Corpus Christi Withholds Water to Wetlands While Lifting Restrictions on Lawns
Reservoirs have rebounded from critical levels, but an emergency order absolves the city of requirements to resume releasing water for the Nueces River Delta.
Water
Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande
A century of enterprise brought the river to its brink. Now, authorities are “praying for a hurricane” as reservoirs dwindle and populations boom on both sides of the Mexico-Texas border.
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.
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.
Toxic Texas Revealed
The Lone Star State now ranks number one in industrial discharges into waterways, according to a new report issued by Environment America.
Conservatives Against Conservation
American Stewards of Liberty campaigns against Biden's conservation efforts, and some experts question the legality of their lobbying.
Time Traveling in a Glass-Bottomed Boat
In Edwards Aquifer country, as goes the blind salamander, so go we all.
Impending Water Crisis in Laredo
Leaders in the South Texas city are reluctant to impose substantial restrictions on watering lawns, even as nearby communities declare emergencies.
Mexican Drought Spurs a South Texas Water Crisis
Reservoirs in the Rio Grande Valley are running dry—sparking emergency water conservation measures.
The Hills Have Allies
Just west of Austin, preservationists fight to hold onto an ecological rarity as a Dallas billionaire's development looms.