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Birds nest on an island in Lavaca Bay, close to Dredge Island and its mercury contamination. Credit: Spike Johnson

‘Suezmax’ Oil Tankers Could Soon Be Plying the Poisoned Waters of Texas’ Lavaca Bay

By Aman Azhar

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across western Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

With the downtown skyline in the background cars jam the northbound lanes of I-45 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

Expansion of I-45 in Downtown Houston Is on Hold, for Now, in a Traffic-Choked, Divided Region

By Aman Azhar

Blades from a wind turbine rotate in a field, April 16, 2021 near Eldorado, Texas. Credit: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Some Straight Talk about Renewables and Reliability

By Dan Gearino

Volunteers hand out cases of water bottles to Galveston residents at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark parking lot on Feb. 19, 2021 in Galveston, Texas. Credit: Thomas Shea/AFP via Getty Images

Ice Storm Aftermath: More Climate Extremes Ahead for Galveston

By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News, and Matt deGrood, The Galveston County Daily News

Texas Politicians Aim to Penalize Wind and Solar in Response to Outages. Are Renewables Now Strong Enough to Defend Themselves?

By Dan Gearino

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

Ships are docked along refinery facilities at the Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, on March 6, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Loren Elliot/AFP via Getty Images

During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

Workers repair a power line in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Right and Wrong Lessons from the Texas Crisis

By Dan Gearino

Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez stay in their apartment during power outage caused by the winter storm on Feb. 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Explaining the Crisis in Texas

By Dan Gearino

Heavy industry lines the shores of Lavaca Bay, South Texas. Credit: Spike Johnson

A Sprawling Superfund Site Has Contaminated Lavaca Bay. Now, It’s Threatened by Climate Change

By LISE OLSEN, THE TEXAS OBSERVER, AND DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS

Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies

Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change

By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER

A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana . The hurricane hit with powerful winds causing extensive damage to the city.

Laura Rapidly Intensified Over a Super-Warm Gulf. Only the Storm Surge Faltered

By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers

Exxon signs. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

Texas Justices Hand Exxon Setback in California Climate Cases

By David Hasemyer

An oil pumpjack works at dawn in the Permian Basin oil field on January 20, 2016 in the oil town of Andrews, Texas. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Super-Polluting Methane Emissions Twice Federal Estimates in Permian Basin, Study Finds

By Phil McKenna

By hanging from a bridge over the Houston Ship Channel, Greenpeace protesters shut down traffic to the oil port in Houston on Sept. 12. Credit: Greenpeace

Greenpeace Activists Avoid Felony Charges Following a Protest Near Houston’s Oil Port

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In this March 2018 photo, smoke and benzene billow from a fire at a refinery near La Porte, Texas. Credit: Paul Harris/Getty Images

Benzene Emissions on the Perimeters of Ten Refineries Exceed EPA Limits

By Neela Banerjee

Did Texas Illegally Relax Rules on Coal?

By Lisa Song

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