Texas elected officials, industry leaders, and environmental organizations...
AUSTIN –A group of bipartisan state legislators, business leaders and conservation and civic organizations wrote the Texas congressional delegation today urging them to invest in water infrastructure...
View ArticleSenate Approves Aid for Communities Facing Lead-Contaminated Drinking Water
AUSTIN – This afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted to authorize funding to address drinking water contaminated with lead in Flint and other communities across the country. The safe drinking water funding...
View ArticleClimate Campaign Puts UT on Notice: Reduce Methane Emissions at Your West...
AUSTIN - At various UT System campuses today, Environment Texas called on University of Texas administrators to reduce the climate-damaging methane emissions occurring at oil and gas facilities on land...
View ArticleEnvironment Texas Endorses Pete Gallego for Congress
AUSTIN - Environment Texas today announced its endorsement of Pete Gallego for the 115th United States Congress. Environment Texas’ Director, Luke Metzger, released the following statement:“From...
View ArticleChildren and Elderly at Risk from “Dangerous and Close” Fracking
FORT WORTH –More than 437,000 kindergarten through twelfth grade children in Texas attend school within one mile of a fracked oil or gas well, putting them at increased risk of health impacts from...
View ArticleCounter to utility claims, solar users provide net benefits
AUSTIN – Solar panels provide pollution free energy that delivers far reaching benefits to the environment and the electric grid, said a new report released today by Environment Texas Research &...
View ArticleEnvironment Texas endorses Prop 1, maps out 50 steps towards carbon-free...
AUSTIN – Environment Texas today announced its endorsement of Austin Proposition 1, a $720 million transportation bond that makes the biggest investment in carbon-free transportation in Austin’s...
View ArticleHaunted Protest: Students, activists ask UT to cut frightening pollution
AUSTIN – Halloween costumed students and activists gathered outside UT Chancellor McRaven's office today to ask him to insist oil companies which lease UT land cut the global warming pollution...
View ArticleScott Pruitt is the Wrong Choice for EPA
According to press reports, President-elect Trump has chosen Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA. Environment Texas Director, Luke Metzger, issued the following statement in...
View ArticleBrazilian energy company Petrobras faces clean air lawsuit for violations at...
HOUSTON – Environment Texas and Sierra Club announced today that they intend to sue Pasadena Refining System, Inc. (PRSI) in federal court for violations of the federal Clean Air Act at its Pasadena,...
View ArticleCodeNext Can Be Used To Reduce Austin Flooding
AUSTIN – Environment Texas released a new report today that describes how Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) can be used to make a significant reduction in both flood severity & water pollution...
View ArticleGreen Stormwater Infrastructure Can Improve Houston’s Water Quality
HOUSTON – Environment Texas released a new report today that describes how Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) can be used to make a significant reduction in both runoff pollution and flood severity...
View Article65% of Texas schools which have tested for lead have found unsafe levels
AUSTIN – 65 percent of Texas schools which have tested for lead in drinking water have measured unsafe levels, according to Environment Texas. An analysis by Environment Texas gave Texas a grade of F...
View ArticleTrump signs dirty water executive order
“President Trump's order turns the mission of the Environmental Protection Agency on its head: Instead of protecting the drinking water sources for 1 in 3 Americans, he is telling the EPA to stop...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups sue Petrobras for Clean Air Act violations at Pasadena,...
HOUSTON – Environment Texas and Sierra Club announced today that they have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Pasadena Refining System, Inc. (PRSI) for thousands of persistent violations of the...
View ArticleReport: Colleges and Universities Can Lead America’s Shift to 100 Percent...
AUSTIN - America’s colleges and universities are positioned to lead the transition to 100 percent renewable energy, according to a report released today by Environment Texas Research & Policy...
View ArticleTrump to sign order rolling back Clean Power Plan
“Calling climate change a ‘hoax’ won’t stop temperatures or sea level from rising. We can tackle the climate crisis by investing in science and clean, renewable energy, but only if we move boldly and...
View ArticleSolar increases by a third in Houston in 2016
AUSTIN - Solar capacity in Houston increased by 33 percent in 2016, according to a new report released today by Environment Texas Research & Policy Center. “By using solar power, we can reduce...
View ArticleHouston’s health at risk with 107 dirty air days in 2016
HOUSTON – Preliminary data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows that Houston experienced an uptick in unhealthy smog days in 2016, increasing the risk of asthma attacks and other health...
View ArticleUT Faculty Urge University Lands to Reduce Methane Pollution
AUSTIN – Faculty of the University of Texas System released a letter today urging UT Chancellor McRaven to reduce the climate-damaging methane emissions occurring at oil and gas facilities on land...
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