News Room
Opinion: More than ever, the fight for clean air and water is in your hands
March 3, 2026
Coastal Bend Current
Brion Oaks writes that with Trump trashing federal environmental protections and Texas bending over backwards to support polluting industry, local communities must now lead the fight. And they are.
The Texas AI boom is outpacing water regulations
February 4, 2026
Texas Observer
Each AI data center can “drink” as much as an entire community, but Texas does not require these tech firms to disclose projected or actual water consumption.
Corpus Christi City Council discusses drought exemption fees for industry, no vote taken
January 27, 2026
KIII-TV
City leaders revisited drought exemption fees for industrial water users Tuesday, explaining how the program works and why no immediate changes are expected.
Texas environmental agency struggles with backlogs after years of budget cuts, study finds
December 18, 2025
KERA News
A recent study shows the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality has struggled to keep up with enforcement claims amid years of cuts to the agency’s budget by state lawmakers.
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
November 6, 2025
Coastal Bend Current
Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after an explosion at a local ammonia production plant.
Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant
October 6, 2025
Inside Climate News
In August a judge struck down the local school board’s decision to negotiate tax breaks for Exxon, following an environmentalist’s lawsuit.
Bitcoin Mining Site Quietly Begins Pulling Water Amid Corpus Christi Drought
September 15, 2025
Chisme Collective
In Corpus Christi, a bitcoin mining operation has quietly begun draining about 3 million gallons of water per month to cool its hardware.
Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble
September 3, 2025
Inside Climate News
The Corpus Christi City Council moved to cancel a contract for a seawater desalination plant at the end of a rancorous, 13-hour public meeting.
A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City
August 12, 2025
Inside Climate News
Gulf Coast residents brought their fight against fossil fuel finance to corporate headquarters, connecting local pollution battles with global solidarity movements.
'Forever chemicals' were found in the Inner Harbor. What does that mean for desalination?
July 15, 2025
Corpus Christi Caller Times
A report revealed the presence of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor, the proposed source of water for a desalination plant.
What is chlorine gas, the plastic ingredient and chemical weapon that leaked into Brazosport in May?
June 10, 2025
Houston Chronicle
Chlorine gas seeped out of a massive industrial complex in Brazosport and travelled downwind toward surrounding communities such as Clute, Lake Jackson and Richwood.
A Thirsty Tesla Refinery Could Exacerbate Corpus Christi’s Water Crisis
May 15, 2025
Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.
OPINION: Stop Sacrificing the Coastal Bend for Corporate Profit
April 4, 2025
A newly-published study has delivered a message that Coastal Bend leaders urgently need to hear: traditional methods of evaluating health risks from industrial pollution don’t tell the real story.
Houston police arrest eight protesters outside CERAWeek energy conference
March 10, 2025
Houston Chronicle
Houston police arrested eight climate protesters Monday after they linked arms to briefly block a street next to CERAWeek, an energy conference that draws oil and gas executives.
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas
February 5, 2025
Grist
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
U.S. Oil and Gas Jobs Plummet Despite Record Production
January 15, 2025
OilPrice.com
U.S. oil and gas companies are using automation and outsourcing to reduce their workforce, despite record production levels. The industry is not expected to see job growth, and wages are declining.
A Shrimper’s Crusade Pays Big Dividends on a Remote Stretch of Texas Coastline
December 24, 2024
Inside Climate News
Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to “the bay and the fishermen.”
Corpus Christi’s First Water-Desalination Plant Could Create “Dead Zones”
December 12, 2024
The large-scale facility for removing salt from seawater is set to be built where experts have warned it could do considerable damage to marine life in the city’s namesake bay.
Heat-related deaths keep piling up in Texas even as candidates shy from climate
September 15, 2024
Texas A&M climate scientist suggests surging heat - and heat-related deaths - may finally deliver an 'oh shit' moment for a state riding on heat-generating fossil fuels.
American cities are getting unbearably hot. These ones are roasting the most.
August 13, 2024
Human-caused climate change is turbocharging heat all over the country, but it’s most intense in cities, where more than 260 million Americans live. Of the 10 cities that recorded the biggest increase since the mid-70s, seven are in Texas.