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Corpus Christi’s water crisis is a   man-made catastrophe
Mar 27, 2026
Corpus Christi’s water crisis is a man-made catastrophe
Mar 27, 2026

Elida Castillo writes that Governor Greg Abbott’s threats to “take over and run Corpus Christi” are politically motivated and completely divorced from reality.

Mar 27, 2026
Abbott wants residents to pay $1B for water  that will serve only Big Oil
Mar 19, 2026
Abbott wants residents to pay $1B for water that will serve only Big Oil
Mar 19, 2026

Corpus Christi has plenty of water for residents. What the city lacks is enough water for the massive petroleum complex owned by major corporations that refuse to supply their own, writes Houston Chronicle columnist Chris Tomlinson.

Mar 19, 2026
Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
Mar 16, 2026
Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
Mar 16, 2026

Greg Abbott sent political shockwaves through the Coastal Bend last week, threatening to seize control of Corpus Christi city government if local leaders fail to advance the Inner Harbor desal plant.

Mar 16, 2026
Opinion: More than ever, the fight for clean air and water is in your hands
Mar 3, 2026
Opinion: More than ever, the fight for clean air and water is in your hands
Mar 3, 2026

With Trump trashing federal environmental protections and Texas bending over backwards to support polluting industry, local communities must now lead the fight. And they are.

Mar 3, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
Feb 27, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
Feb 27, 2026

CWA Town Hall will focus on organizing opposition to state permits being sought by local polluting industry.

Feb 27, 2026
Corpus Reopens Desal Negotiations After Hours of Public Opposition
Feb 25, 2026
Corpus Reopens Desal Negotiations After Hours of Public Opposition
Feb 25, 2026

The Corpus Christi City Council voted Feb. 24 to direct city staff to proceed with negotiating a new contract for the proposed Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant.

Feb 25, 2026
Drainage District: Tesla discharging “black” water into ditch connected to Petronila Creek and Baffin Bay
Feb 10, 2026
Drainage District: Tesla discharging “black” water into ditch connected to Petronila Creek and Baffin Bay
Feb 10, 2026

Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 says Tesla was discovered discharging wastewater into a drainage ditch without the district’s knowledge.

Feb 10, 2026
Resident Groups Want Voters To Decide On Industrial Water Charges
Feb 5, 2026
Resident Groups Want Voters To Decide On Industrial Water Charges
Feb 5, 2026

Partner groups are leading a citizen-initiated campaign to place an amendment to the City Charter on the November ballot to reform how the City treats large industrial water users during droughts.

Feb 5, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
Jan 12, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
Jan 12, 2026

While Corpus Christi’s primary western water supplies fall to the lowest level on record, large-volume industrial users continue to consume the vast majority of the region’s water supply.

Jan 12, 2026
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
Dec 17, 2025
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
Dec 17, 2025

Corpus Christi Water presented plans at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to create a new Far Field Advisory Committee.

Dec 17, 2025
Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council
Dec 10, 2025
Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council
Dec 10, 2025

A massive new ammonia production plant proposed by Enbridge and Yara has been rejected by the Ingleside City Council.

Dec 10, 2025
Project YaREN represents risk, not progress, to Coastal Bend
Dec 7, 2025
Project YaREN represents risk, not progress, to Coastal Bend
Dec 7, 2025

Project YaREN, a proposed ammonia export facility, threatens to undo everything that makes the Coastal Bend worth protecting.

Dec 7, 2025
Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism
Dec 3, 2025
Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism
Dec 3, 2025

Brooks AME Worship Center functions both as a spiritual home and a central organizing hub for residents of the Hillcrest neighborhood.

Dec 3, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
Nov 26, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
Nov 26, 2025

In Corpus Christi, as environmental advocates fight polluting projects and a controversial desalination project, city leaders have quietly advanced two massive Bitcoin mines.

Nov 26, 2025
Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination
Nov 19, 2025
Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination
Nov 19, 2025

Corpus Christi community members gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to voice concerns over the return of the $1.2 billion Inner Harbor desalination plant.

Nov 19, 2025
Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18
Nov 14, 2025
Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18
Nov 14, 2025

Corpus Christi’s city manager is pushing to revive the controversial Inner Harbor desalination project by shifting to the city’s second-ranked contractor.

Nov 14, 2025
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
Nov 6, 2025
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
Nov 6, 2025

Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after an explosion at a local CF Industries ammonia production plant.

Nov 6, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
Oct 24, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
Oct 24, 2025

Grassroots groups from Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas gathered to call out ammonia producers for pollution and greenwashing.

Oct 24, 2025
Coastal Action Network: Vote NO on Proposition 4
Oct 17, 2025
Coastal Action Network: Vote NO on Proposition 4
Oct 17, 2025

Proposition 4 risks turning our shared water into a commodity for the highest bidder while shifting costs to residents and small businesses.

Oct 17, 2025
Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push
Oct 17, 2025
Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push
Oct 17, 2025

A report indicates that the site could be the last intact Indigenous settlement on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.

Oct 17, 2025
Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!
Oct 10, 2025
Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!
Oct 10, 2025

Learn more about upcoming October events hosted by Community Action Network coalition partners!

Oct 10, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
Sep 25, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
Sep 25, 2025

Listen to David Martin Davies’ interview with Beatriz Alvarado and Jake Hernandez, lead organizers for Texas Campaign for the Environment’s “Water for People Not Polluters” operation.

Sep 25, 2025
State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown
Sep 18, 2025
State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown
Sep 18, 2025

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has approved contested-case hearings for the proposed Avina Ammonia plant in Robstown.

Sep 18, 2025
Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Sep 12, 2025
Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Sep 12, 2025

Corpus Christi officials are weighing a proposal to reuse treated wastewater as part of the city’s response to ongoing drought.

Sep 12, 2025
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Sep 5, 2025
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Sep 5, 2025

Corpus Christi has scrapped its seawater desalination project after the price tag ballooned to $1.2 billion. Following a 13-hour council meeting, critics prevailed in arguing that the risks were too great.

Sep 5, 2025
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
Sep 3, 2025
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
Sep 3, 2025

A majority of the Corpus Christi City Council has voted against continued funding for the Inner Harbor desalination plant, effectively ending the controversial project.

Sep 3, 2025
Opinion: Corpus Christi should pursue the most affordable, least risky water projects
Aug 21, 2025
Opinion: Corpus Christi should pursue the most affordable, least risky water projects
Aug 21, 2025

The Sierra Club’s Jason Hale writes that the City Council should stop throwing money into the Inner Harbor and start investing responsibly in our community's water future.

Aug 21, 2025
Opinion: Protect Ingleside from this dangerous ammonia plant
Aug 4, 2025
Opinion: Protect Ingleside from this dangerous ammonia plant
Aug 4, 2025

Coastal Watch Association Executive Director Rhiannon Scott lays out the threats posed to the Ingleside community by the proposed “Project YaREN” ammonia plant.

Aug 4, 2025
 $50M desalination vote postponed as questions mount over cost
Jul 29, 2025
$50M desalination vote postponed as questions mount over cost
Jul 29, 2025

City Council members voted to postpone spending another $50 million on the city’s controversial Inner Harbor desalination plant following a lengthy debate over the project’s ballooning price tag.

Jul 29, 2025
Cost of Inner Harbor desal facility balloons to at least $1.2 billion
Jul 22, 2025
Cost of Inner Harbor desal facility balloons to at least $1.2 billion
Jul 22, 2025

The City of Corpus Christi has announced that its proposed Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant would cost at least $1.2 billion.

Jul 22, 2025
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Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
Mar 16, 2026
Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
Mar 16, 2026

Greg Abbott sent political shockwaves through the Coastal Bend last week, threatening to seize control of Corpus Christi city government if local leaders fail to advance the Inner Harbor desal plant.

Mar 16, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
Feb 27, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
Feb 27, 2026

CWA Town Hall will focus on organizing opposition to state permits being sought by local polluting industry.

