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You are receiving lots of emails from us — only because the legislative session is in its final days (May 27th is the last day) AND we have a strategically important TEST CASE on groundwater protection in Bastrop & Lee Counties coming to a head NEXT WEDNESDAY.  Be sure to share the flier below this message. Here’s what you need to know and do now! 1.  Write a letter to the editor of your local paper(s) and tell them the Governor’s threat to hold a Special Session on water is

Two important items for protection our groundwater require your participation! Lee County Reminder this Monday night, April 8, 6 pm, Giddings Library! Flier attached here. Independent Texans and Environmental Stewardship will prepare you information for the CRITICAL Lost Pines Groundwater District Hearing on the 17th.  Spread the word, please!  You can also call or email your county commissioners here and Judge Fischer here. Bastrop County please come to the Bastrop County Co

We all know that water profiteers have had their eyes on the Simsboro formation of the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer, underlying Bastrop and Lee counties, for some time now. (Make sure you’ve read our media release here.) Last week the Texas House passed HB 4, lining up $2B from the Rainy Day Fund to fund pipelines to move water around the state, despite the House analysis stating that not enough money was allocated to conservation!  (More soon on this topic.) Please come to these t

There is a growing call for public hearings from  Texas landowners and residents in NE Texas who are facing potential eminent domain seizures of their land for the Keystone XL/TransCanada pipeline.  The following organizations are doing this together:  Independent Texans, We Texans, Texans for Accountable Government, Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom. Please sign this petition/letter to State Representative and Chair of the Land and Resource Management Committee, Rene Oli

Release:  Grassroots declare victory, issues warning! The Texas Water War is now officially on.  The filing deadline for candidates in all parties, or as independent/non-unaffiliated, is December 15th.  The courts are now drawing the lines, as the legislature made fatal errors. The upcoming election is a great opportunity. Independent Texans is looking for candidates! We will call a meeting real soon. Meanwhile, get this poster out across Texas land! Post it around town and e

Thanks to the hundreds of you who signed petitions and/or who showed up today at the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) meeting. While the Board got our message – that we organizing — we also got out-maneuvered. The Simsboro Project was approved once again — but we expected that. However, what we didn't expect is a claim by the TWDB that because the Groundwater Districts still have the right to deny permits to private water vendors, we should have nothing to fear. What th

This just in from Judith McGeary and the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance. Before you give thanks for the food on your table, give your US Senators Hutchison & Cornyn a call at 202-224-3121 or go to www.senate.gov For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness’s perspective, the bill was a win-win: they could absorb the costs of the regulations because of their size; they’d gain