One type of interest group in Texas is professional interest groups. These particular groups work to protect the interest of professionals, such as teachers, accountants, and doctors. An example is the Texas …show more content…
One organization working for the interests of the environment is the Sierra Club (Champagne and Harpham 166). The chapter of the Sierra Club in Texas works for the interests of ensuring the improvement of air quality, the development of cleaner sources of energy, the preservation of the environment and its wildlife, stabilizing the climate, and preserving water. Organizations like the Sierra Club raise awareness for their cause through litigation, educating the public, and voting people into office whose main interest is protecting the environment (“About Us”). A fourth type of interest group in Texas are those that focus on business. These groups sole purpose is promoting the interest of their business’s industry. Since these groups usually have a significant amount of steady funding, it usually allows them to have access to better resources. This in turn also makes business interest groups some of the most influential. They have access to law firms who can represent them and over time they are able to establish connections within government departments (Champagne and Harpham