Lawmakers and public push Whole Foods to put “Planet Over Plastic” at...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Student PIRG sent 59,000 petitions and a letter signed by more than 40 state lawmakers Thursday to Whole...
View ArticleTexas House committee passes blackout bill, strikes anti-renewable language
Today the Texas House State Affairs committee unanimously approved an amended version of SB 3, legislation responding to the deadly February blackouts. The bill largely strikes language from the...
View ArticleHouse passes modest blackout response bill, rejects anti-renewable energy...
As global warming makes extreme weather more frequent and more severe, we need to batten down the hatches to protect Texas families from blackouts and worse.
View ArticleStatement: Senate transportation bill includes key $350 million to fund...
The Senate Environment and Public Works committee will mark up a bipartisan transportation bill on Wednesday that includes $350 million for wildlife crossings, which would allow animals to safely...
View ArticleAir raid: Legislature repurposes clean air funds for roads
AUSTIN - At least 35 percent of funds dedicated for air quality programs will now instead go to road-building, under legislation sent Tuesday to Gov. Greg Abbott. The raid on clean air funds was a...
View ArticleStatement: Activist investors pick up third Exxon board seat
WASHINGTON -- After a surprise win last week, activist investors have picked up a third ExxonMobil board seat, according to reports. This development will provide additional leverage to press the oil...
View ArticleStatement: Bipartisan bill a big leap forward for America’s clean water...
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021 (H.R. 1915) on Wednesday. The bill would authorize $40 billion over five years...
View ArticleHouse panel advances fix-it-first, carbon-conscious approach to transportation
In a bipartisan vote, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act”...
View ArticleMore problems for Texas’ electric grid could mean long, hot summer
AUSTIN - Four months after widespread power outages shut down Texas, the state’s Electric Reliability Council (ERCOT) is asking Texans to conserve power with temperatures in the 90s -- or even higher...
View ArticleStatement: Target’s new plastic packaging goal is a step in the right direction
The Fortune 50 retailer Target announced a new goal Tuesday to reduce its use of virgin plastic 20 percent by 2025 across its own brand frequency products.
View ArticleStatement: House passes landmark water and transportation bill to restore and...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a legislative package on Thursday that would improve water infrastructure, protect drinking water, and repair and expand our transportation system. The package...
View ArticlePathogens pose risk at 90 percent of Texas beaches
AUSTIN – With Texans returning to local beaches this summer, a new report warns that more work is needed to ensure that all waters are safe for swimming. In 2020, out of 61 Texas beaches tested, 55...
View ArticleStatement: Infrastructure must be a good deal for our health
A bipartisan group of senators met Tuesday afternoon to prepare for a vote planned Wednesday on a $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework that aims to boost federal investment in U.S....
View ArticleGreat American Outdoors Act is bringing more nature to Texas
AUSTIN – Texas parks are getting a badly needed infusion of cash thanks to the Great American Outdoors Act, signed into law one year ago today. Big Bend National Park will get almost $77 million to...
View ArticleEnvironment America urges senators to support the bipartisan infrastructure bill
Outdated infrastructure endangers our health and our environment. The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act makes significant progress towards solving these problems.
View ArticleStatement: New IPCC report underscores need to act on climate
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first global assessment of the science of global warming since 2013 on Monday. The report details the potential catastrophic impacts on...
View ArticleSenate votes to revitalize American infrastructure
The U.S. Senate voted 69 to 30 today to adopt the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a major bipartisan package for transportation, clean water, power infrastructure and broadband. Texas Senators...
View ArticleParks commission votes to protect exceptional habitat near Guadalupe River...
AUSTIN --- Today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) voted to protect 515 acres of land near Guadalupe River State Park slated for a new housing development. The development could have led...
View ArticleSTATEMENT: Tropical Storm Nicholas bears down on Texas
AUSTIN, Texas -- For the sixth time in the past three months, a tropical storm or a hurricane is aiming for the now-waterlogged United States’ Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Nicholas, which is poised to...
View ArticleStatement: Federal regulators make wrong decision in allowing new nuclear...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a private company’s plan Monday to store nuclear waste in the Permian Basin of West Texas.
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