Press Releases

Lone Star Chapter Publications

Texas BlueGreen Apollo Program
December 2011
(2,127 KB) large file

Texas Legislature Voting Records, 1993-2011 are available in PDF format.

Studies the voting records of individual members of the Texas Legislature. A short narrative describes the bills tracked by the Sierra Club and each legislator's recorded votes.

SIERRA CLUB
ENVIRONMENTAL
VOTING RECORDS
FOR THE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE

Lessons From the Stimulus American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transportation Spending and Accountability in Texas
(Printable high resolution file here)

Living Waters of Texas Allied with the Texas Living Waters Project (a joint education and policy initiative of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Environmental Defense Fund, among others), editor Ken Kramer joins his fellow activists in a call to keep rivers flowing, to protect wildlife habitat, and to save tax dollars by using water efficiently and sustainably. Photos by Charles Kruvand.

Lone Star Sierran
The newsletter of the Lone Star Chapter. Published quarterly through Fall, 2009 and as special issues since 2009.

Drop by Drop
Water Conservation Strategies from 19 Texas Cities, March 2010; 51 pages, PDF (2.45 MB)

Desalination: Is It Worth Its Salt?
A Primer on Brackish and Seawater Desalination, Processes, Concerns, Costs and Experience in Texas; 40 pages, PDF (744 KB)

Protect the Borderlands from the Border Wall
Endangered Wildlife Habitat Threatened by Homeland Security Border Wall, 12 pages, Fall 2008

Alternative Water Management Strategies for the 2006 South Central Texas Water Plan
Promotes aggressive conservation, expanded groundwater storage and responsible drought management. 31 pages

Sierra Club Water Sentinels Water Quality Report on the Bosque and Leon River Watersheds
Data collected by volunteer Sierra Club Water Sentinels 2002-2004 related to industrial dairy operations on historical water quality in two rivers in North Central Texas

2004 Houston Water Conference Proceedings
Great speakers, timely topics, brief reports, and presentations at the 2004 Houston Water Conference: Water and the Future of the Texas Coast (a Water for People and the Environment conference).

Water Loss from Texas Water Suppliers
Due to water leaks, inaccurate meters and theft, 10% - 14% of the water produced by Texas water utilities is unaccounted-for or lost.

What is Low Level Radioactive Waste and Why Should I Care?
Designed to give Texans information about "Low Level" Radioactive Wastes issues so they can get involved in the decision making process.

Grassroots Organizing on Texas Water Issues
A publication designed to provide information to help Texans get involved in the decision making process for water issues.

Facts About Texas Water
A publication designed to give Texans basic information about this important resource and how to use and protect it. Available only in PDF format.

Facts About Your Water Supply
An overview of various water management and protection entities at the state, regional, and local level.
Also in Spanish: Su Suministro de Agua

Murky Waters: Industrial Dairies and the Failure to Regulate
A Texas Water Sentinels Campaign reporting water pollution resulting from industrial dairies in the Bosque and Leon River watersheds of North Central Texas.
(9 MB)

Special Places of Texas
A publication highlighting significant areas of Texas in need of conservation, Special Places intends to raise public awareness and build public support.

Mountain or Molehill?
Low Level Radioactive Waste in Texas
A study focusing on the foundations for discussion of low-level radioactive waste management policy: How much waste is produced in Texas by whom, how much space it takes up, and how this waste relates to the need for a new dump site. (953 KB)