Texas Is Becoming a Bitcoin-Mining Capital. Can the Grid Handle It?
Despite the FTX crash, ERCOT continues to court the cryptocurrency industry.
Environment
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.
The Flowers of Campo Santo
In West Dallas, a volunteer group is creating a haven for monarch butterflies inside a historic immigrant cemetery.
Setting Fires to Save the Houston Toad
An environmental film festival spotlights a Central Texas land trust’s effort to bring back endangered species.
Indigenous Leaders Fight to Keep Natural Gas Pipelines Off Sacred Lands
Carrizo Comecrudo members have beaten three proposed LNG export terminals. But two projects remain, fueled by the war in Ukraine.
Christian Menefee Aims to Bring Polluters to Justice
The youngest-ever Harris County attorney is making the environment top priority. His next target: creosote contamination in Houston's Fifth Ward.
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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.