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Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial

By Kiley Bense
In Kerrville, Texas, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 6. Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 120 people reported dead. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour
People hold candles in a park. In the foreground, a woman weeps.

Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood

By Arcelia Martin
Traci Donatto outside her home in Deer Park, Texas. After 20 years away, she returned to the Houston suburb to care for her father, a former contract welder for the petrochemical industry who is dying of cancer. Credit: Mark Felix/Public Health Watch

Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions

By Shelby Jouppi
A view of the Prairie View A&M University Solar Lab in Prairie View, Texas. Credit: Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s Legislation Will Constrict the Growth of Texas’ Clean Energy Industry and its Power Grid

By Arcelia Martin
El Paso, Texas (left) and Juárez, Mexico (right) are seen from Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, N.M. Credit: Justin Hamel

Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns

By Martha Pskowski
A fracking wastewater pond is seen in the Permian Basin near Odessa, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Supreme Court Rules on Produced Water Ownership

By Martha Pskowski
An aerial view of the Azure Sky Solar Project in Haskell, Texas, on August 12, 2024. Credit: Ramsay de Give/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries

By Arcelia Martin
Employees of Bulldog Field Services work on plugging an orphan well for the Railroad Commission of Texas in Luling on March 27. Credit: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Legislature Increases Well Plugging Budget as Backlog Grows

By Martha Pskowski
Soluna’s Project Dorothy data center in Texas. Credit: Soluna

How a Data Center Company Uses Stranded Renewable Energy

By Arcelia Martin
A wind turbine sits behind a house in Nolan, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Bills That Could Have Hurt Renewable Energy Die in Texas Legislature

By Arcelia Martin
The FEMA task force staffers are in a small inflatable boat, viewed through a window

Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response 

By Dylan Baddour
The Hays Energy Project, a 990 MW gas-fired power plant near San Marcos, is seen on May 27. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour
Sisters Abigail and Jennifer Lindsey stand on their rural property on May 27 outside New Braunfels, Texas, where they posted a sign in opposition to a large data center and power plant planned across the street. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin
Wildfire victims seek services at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center on Jan. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Hurricane Season Will Be Even Riskier for Undocumented People This Year

By Kiley Bense
People cross the street during a dust storm on March 7 in downtown El Paso, Texas. Credit: Justin Hamel

El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl

By Martha Pskowski
In Fort Worth, Texas, a swinging bench hangs from a tree after a snow storm during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, when residents went days without electricity and fresh water after a catastrophic failure of the power grid in the state.Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images.

The Chairman of Texas’ Public Utility Commission Has a To-Do List

By Arcelia Martin
Diane Wilson pictured by her skiff outside her Calhoun County home in December 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Veteran Environmentalist Sues Rural School Board Over Exxon Tax Break Decision

By Dylan Baddour

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