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Texas Takes Action on Corpus Christi Water Crisis

By Dylan Baddour, Texas Reporter

Elida Castillo, an environmental organizer from San Patricio County, stands outside Exxon’s plastics plant near her family home in 2022. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Steam rises from Alabama Power’s coal-fired Miller power pant in Adamsville. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Alabama Pushes for First Utility Rate Case in 45 Years

By Dennis Pillion, Alabama Reporter

The Rio Grande flows through Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, where people rely on getting supplies from Texas. According to the Customs and Border Protection website, this area is slated for “smart wall” construction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

National News Outlets Rely on Local Environmental Reporting

Colton Wyatt speaks about the different types of piping at his home in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago on July 18. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Thousands of Chicagoans Use Lookup Tool for Lead Pipes

By Keerti Gopal, Health and Justice Reporter

Waste and other materials are often stacked in side yards and near the street at homes with no trash can in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama City Drops Charges for Residents Who Couldn’t Pay Garbage Bills

By Lee Hedgepeth, Alabama Reporter

Brandy Deason, a climate justice coordinator for Air Alliance Houston concerned about pollution from chemical recycling of plastic waste, prepares a bag of plastic waste packed with an electronic tracker to see if it’s being recycled. Credit: Dwaine Scott/CBS News

Plans for ‘Advanced’ Plastic Recycling Crumple Under Scrutiny

By James Bruggers, Investigative Reporter

Oil and gas lawyer Sarah Stogner picks up a salt crystal left over from produced water that spewed from a geyser at an orphaned well. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Texans Gain Access to Vital Wastewater Spill Data

Martha Pskowski, Texas Reporter

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 21, 2019 shows a night view of a factory of Petrochina Liaoyang Petrochemical Company in Liaoyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Credit: Yang Qing/Xinhua via Getty Images

Polluting Nylon Plants Clean Up Their Acts

By Phil McKenna, Investigative Reporter

Exxon's Richard Werthamer (right) and Edward Garvey (left) are aboard the company's Esso Atlantic tanker working on a project to measure the carbon dioxide levels in the ocean and atmosphere. The project ran from 1979 to 1982. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Werthamer

The Impact of ‘Exxon Knew’ Smoking-Gun Documents Endures

By David Sassoon, Founder & Publisher

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