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Can the Blue Wave Turn the Tide Against Border Wall Construction in Texas?

From Congress to the Texas Statehouse, Democrats will have more influence over border policy. But the Trump administration still has billions to spend on the wall.

By Martha Pskowski

People rally against Big Bend National Park border wall construction on Aug. 28 in San Antonio. Credit: Alma E. Hernandez/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images
Gina Hinojosa takes the stage as she is announced as the next governor of Texas during her watch party in Austin on Tuesday. Credit: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Democrats’ Victory in Texas Raises Potential for Environmental Reform 

By Arcelia Martin, Dylan Baddour

Political signs in Corpus Christi promote the proposed charter amendment on industrial water fees on Oct. 24. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Approves Water Charges for Industrial Giants as Landslide Election Rocks Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Emily Salazar, Spencer Cihak

The image shows a locked gate. Beside it are several signs warning of dangers (no smoking, high voltage, poison gas). Behind the gate is oil and gas infrastructure.

Few Repercussions for Oil Firm’s Continued Leaks After Couple’s Death From Toxic Gas

By Will Evans, The Examination

Community members hold signs protesting data center development during a press conference following a Taylor City Council meeting on July 9. Credit: Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.

By Vivien Ayers

The construction site of BaRupOn’s 700-acre industrial campus in Liberty, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of BaRupOn

Texas Used to Be ‘the Best Place’ to Build Data Centers—But Not Anymore 

By Arcelia Martin

The Valero refinery in Houston. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

In Texas’ 9th Congressional District, Candidates Spar Over Fossil Fuels

By Lauren Nutall

IDE regional sales director Mark Ellison attends a board meeting of the Nueces River Authority on Sept. 25. Credit: Arcelia Martin/Inside Climate News

How Texas Could End Up Paying an Israeli Company Billions for Water

By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin

Sharon Wilson records methane emissions in the Permian Basin on Dec. 4, 2025. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

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

By Dylan Baddour

The Stargate Oracle AI data center campus is seen on Aug. 26 in Abilene, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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

By Dylan Baddour

The Thompson Callaway Spears #1 well, located on the vacant lots enclosed by black metal fencing, stands next to homes inside the Preserve at Medina subdivision in southwest San Antonio. Credit: Sam Owens/San Antonio Express-News

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

By Martha Pskowski

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham speaks at a news conference to commemorate state-sponsored border wall construction on Nov. 26, 2024, in La Casita-Garciasville, Texas. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

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

By Martha Pskowski

As mayor of Corpus Christi, Joe McComb championed plans to build a desalination plant. But later city leaders called the project off. "We laid a golden egg in their lap," McComb said. "They took off in an inexplicable direction.” Credit: Jon Shapley/Inside Climate News

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

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija

An excavator plows through land during construction for a section of the border wall on Aug. 14 in Big Bend National Park. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Federal Judge Slams the Brakes on Big Bend Border Wall Construction

By Martha Pskowski

A Meta worker leads a tour of the company’s data center in Temple, Texas, on July 22. Credit: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

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

By Lauren Nutall

An aerial view of Meta’s El Paso data center. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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

By Martha Pskowski

A tug boat pushes barges through the Port of Corpus Christi on Aug. 22. Credit: Jon Shapley/Inside Climate News

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

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian speaks at an event in Houston on March 30, 2022. Credit: Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Doubles Down and Defies State Legislature

By Martha Pskowski

A beach is seen adjacent to the Freeport LNG facility in Freeport, Texas. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

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

By Dylan Baddour

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