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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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“You Need To Air Out Your Dirty Laundry”: An Anatomy of a TCEQ Public Hearing
May 30, 2025
A rainbow coalition of Texas Coastal Bend residents tried every tool in the regulatory process to stop the crude oil export industry. Did they ever have agency?
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“I Was Having a Good Time”: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?
May 26, 2025
A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies did residents in.
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“All Hell Breaks Loose”: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town
May 24, 2025
Three export terminals that captured half of the U.S. crude oil export industry have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the Texas Coastal Bend town into an unlikely fenceline community. A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies did residents in.
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“Our Slice of Heaven That You’re Willing To Turn Into Hell for a Profit.”
May 24, 2025
Three export terminals that captured half of the U.S. crude oil export industry have formed around Ingleside on the Bay, turning the Texas Coastal Bend town into an unlikely fenceline community.
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With Another Razor-Thin Election Looming, Georgia Provides Little Clarity on Voting in a Natural Disaster
September 15, 2024
Threats to the future of democracy don’t just come from restrictive laws, unfair maps, or conspiracy theories. As the climate crisis makes extreme weather events more frequent or more intense globally, the rights of voters in disaster-prone regions become threatened.
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Toxic Nuclear Waste is Piling up in the U.S. Where’s the Deposit?
June 06, 2023
Decades on end and after spending billions, the U.S. still has no strategy to permanently deposit its highly radioactive nuclear waste.
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In the High Himalayas, Sherpa Women Bear the Disproportionate Effects of Climate Change
January 21, 2023
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
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