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Report: Corpus Christi LNG Among the Highest Polluting LNG Export Plants in U.S.

A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all seven operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last five years, a new report finds.

By Gaige Davila

/ 6 Nov 2025

Report: Corpus Christi LNG Among the Highest Polluting LNG Export Plants in U.S.

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

City Manager Peter Zanoni said the City will “likely” cancel their contract with Nebraska-based Kiewet for desal project—but questions remain if state water loan could go to other options.

By Gaige Davila

/ 3 Oct 2025

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

Corpus Christi Desalination Effort Returns Weeks After Community Victory Over Contested $1.2B Project

Council members meet Friday to consider an offer from Houston-based wastewater company to operate a long-pursued desalination plant they recently rejected.

By Gaige Davila

/ 2 Oct 2025

Corpus Christi Desalination Effort Returns Weeks After Community Victory Over Contested $1.2B Project

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 3 Sep 2025

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

‘I Was Having a Good Time’: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?

A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies did residents in.

By Alex Ip

/ 28 May 2025

‘I Was Having a Good Time’: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?

‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

The Texas oil export boom has left Coastal Bend residents in harm’s way. A rainbow coalition is facing an uphill battle to compel the enforcement of environmental regulations, to mixed results. Can they save themselves before it’s too late?

By Alex Ip

/ 24 May 2025

‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

Corpus Christi Taking Emergency Water Actions as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows

This Texas city has struggled to develop a seawater desalination plant, but its efforts have lagged as thirsty industries arrive and drought persists.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 23 Jan 2025

Corpus Christi Taking Emergency Water Actions as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows

Corpus Christi Solidarity Action Decries Desalination & Polluting Industry as Election Gets Underway

Dozens gathered, prayed, and marched in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest neighborhood to highlight the damages suffered across the coast due to what they describe as a history of elected leaders putting industry profits above the lives of residents.

By Gaige Davila

/ 22 Oct 2024

Corpus Christi Solidarity Action Decries Desalination & Polluting Industry as Election Gets Underway

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

‘Clean Slate’ candidates charge that decades of prioritizing heavy industry has threatened the area’s water security and risks spoiling the region’s natural wealth.

By Gaige Davila

/ 16 Oct 2024

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

Community Vision for Corpus Christi Park Challenges Political Failures and Heat Island

Some of the oldest neighborhoods in Corpus Christi are also the city’s hottest, new Deceleration research reveals—but a rising interest in community care could help shift that.

By Gaige Davila

/ 19 Jul 2024

Community Vision for Corpus Christi Park Challenges Political Failures and Heat Island

Corpus Christi Heat Island Maps Show Where Heat is Rising Fastest

Urban Heat Island impact in Corpus Christi is heating up historically neglected communities and compounding harms from income stress, energy burden, and high asthma rates.

By Greg Harman

/ 10 Jul 2024

Corpus Christi Heat Island Maps Show Where Heat is Rising Fastest

Dangerous Texas Memorial Day Heat Made Five Times More Likely By Global Warming

Punishing heat arriving across South Texas this week places most residents in region under ‘extreme’ threat of negative heat-related health impacts.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 May 2024

Dangerous Texas Memorial Day Heat Made Five Times More Likely By Global Warming