ICN Texas

Retired EV Batteries Scored a New Gig: Bolstering Texas’ Grid

After reaching the end of their automotive careers, the batteries have been repurposed and are online in Texas.

By Arcelia Martin

Texas to Study ‘Batch Zero’ of Data Centers by Late Summer

By Arcelia Martin

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain

ICN Sunday Morning

MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution

By Martha Pskowski, Phil McKenna

Rio Grande Valley Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Protections for Public Lands in Path of Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin

Developer Calls GW Ranch in Pecos County, Texas, the ‘Largest Power Project’ in U.S.

By Dylan Baddour

New Lawsuit Claims ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Permian Basin Injection Wells

By Martha Pskowski

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin

A Town’s Opposition to Proposed Power Lines Sparks Discussion About the Cost of Texas’ Growth

By Arcelia Martin

Meta Wants Data Center in Sunny El Paso to Rely on Natural Gas

By Martha Pskowski

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’

By Arcelia Martin

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Adam Mahoney, Capital B

The Loosely Regulated Petrochemical Barge Industry Is Commandeering a Texas River

By Salina Arredondo, Public Health Watch

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff