As the environmental caucus of the Democratic Party, we can recruit, support or oppose candidates based on their environmental standards. We are preparing and promoting local, state, and national legislation to protect the environment.

We are working to:

• End this states' policy of letting big industry pollute, making air quality in parts of Texas among the worst in the nation.

• Provide adequate funding for conservation programs to ease the strain that population growth and urban sprawl have put on wildlife habitat, water resources, and park land.

• Eliminate the chance of out-of-state radioactive waste being dumped in West Texas.

• Create a state gas-guzzler tax for Texans who want to drive vehicles that pollute the air and waste natural resources.

Since we organized, the Texas Environmental Democrats have worked to get the word to government leaders that Texans demand that their natural resources be preserved.

We have done grassroots lobbying at the Texas State Capitol against grandfathered industrial power plants.

We sent questionnaires to state legislative candidates to determine their stand on issues affecting the environment

Our Austin members hosted an awards dinner to honor that area's environmentally friendly legislators and senator.