ICN Texas

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

Members of Congress in Wyoming and Texas tout the bills as protecting energy security, but opponents say they amount to a corporate handout that will cost taxpayers billions and harm human and environmental health.

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

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

By Martha Pskowski

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

By Arcelia Martin