Corpus Christi voters will now decide the fate of big industry’s drought surcharge exemption at the ballot box.

Interim City Attorney Buck Brice’s recommendation would stop over 12,000 voters who signed the FWA petition from having their say at the ballot box.

Fossil fuel companies are raking in massive profits during the Iran War, while Coastal Bend residents pay more at the pump.

Voices For Coastal Bend Energy has not only misread Carolyn Vaughn’s position on the Inner Harbor plant, but also her disposition when it comes to being pushed around.

City charter amendments covering council terms, elected officials' pay, and a property tax increase for street repair could appear on the November ballot.

A former Bitcoin mining company plans to build a massive AI data center on farmland just outside of Robstown and Calallen.

News reports indicate that the Nueces River Authority may exhaust its desalination fund by the end of August, putting its troubled Harbor Island desalination project in jeopardy.

The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5-4 to reject applying for federal grant funding for the proposed industrial Inner Harbor desalination plant.

City Manager Peter Zanoni notified the City Council this morning that a projected Level 1 Water Emergency drought stage is now more than a year away.

A four-month petition drive yielded enough signatures to ensure Corpus Christi voters will decide the fate of industry’s drought exemption program.

Amid the region’s ongoing water crisis, city officials are keeping secret how much water a tax-subsidized Bitcoin mining operation is consuming.

After a marathon City Hall meeting in which residents spoke out overwhelmingly against the Inner Harbor desalination plant, the City Council voted at 2:30am to once again delay a decision.

Marine scientists from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and the University of Texas say the modeling used to evaluate the plant’s environmental impact is not yet reliable enough.

Inside Climate News and the Texas Newsroom reveal that Corpus Christi officials believe the neighboring town of Sinton may be fighting groundwater projects in order to reserve supplies for a data center development.

Decades of prioritizing industrial growth over resource management have brought the Coastal Bend region to the edge of a water catastrophe.

More Perfect Union recently visited Corpus Christi to shine a light on the community’s ongoing water woes as a handful of giant corporations guzzle tens of millions of gallons daily.

The Texas Water Development Board rejects the NRA’s application for a low-interest loan for its Harbor Island seawater desalination project while controversy engulfs the agency.

Kudos to Councilmembers Vaughn, Cantu, Hernandez, Paxson, Campos and Roy for pushing to study the impact of the proposed Inner Harbor desalination plant on the bay and public health.

Officials pressed city staff and contractors for answers about PFAS contamination in the Inner Harbor prior to an expected vote on the controversial desalination project.

Corpus Christi's industrial water users who participate in the city’s drought surcharge exemption program will remain exempt from surcharges even if the city declares a water emergency.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.