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“Water is the new oil” as Texas cities square off over aquifer pipeline plans

Fast-growing Georgetown plans to pump 89 million gallons a day from the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer but the project is being fought by Bryan, College Station and Texas A&M University, which depend on the same water.

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Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta

Juan Mancias leads the Carrizo/Comecrudo, unrecognized and little-known, in a struggle against fossil fuels, SpaceX, and historical erasure.

Texas Observer

Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink

Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.

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How Texas polluters classify big facilities as smaller ones to avoid stricter environmental rules and public input

Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

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How Texas Commission On Environmental Quality Helps Polluters Evade Federal Law

Environmental lawyers say TCEQ, the state watchdog agency lets polluters escape regulation through legal loopholes.

Texas Observer

Judge overrules Texas, strikes down air pollution permit for Gulf Coast oil terminal

A judge reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that involved its controversial “one-mile rule” to deny hearing requests.

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Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal

A judge reversed a 2022 decision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) which involved its controversial “one-mile rule."

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As Springs Dry Up, a Warning of Future Water Shortages

Heat, drought and booming population growth have stressed the aquifers that supply millions of people with drinking water.

Texas Observer

The “1-mile rule”: Texas’ unwritten, arbitrary policy protects big polluters from citizen complaints

It’s not found anywhere in state law or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s rules, but for years the agency has denied citizens the ability to challenge air pollution permits because they live more than a mile away.

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Company confirms it has found new funding to build a massive gas terminal at the Port of Brownsville

Brownsville is the last major deepwater port in Texas that doesn’t have large fossil fuel projects. The 750-acre facility will export Texas natural gas to other countries.

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Determined to forge ahead with canal expansion, Army Corps unveils testing plan for contaminants in Matagorda Bay

The expansion project will enable the world’s largest class of tanker ships to dock at a new oil export terminal on the Gulf Coast. It also involves dredging a Superfund site.

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In East Texas, a town fights to keep an oilfield waste dump from opening near wetlands and water wells

The Texas Railroad Commission has rejected the proposal twice over water contamination concerns, but locals are dismayed that the commissioners keep giving the developer more chances to alter its application.

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Biden administration quietly approves huge Texas oil export project

The Sea Port Oil Terminal would be 30 miles off the Texas coast and is one of four proposed offshore terminals designed to dramatically expand the U.S. oil export capacity.

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Industry Threatens Water Supplies and Coastal Ecology Near Corpus Christi

Environmentalists have seized on water supply as a “chokehold” to block fossil fuels on the rugged South Texas coast.

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Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it is losing the bet.

Concerns over ecological damage to Corpus Christi Bay have delayed plans to convert sea water to drinking water for years in this booming Gulf Coast city, where environmentalists see water supply as a “chokehold” to block new fossil fuel infrastructure.

Texas Observer

Black Residents of Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Back in Court Over Pollution

The neighborhood has launched three lawsuits: over a sewage treatment plant, unsafe bridge construction, and now a desalination plant.

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Black residents in Corpus Christi file a civil rights complaint to stop Texas’ first desalination plant

Since 2007, Hillcrest residents have sued to challenge plans for a sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood, and then bridge construction.

Texas Observer

Indigenous Leaders Fight to Keep Natural Gas Pipelines Off Sacred Lands

Carrizo Comecrudo members have beaten three proposed natural gas export terminals. But two projects remain, fueled by the war in Ukraine.

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Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande

With the river on the brink, authorities are “praying for a hurricane” as reservoirs dwindle and populations boom.

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Big Shock in Big Bend

No one alive has seen the Rio Grande as it looks today. A dry, cracking riverbed now snakes through Big Bend National Park.

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