Texas-based reporters, activists, and academics told us what they’re watching—or hope to be watching —in 2022.
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Exxon turns to Texas Supreme Court to help silence California critics
America’s largest oil firm is arguing its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment—and Texas sovereignty.
Laredo Medical Equipment Plant Spewing Cancer-Causing Pollution on Schoolchildren
Nobody told Yaneli Ortiz’s family that the factory they lived near emitted ethylene oxide. Not when the EPA found it causes cancer. Not when she was diagnosed with leukemia.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (2 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (1 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
How Coastal Residents are Fighting the Texas Oil and Gas Export Boom
Texas coastal residents are fighting against a new wave of oil and gas export plants: challenging permits, staging protests at home or joining forces with activists abroad.
World’s Largest Polluter Getting $768,000,000,000 from U.S. Taxpayers
The U.S. Department of Defense is the largest institutional user of fossil fuels in the world, but cutting emissions isn’t a funding prereq.
San Antonio Snoozing on ‘Lights Out’ Bird Campaign
Bird populations are crashing. City lights are a major culprit. But ‘Bird City Certified’ San Antonio isn’t dimming its downtown—it’s turning on the River Walk’s holiday lights two weeks early.