Data Center Boom Exposes GOP Faultlines over Local Control
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.
Environment
The Gas Peddle
Records show how LNG special interests have shaped city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.
When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water
Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.
Denton Promised Net Zero. Then It Kept Building Roads.
The booming city's transit predicament is not unique; it is a local expression of a statewide structural problem.
How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate Endangered Species Along Texas’ Gulf Coast
If left intact, the exemption for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico could forever harm vulnerable species and their habitats.
Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers
Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.
The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn’t Exceptional. It’s Early.
When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.
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Texas Saw a $50 Billion Future in Clean Energy. Then the Political Winds Shifted.
Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.
Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston
Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid shock to global markets.
Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders
The governor’s office said the city’s two main reservoirs could dry up by May, much sooner than previous timelines. But authorities still offer no plan for curtailment of water use.