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Resources for Activists
ACT encourages everyone to become actively involved in democracy by getting informed and taking action. The following resources will help you find and contact your legislator, participate in Texas Commission for Environmental Quality decision making, and research issues.
Note: This page will be updated throughout the 81st Legislative Session. If you are looking for a type of resource that has not been included, please email info@acttexas.org – we will do our best to answer your request and make the resource available on the page.
For a list of the resources that were available on the previous ACT website (www.allianceforcleantexas.org), please see Additional Resources for Citizen Activists.
Citizen Guide for Participating in Government Decisions on Pollution Sources
A comprehensive guide for working with the TCEQ. Written in 2003, the Citizen Guide continues to be a valuable tool. PDFs of each chapter are available for download.
- Citizen Guide, Introduction (pdf)
- Chapter 1: Participating in Agency Decisions (pdf)
- Chapter 2: Complaints and Enforcement (pdf)
- Chapter 3: Changing Existing Laws and Agency Regulations (pdf)
- Chapter 4: Organizing, Politics and Public Education (pdf)
- Chapter 5: Available Resources (pdf)
- Postscript (pdf)
- Appendices (pdf)
2011 ACT Legislative Agenda
ACT's 2011 Legislative Agenda is now available online. In 2011, ACT calls on the Texas Legislature to safeguard our health and our environment by adopting key recommendations in air, clean energy, land, waste & recycling, water and reform of our state government.Latest News from ACT
- Friends, we're pushing the state-wide call until after the veto period is over. We'll send email with details soon. 2011/06/15
- Next ACT state-wide call is next Wednesday (June 15th). Join folks around the state as we review what happened in... http://fb.me/zxGyA4Xl 2011/06/06
- A view of the drought from the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance http://fb.me/IxNmz0Yt 2011/06/02
About ACT
The Alliance For A Clean Texas (ACT) brings together environmental, public interest, consumer rights and religious organizations from around the state dedicated to improving public health, quality of life and the environment in Texas by working for change at the regulatory and legislative levels.

