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Environmental Groups Take Trump Administration’s ‘God Squad’ to Court

The Endangered Species Committee, known as the God Squad, issued a rare exemption from compliance with the Endangered Species Act for oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Wyatt Myskow

Oil Tycoon Funds Far-Right Candidate Challenging Texas Oilfield Regulator

By Martha Pskowski

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

By Arcelia Martin

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

By Dylan Baddour

Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

Which State Leads in Battery Energy Storage? It Depends on How You Measure.

By Dan Gearino

Why Doesn’t Texas, the Leader of Onshore Wind Energy, Have Any Offshore?

By Arcelia Martin

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

By Martha Pskowski

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna

South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch

By Arcelia Martin

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

By Dylan Baddour

Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks

By Dylan Baddour

A New Era of Data Center Development Is Like a Second Industrial Revolution

By Arcelia Martin

Trump Claims Indian Investment Will Make Long-Standing Plans for Brownsville Refinery a Reality

By Martha Pskowski

After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Seizes the Solar Crown From California, and Other Key Points From the Latest Electricity Data

By Dan Gearino

Razor Wire and Clearcutting at the Border Threaten Native Rio Grande Habitat

By Martha Pskowski