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Environment

A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas from Federal Push for Mining Revival

The United States doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips, or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible.

by Dylan Baddour

Keep Reading

Where the Water Reached

by Brenda Bazán

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue

by Gus Bova

Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows 

by Dylan Baddour

Big Bend -- Pete Gallego and Will Hurd district Apr 15, 2016

Big Bend Becomes Congressional Battleground

Pete Gallego’s going green in a bid to reclaim the purple district for Democrats.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Houston skyline. Mar 30, 2016

TCEQ Chairman: Reducing Smog Will Make Texans Sick

The head of the state’s environmental agency told lawmakers that lowering ozone levels will harm, rather than help, Texans.

by Naveena Sadasivam

“Rock of Ages #7,” Edward Burtynsky Mar 11, 2016

Photos of Dystopia

FotoFest, Houston’s biennial art photography fair, bears witness to a planet in peril.

by Michael Agresta

wind energy The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the federal government from implementing new clean power regulations, thanks to a lawsuit brought by Texas and 24 other states. Feb 24, 2016

Winds of Change

Scare-mongering claims about Texas' electric grid capacity haven't yet played out, despite record-setting winds.

by Naveena Sadasivam

state of texas the hills have allies hill country Feb 23, 2016

State of Texas: The Hills Have Allies

by Naveena Sadasivam

A fracking operation in the Eagle Ford Shale region. Feb 13, 2016

California Capped a Massive Methane Leak, but Another is Brewing — Right Here in Texas

by Naveena Sadasivam

son of colonia activist Nelly Curiel Feb 11, 2016

Holding Back the Flood

For activists in the Valley’s colonias, success looks like a drainage ditch.

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Flooding in Irving from the West Fork of Trinity River Jan 22, 2016

New Data Proves Cruz Wrong on Climate Change, Again

by Naveena Sadasivam

Hillcrest, a neighborhood in Corpus Christi Dec 30, 2015

Bridge Project Prompts ‘Buyout’ of Corpus Christi Neighborhood

by Priscila Mosqueda

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