ICN Texas

After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

In both terms, Trump has rolled back or blocked attempts to reduce highly warming methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

By Dylan Baddour

Abandoned Oil Well Spreads Toxic Fumes, Dread Across San Antonio Subdivision

By Martha Pskowski

Texas Land Commissioner Treads Carefully as Trump Border Wall Advances on State Property

By Martha Pskowski

How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija

Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction

By Martha Pskowski

Meta Announces Large Solar Purchase Agreement in Texas, But It’s Powering Some Data Centers With Gas

By Lauren Nutall

Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center

By Martha Pskowski

Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Doubles Down and Defies State Legislature

By Martha Pskowski

A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds

By Dylan Baddour

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Running to Regulate the Texas Oil and Gas Industry

By Martha Pskowski

Hurricanes Routinely Threaten the Texas Coast. But Mass Evacuations Pose Risks of Their Own.

By Elena Bruess, Public Health Watch

There’s No Comprehensive Mailing List for All Texas Data Center Operators

By Arcelia Martin

These States Are Leading the Electricity Generation Boom

By Dan Gearino

Corpus Christi Withholds Water to Wetlands While Lifting Restrictions on Lawns

By Dylan Baddour

Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects

By Dylan Baddour

ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December

By Arcelia Martin

The Trump Administration Has Spent Billions Boosting Gas Exports, Spurring More Fracking

By Nicholas Kusnetz