Please take action now to let your legislators AND the Chair and Vice Chair of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation, as well as members of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development, who will next hear the bill, know that we want better!
The 88th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature was marked by fierce infighting between our House and Senate, controlled both indirectly by Governor Greg Abbott’s wishes and directly by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s gavel on the Senate side. Governor Abbott vetoed myriad Senate bills as “payback” to the Senate for resisting his agenda to cut property taxes.
In this Issue: Injection Wells for Carbon Capture & Storage in Texas | Sign the petition: Don’t let carbon waste injection poison our water future | Fall Elections in Texas: How Did the Environment Fare? | Something’s Rotten in the State of… Garbage! Methane Landfill Emissions in Texas | Austin I-35 Expansion Concerns | National News: Urge Your Elected Officials To Protect ALL Of Our Water! | The Clean Water Act of 2023 | We Can Get The Lead Out Of Drinking Water | Federal Budget Update
In this Issue: The Clean Water Act One-Two Punch: Defend & Strengthen | Clean Power = Clean Water | Texas Legislature’s 88th Session | Spring for Water Benefit & Bash | The Sun Sets & Also Rises on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | Houston Flood Equity Victory
In this Issue: Texas Two-Step: Defending Democracy & Electing Environmental Leaders This Fall | Mark Your Calendars with Important Election Dates | Our Endorsed Candidates | The Devil’s in the Details: Water Forward and Green Infrastructure for Austin | Climate Change: Making the Case for “One Water” | Aren’t ALL waters in the U.S. “Waters of the United States”? Sackett & WOTUS in Texas | Solar Edit: Sunset on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality