ICN Texas

Hardline Conservative Wins Republican Primary for Texas Oil and Gas Regulator

Bo French prevailed over incumbent Jim Wright after a primary campaign focused more on Islamophobia and deportations than oil and gas regulation.

By Martha Pskowski

Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency to December as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought

By Dylan Baddour, Emily Salazar

Corpus Christi Leaders Believe Data Center Plans May Be Behind Delays to Emergency Water Supply

By Emily Salazar, Dylan Baddour

Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Jake Bolster

Disaster Declarations Ripple Through South Texas Amid Water Crisis

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT and The Texas Newsroom, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

Corpus Christi Plans to Declare a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church

By Martha Pskowski

Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals

By Arcelia Martin

Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers

By Dylan Baddour

Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

By Wyatt Myskow

Oil Tycoon Funds Far-Right Candidate Challenging Texas Oilfield Regulator

By Martha Pskowski

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

By Arcelia Martin

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

By Dylan Baddour

Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.

By Dan Gearino

Why Doesn’t Texas, the Leader of Onshore Wind Energy, Have Any Offshore?

By Arcelia Martin

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price