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Tag Archives: Gulf of Mexico

by Naveena Sadasivam

Gulf Coast Environmental Group Sues Plastic Company After Slow Response from TCEQ

The nonprofit San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper and an environmental activist are suing to stop Formosa Plastics from discharging plastic pellets into nearby bays and estuaries.

Tue, Aug 1, 2017 |

For the last year and a half, Bobby Lindsey and other volunteers with the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper have collected more than 1,600 clusters of BB-si...Read More

by Naveena Sadasivam

Barging In

How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas.

Thu, Jan 5, 2017 |

BARGING IN How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas. When...Read More

June 2016 feature

by Forrest Wilder

The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘Company Town’

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.

Thu, Dec 29, 2016 |

Editor’s Note: Many environmental stories rely on familiar tropes, the scrappy locals standing up to the big, bad polluter. The unlikely bedfellows of env...Read More

June 2016 feature

by Naveena Sadasivam

Company Town

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.

Tue, May 31, 2016 |

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone....Read More

Test beds underneath Corpus Christi Bay

by Hannah McBride

Postcard from the Incredible Electric Oyster Reef

Scientists hope to heal Corpus Christi's troubled waters.

Mon, Dec 21, 2015 |

Now, just offshore from the edge of the university’s campus, a Texas A&M project is underway to turn back the impact of time and development. A few feet under...Read More

by Daniel Blue Tyx

Flight Risk

As climate and habitat change in South Texas, where will all the birds go?

Thu, May 28, 2015 |

Climate change threatens the South Texas Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary for a remarkable diversity of birdlife....Read More

Northern red snapper for sale at Katie’s Seafood Market in Galveston.

by Alex Dropkin

The Gulf’s Red Snapper Fishery Makes a Comeback

Wed, Sep 24, 2014 |

Red snapper fishing in the Texas Gulf is finally making a comeback after decades of overfishing, thanks to new sustainable commercial fishing practices....Read More

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