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Eat Pizza to Save the Aquifer!

July 5, 2011

California Pizza Kitchen is sponsoring great food for a great cause. Now giving back is as easy as enjoying a meal with your family and friends. On July 13th, 2011 the Alamo Quarry location of California Pizza Kitchen will donate 20% of all its proceeds from take-out, catering, dine-in, and alcohol sales to the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance. It has never been this easy to protect your Aquifer! All you have to do is print out this flyer and bring it in with you anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on July 13th show up, and enjoy a great meal

GEAA Benefactor dies at age 68

July 5, 2011

Price, 68, was a lifelong philanthropist Wayne Hollomon Price, who helped fund foundations and charitable organizations that supported environmental awareness and preservation, died May 19th. It is rare that a Texan so amply demonstrates such a deep and abiding commitment to preserving our environment, as did Ms. Hollomon Price. We will miss her greatly, and are forever indebted to her generosity and foresight that enabled GEAA to become the organization that we are today.

House Action Takes Away Your Rights to Protect Against Pollution

July 1, 2011

Watch this video clip to learn about actions in the State Legislature that will take away your right to protect your property from pollution. Representative Craig Eiland discusses the impact of the Bonnen Amendment to SB 875. Take action today, let your State Senator know that you oppose the Bonnen Amendment to SB 875 to give polluters immunity from civil suits.

State Representatives Discuss Ramifications of Chisum Amendment

April 25, 2011

Watch this video clip of State Representatives Anchia and Solomons discussing the ramifications to all Texans of the Chisum amendment (Amendment #40) to the TCEQ Sunset Bill (HB 2694). This motion passed by a 2:1 vote on April 19th. Thanks to Alliance for Clean Texas for providing this footage. Check out their site for more information and footage of testimony.

Chisum Amendment to TCEQ Bill Passes – see how your rep voted

April 20, 2011

Citizens across Texas suffered a significant loss of their rights protect private property and water resources when the State House of Representatives voted last night to adopt the Chisum amendment to the TCEQ Sunset Legislation. Even sadder, the 96 to 44 vote wasn’t even close. See how your representative voted here. Of our Hill Country Delegation who represent you: John Garza, Larry Gonzalez, Harvey Hildebran, Jason Isaac, Tracy King, Edmund Kuempel, Lyle Larson, Doug Miller and Charles Schwertner voted for the Chisum amendment to gut your ability to contest TCEQ permits. Deserving of our thanks for opposing the bill are Roland

GEAA opposes Chisum Amendment

April 19, 2011

A very serious threat to our ability to control pollution here in Texas is coming up in the House of Representatives today (Tuesday, April 19th). State Rep. Warren Chisum will attempt to sully HB 2694 – the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) “sunset” legislation – with an amendment that is identical to HB 3037 that would gut the process for contesting TCEQ permits – a process that currently allows citizens to improve pollution control permits or even stop the issuance of permits for bad projects. Specifically, the Chisum amendment is designed to give polluters yet another advantage in the contested

Digging into healthy soil to battle climate change

October 12, 2023

By: Deborah Reid-Technical Director, Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, for the Express News Oct 3,2023 Perhaps you are familiar with the vital role healthy soils play

Austin joins fight against proposed private dam on South Llano River

September 21, 2023

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 Austin Monitor BY NINA HERNANDEZ GEAA sends letter urging the city’s support of the resolution to seek a contested case hearing.

77 groups including GEAA join the Texas Coalition for State Parks to educate Texans on $1 billion dollar Centennial Parks Conservation Fund

September 8, 2023

Focus Daily News August 31, 2023 November 7th 2023 is a very important date for all Texans! GEAA is proud to join the Texas Coalition

SB 2038-Development in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction and what it means for the environmentally sensitive hill country

August 29, 2023

In an Aug 24, 2023 interview with KLRN Public Television On The Record host Randy Beamer, our Executive Director Annalisa Peace delves into what a

Key update will help San Antonio better track carbon emissions

August 29, 2023

Express News Op Ed by Rachel Hanes and Jim Smyle Aug 20, 2023 GEAA’s Policy Director Rachel Hanes and Technical Director Jim Smyle cover the

A Comal County ranch owner ponders selling his land, setting off another clash between property rights and environmental concerns

July 14, 2023

TEXAS TRIBUNE BY NOAH ALCALA BACH JULY 13, 2023 When the owner applied for a state permit that could pave the way for a subdivision, neighbors and