Plastic Pellet Free Waters for Texas
Texans deserve waters free from microplastics. Let’s hold manufacturers to the same standards we hold ourselves to and stop spilling pellets in our waterways.
Tell Greg Abbott: Take action on plastic pellet pollution
Plastic pellets have become the second greatest primary source of ocean microplastics and pose a serious threat to marine life.
Environment Texas has one mission: to protect the natural world. We advocate ideas and actions to shift Texas onto a greener, healthier path.
The Latest
Sued for plastic pollution, Dow asks Texas regulators for permission to discharge pellets
Texas Nature & Energy Project
Updates
Clean energy additions to break records in 2026
Victory! Dallas convention center to be built bird-friendly
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
House of Representatives to vote this week on bill to gut energy efficiency standards
Solar permitting scorecard
A majority of states have done little to adopt common-sense practices that reduce the costs and delays that permitting and inspection requirements impose on families wishing to install solar panels and batteries.
Environment Texas is a first-rate maverick nonprofit determined to keep the Lone Star State's wildlife plentiful, wetlands bountiful, and forests in tact for future generations to enjoy.Douglas Brinkley, Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University and author of Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening.
“A first-rate maverick nonprofit”
"The bravery and ambition of Environment Texas borders on lunacy. I love it."Ben Masters, Director and Founder, Fin & Fur Films
“Environment Texas’ bold visions are exactly what Texas needs right now”
I continue to support Environment Texas because of the effectiveness of the organization over a wide area of issues, both statewide and nationally, that I believe are essential for all citizens’ health and well-being.Barbara Grace Vinson, Member, Environment Texas
Why I continue to support Environment Texas
Oftentimes when they are out at night, moving from field to field looking for prey, they’ll travel along dirt roads, county roads.Mark Howery, Nongame Biologist, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Oklahoma: Protecting the swift fox, looking for footprints
It took our home...and it stole our natureSuzanne Franklin, Permian Basin Resident
