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- EIN 56-2591697
- 512-479-0388
- 200 E 30th St Austin TX 78705 USA
- www.environmenttexas.org/center
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Causes: Environment
Mission: We all want clean air, clean water and open spaces. But it takes independent research and tough-minded advocacy to win concrete results for our environment, especially when powerful interests stand in the way of environmental progress. That’s the idea behind Environment Texas Research and Policy Center. We focus exclusively on protecting Texas’ air, water and open spaces. We speak out and take action at the local, state and national levels to improve the quality of our environment and our lives.
Results: 1. Christmas Mountains saved The Christmas Mountains will remain open to the public after Texas’ School Land Board voted to reject the sale of the mountains to private investors. We helped make the case by generating news stories and more than 10,000 petition signatures. In 2008, the Austin Chronicle presented Environment Texas with a “Best of Austin” award for our work. 2. Clean energy thriving Last summer, the Public Utilities Commission of Texas approved an Environment Texas-backed plan to build enough power lines to transmit more than 18,000 megawatts of wind power to Texas cities. That’s enough electricity to power 4.5 million homes. 3. Neches Wildlife Refuge created In June 2006, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved the establishment of the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge on a beautiful stretch of the Upper Neches River in northeast Texas, thanks to the work of Environment Texas and our allies. 4. Support for solar growing In April 2008, we helped organized the Texas Solar Forum, the largest-ever gathering in Texas of solar industry representatives and advocates. We've written and released five reports on the potential for solar in Texas. And over the summer, our staff collected more than 7,000 petitions, urging Gov. Rick Perry to make solar power a centerpiece of Texas’ energy future.
Geographic areas served: statewide
Programs: Selected programs of Environment Texas Research and Policy Center 1. The Texas Environmental Leadership Program is an exciting program founded by Environment Texas Research & Policy Center with the generous support of Houston Endowment. The Texas Environmental Leadership Program was created to help Texas college students study, learn about, and act on the pressing environmental challenges facing our state. The program also serves to connect community groups with needed, trained interns and help identify and train potential staff for these groups. 2. Clean Energy. The center conducts regular research on the potential of clean energy to improve our environment and help our economy. See our reports at: http://www.environmenttexas.org/reports
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