Eagle Pass and Del Rio
