ICN Texas

Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland

As oil and gas companies run out of places to put their wastewater, Texas regulators draft permits for treatment and reuse outside the oilfields.

By Martha Pskowski

El Paso Officials Seek Answers Following Emissions at Marathon Refinery

By Martha Pskowski

As Temperatures Get Hotter, Pesticides Are More Dangerous to Farmworkers

By Amy Green

Corpus Christi Puts Industrial Water Charge on November Ballot

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Seeks to Block Referendum on Industrial Water Charge

By Dylan Baddour

Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski

As Solar and Batteries Dominate in Texas, Republican Lawmakers Consider Natural Gas Minimums

By Arcelia Martin

To Block Renewable Energy Projects, Texas Republicans Have Weaponized Conservation Concerns

By Arcelia Martin

Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution

By Ajani Stella

Texas’ Grid Operator Prepares for More Demand Than Ever This Week

By Arcelia Martin

The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

Latest Precipitation Models Still Seem to Underestimate Risk as ‘1,000-Year’ Rain Events Pummel Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Residents and Businesses Subsidized Industrial Water Bills for Years, Officials Say

By Neena Satija, Dylan Baddour

Trump Wants to Fast Track AI

By Arcelia Martin

Drone Delivery Could Cut Pollution. Can Communities Live With the Noise?

By Andrew Liu

Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi

By Dylan Baddour

How a Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build the Largest Desalination Plant in the Country

By Arcelia Martin, Dylan Baddour

An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town

By Martha Pskowski

Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour