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City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant
City creating advisory committee to discuss Inner Harbor desal plant

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

Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council
Project YaREN ammonia plant rejected by the Ingleside City Council

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

Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism
Last church standing in Hillcrest is beacon of activism

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

Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover
Crypto’s Cryptic Texas Takeover

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

Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination
Neighbors push back as city leaders revisit Inner Harbor desalination

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.

Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18
Corpus Christi to resume desalination discussions Nov. 18

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

Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN
Ammonia plant explodes as Ingleside City Council weighs Project YaREN

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

Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston
Community advocates from four states protest ammonia industry conference in Houston

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

Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push
Ancient Karankawa Settlement Resurfaces at Donnel Point, Spurring Preservation Push

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

Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!
Upcoming CAN Group Events You Shouldn’t Miss!

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

Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project
Texas Matters: How community organizers beat Corpus Christi's desalination project

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.

State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown
State approves contested hearings for Ammonia Plant in Robstown

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

Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.

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

Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble

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.

Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!

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

$50M desalination vote postponed as questions mount over cost
$50M desalination vote postponed as questions mount over cost

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.

Cost of Inner Harbor desal facility balloons to at least $1.2 billion
Cost of Inner Harbor desal facility balloons to at least $1.2 billion

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

'Forever chemicals' were found in the Inner Harbor. What does that mean for desalination?
'Forever chemicals' were found in the Inner Harbor. What does that mean for desalination?

A report has revealed the presence of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in the Corpus Christi Inner Harbor.

Concern grows over ‘forever chemicals’ in water near proposed desalination plant
Concern grows over ‘forever chemicals’ in water near proposed desalination plant

Recent water testing of Corpus Christi’s Inner Harbor, the site of a proposed desalination plant, revealed detectable levels of toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” 

What do the Port and City know about PFAS in the Inner Harbor?
What do the Port and City know about PFAS in the Inner Harbor?

A coalition of local environmental and neighborhood organizations has issued a memorandum to City and Port officials warning of toxic PFAS contamination in Corpus Christi’s Inner Harbor, and raising new desalination concerns.

Ingleside Community Rallies to Fight “Project Yaren” Ammonia Plant
Ingleside Community Rallies to Fight “Project Yaren” Ammonia Plant

Nearly 70 people packed a recent town hall meeting to organize opposition to a new industrial “neighbor” they say would threaten their health, safety, and environment.