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.
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.
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.
Corpus Christi Water presented plans at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to create a new Far Field Advisory Committee.
A massive new ammonia production plant proposed by Enbridge and Yara has been rejected by the Ingleside City Council.
Project YaREN, a proposed ammonia export facility, threatens to undo everything that makes the Coastal Bend worth protecting.
Brooks AME Worship Center functions both as a spiritual home and a central organizing hub for residents of the Hillcrest neighborhood.
In Corpus Christi, as environmental advocates fight polluting projects and a controversial desalination project, city leaders have quietly advanced two massive Bitcoin mines.
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’s city manager is pushing to revive the controversial Inner Harbor desalination project by shifting to the city’s second-ranked contractor.
Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after an explosion at a local CF Industries ammonia production plant.
Grassroots groups from Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas gathered to call out ammonia producers for pollution and greenwashing.
Proposition 4 risks turning our shared water into a commodity for the highest bidder while shifting costs to residents and small businesses.
A report indicates that the site could be the last intact Indigenous settlement on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
Learn more about upcoming October events hosted by Community Action Network coalition partners!
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.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has approved contested-case hearings for the proposed Avina Ammonia plant in Robstown.
Corpus Christi officials are weighing a proposal to reuse treated wastewater as part of the city’s response to ongoing drought.
Decades of prioritizing industrial growth over resource management have brought the Coastal Bend region to the edge of a water catastrophe.
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.
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.
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.
CWA Town Hall will focus on organizing opposition to state permits being sought by local polluting industry.
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.
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.
Corpus Christi Water presented plans at Tuesday’s City Council meeting to create a new Far Field Advisory Committee.
A massive new ammonia production plant proposed by Enbridge and Yara has been rejected by the Ingleside City Council.
Brooks AME Worship Center functions both as a spiritual home and a central organizing hub for residents of the Hillcrest neighborhood.
In Corpus Christi, as environmental advocates fight polluting projects and a controversial desalination project, city leaders have quietly advanced two massive Bitcoin mines.
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’s city manager is pushing to revive the controversial Inner Harbor desalination project by shifting to the city’s second-ranked contractor.
Residents of Yazoo City, Mississippi, were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after an explosion at a local CF Industries ammonia production plant.
Grassroots groups from Ohio, West Virginia, Louisiana and Texas gathered to call out ammonia producers for pollution and greenwashing.
A report indicates that the site could be the last intact Indigenous settlement on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay.
Learn more about upcoming October events hosted by Community Action Network coalition partners!
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.