Feb 27, 2026
Corpus Reopens Desal Negotiations After Hours of Public Opposition
Feb 25, 2026
Corpus Reopens Desal Negotiations After Hours of Public Opposition
Feb 25, 2026

The Corpus Christi City Council voted Feb. 24 to direct city staff to proceed with negotiating a new contract for the proposed Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant.

Feb 25, 2026
Drainage District: Tesla discharging “black” water into ditch connected to Petronila Creek and Baffin Bay
Feb 10, 2026
Drainage District: Tesla discharging “black” water into ditch connected to Petronila Creek and Baffin Bay
Feb 10, 2026

Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 says Tesla was discovered discharging wastewater into a drainage ditch without the district’s knowledge.

Feb 10, 2026
Resident Groups Want Voters To Decide On Industrial Water Charges
Feb 5, 2026
Resident Groups Want Voters To Decide On Industrial Water Charges
Feb 5, 2026

Partner groups are leading a citizen-initiated campaign to place an amendment to the City Charter on the November ballot to reform how the City treats large industrial water users during droughts.

Feb 5, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
Jan 12, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
Jan 12, 2026

While Corpus Christi’s primary western water supplies fall to the lowest level on record, large-volume industrial users continue to consume the vast majority of the region’s water supply.

Jan 12, 2026
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
Dec 17, 2025
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
Dec 17, 2025

Corpus Christi Water presented plans at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to create a new Far Field Advisory Committee.

Dec 17, 2025
Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council
Dec 10, 2025
Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council
Dec 10, 2025

A massive new ammonia production plant proposed by Enbridge and Yara has been rejected by the Ingleside City Council.

Dec 10, 2025
Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism
Dec 3, 2025
Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism
Dec 3, 2025

Brooks AME Worship Center functions both as a spiritual home and a central organizing hub for residents of the Hillcrest neighborhood.

Dec 3, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
Nov 26, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
Nov 26, 2025

In Corpus Christi, as environmental advocates fight polluting projects and a controversial desalination project, city leaders have quietly advanced two massive Bitcoin mines.

Nov 26, 2025
Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination
Nov 19, 2025
Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination
Nov 19, 2025

Corpus Christi community members gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to voice concerns over the return of the $1.2 billion Inner Harbor desalination plant.

Nov 19, 2025
Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18
Nov 14, 2025
Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18
Nov 14, 2025

Corpus Christi’s city manager is pushing to revive the controversial Inner Harbor desalination project by shifting to the city’s second-ranked contractor.

Nov 14, 2025
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
Nov 6, 2025
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
Nov 6, 2025

Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after an explosion at a local CF Industries ammonia production plant.

Nov 6, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
Oct 24, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
Oct 24, 2025

Grassroots groups from Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas gathered to call out ammonia producers for pollution and greenwashing.

Oct 24, 2025
Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push
Oct 17, 2025
Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push
Oct 17, 2025

A report indicates that the site could be the last intact Indigenous settlement on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.

Oct 17, 2025
Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!
Oct 10, 2025
Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!
Oct 10, 2025

Learn more about upcoming October events hosted by Community Action Network coalition partners!

Oct 10, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
Sep 25, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
Sep 25, 2025

Listen to David Martin Davies’ interview with Beatriz Alvarado and Jake Hernandez, lead organizers for Texas Campaign for the Environment’s “Water for People Not Polluters” operation.

Sep 25, 2025
State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown
Sep 18, 2025
State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown
Sep 18, 2025

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has approved contested-case hearings for the proposed Avina Ammonia plant in Robstown.

Sep 18, 2025
Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Sep 12, 2025
Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Sep 12, 2025

Corpus Christi officials are weighing a proposal to reuse treated wastewater as part of the city’s response to ongoing drought.

Sep 12, 2025
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Sep 5, 2025
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Sep 5, 2025

Corpus Christi has scrapped its seawater desalination project after the price tag ballooned to $1.2 billion. Following a 13-hour council meeting, critics prevailed in arguing that the risks were too great.

Sep 5, 2025
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
Sep 3, 2025
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
Sep 3, 2025

A majority of the Corpus Christi City Council has voted against continued funding for the Inner Harbor desalination plant, effectively ending the controversial project.

Sep 3, 2025