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The Only City in America Hoping for a Hurricane
May 19, 2026
The Only City in America Hoping for a Hurricane
May 19, 2026

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

May 19, 2026
More Perfect Union puts Coastal Bend water crisis in the spotlight
May 8, 2026
More Perfect Union puts Coastal Bend water crisis in the spotlight
May 8, 2026

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.

May 8, 2026
TWDB rejects SWIFT loan for Harbor Island desalination plan
April 30, 2026
TWDB rejects SWIFT loan for Harbor Island desalination plan
April 30, 2026

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.

April 30, 2026
Rooting for a Corpus Christi that puts people and the environment first
April 27, 2026
Rooting for a Corpus Christi that puts people and the environment first
April 27, 2026

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.

April 27, 2026
Vaughn, Paxson and Roy raise new concerns about Inner Harbor PFAS
April 13, 2026
Vaughn, Paxson and Roy raise new concerns about Inner Harbor PFAS
April 13, 2026

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.

April 13, 2026
Surcharge exemption remains for industry through water emergency
April 9, 2026
Surcharge exemption remains for industry through water emergency
April 9, 2026

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.

April 9, 2026
Corpus Christi’s water crisis is a   man-made catastrophe
March 27, 2026
Corpus Christi’s water crisis is a man-made catastrophe
March 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.

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

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

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

March 3, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
February 27, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
February 27, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

February 5, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
January 12, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
January 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.

January 12, 2026
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
December 17, 2025
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
December 17, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

December 3, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
November 26, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
November 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.

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

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

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

November 6, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
October 24, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
October 24, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 10, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
September 25, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
September 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.

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

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

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

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

September 12, 2025
Featured
The Only City in America Hoping for a Hurricane
May 19, 2026
The Only City in America Hoping for a Hurricane
May 19, 2026

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

May 19, 2026
TWDB rejects SWIFT loan for Harbor Island desalination plan
April 30, 2026
TWDB rejects SWIFT loan for Harbor Island desalination plan
April 30, 2026

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.

April 30, 2026
Vaughn, Paxson and Roy raise new concerns about Inner Harbor PFAS
April 13, 2026
Vaughn, Paxson and Roy raise new concerns about Inner Harbor PFAS
April 13, 2026

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.

April 13, 2026
Surcharge exemption remains for industry through water emergency
April 9, 2026
Surcharge exemption remains for industry through water emergency
April 9, 2026

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.

April 9, 2026
Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
March 16, 2026
Abbott: city must move ahead with Inner Harbor desal or risk takeover
March 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.

March 16, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
February 27, 2026
Coastal Watch Association Takes Aim At Polluter Permits
February 27, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

February 5, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
January 12, 2026
Corpus Christi water sources have hit newest historic lows
January 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.

January 12, 2026
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
December 17, 2025
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
December 17, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

December 3, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
November 26, 2025
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
November 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.

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

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

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

November 6, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
October 24, 2025
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
October 24, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

October 10, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
September 25, 2025
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
September 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.

September 25, 2025