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Lavaca Bay

Texas Opens More Coastal Waters for Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

The Gulf Coast is poised to be a major hub for underground disposal of greenhouse gas to mitigate climate change, but questions remain over who will fund it long-term.

By Dylan Baddour

A tugboat tows a semi-submersible drilling platform into the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas, Texas. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Formosa Plastic Corp's complex on Lavaca Bay in Point Comfort, Texas, pictured on June 7, 2023. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

New Lake Will Fuel Petrochemical Expansion on Texas Coast

By Dylan Baddour

The Formosa Plastics plant sits near Matagorda Bay in Point Comfort, Texas on Nov. 3, 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Army Corps of Engineers Withdraws Approval of Plans to Dredge a Superfund Site on the Texas Gulf Coast for Oil Tanker Traffic

By Autumn Jones, Dylan Baddour

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

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