Action for a greener, healthier Texas

Victory: Biden administration restores three monuments’ protections

More than 436,000 supporters of Environment America and our national network spoke up to save these monuments. 

Environment Texas calls for increased state park funding

Right now, Texans are becoming far too familiar with overcrowded, underfunded, not-so-great outdoors. 

Trouble in the Air

Millions of Americans breathed polluted air in 2020. Learn more.

Trash in America

The United States produces too much waste. Find out more about what’s in our trash, where it goes — and what we should do with it.

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Legislature funds program to get underserved communities outdoors

$40 million from coronavirus relief bill will fund Texas Parks and Wildlife grant program

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Hundreds of voices are speaking up for big blue

More than 250 community leaders joined the movement to protect our oceans by signing up to become “Voices for Our Oceans.”

Report | Environment Texas Research and Policy Center

Illegal Air Pollution in Texas, 2020

A recession across the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries caused in part by the COVID19 pandemic led to a decline in production. This pandemic-driven slowdown in production caused a drop in unauthorized emissions in 2020, according to a report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.  Preliminary 2021 industry emissions reports indicate that the pollution drop is likely to be short lived unless state and federal regulators ramp up environmental enforcement and eliminate pollution loopholes.

News Release | Environment Texas Research and Policy Center

Illegal Air Pollution in Texas Declined 54% During COVID Recession

Texas industries reported releasing 46 million pounds of illegal air pollution in 2020, a decrease of 54 percent from 2019 caused by the COVID-19 economic downturn, according to state data analyzed by the Environmental Integrity Project and the Environment Texas Research and Policy Center.

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Electrify UPS: A zero emission shipping strategy

In order to address climate change, the shipping industry must dramatically reduce global warming emissions by electrifying their trucking fleets.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.