ICN Texas

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

ERCOT’s performance five years ago left Texans worried about the state grid’s ability to deal with freezing 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

Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

The World’s Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space

By Dylan Baddour

Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

The Texas Power Grid Will Get a Boost from Batteries This Winter

By Arcelia Martin

Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing

By Anika Jane Beamer

How Batteries Could Play a Role in Data Center Rollouts

By Arcelia Martin

ERCOT’s Market is Transitioning Toward Storage and Solar

By Arcelia Martin

A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State

By Lisa Sorg

Greenpeace Scrutinizes the Environmental Record of the Company That Sued the Group

By Martha Pskowski

The Big Bet to Fix the Rio Grande Sewage Problem

By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán

Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds 

By Dylan Baddour