Elena Bruess

The state was to get $400 million for solar energy in disadvantaged communities. The Trump administration took it all back.

Since Trump returned to office, dozens of environmental, wildlife and public access rules have been waived to make way for the border wall.

Dozens of environmental, wildlife, and public access regulations have been waived to make way for a border wall.

Since its conception in 2008, advocates have called the “Ike Dike” project, with its giant gates and heightened dunes, the best rejoinder to the threat of extreme weather in Galveston. Critics of the project, however, note that it is decades from completion, and federal funding has been slow to arrive.

In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state's petrochemical industry.

At the worst-performing refineries, report finds operators are not tackling recurring and harmful leaks, leading to public health risk.

Communities that sit on the industry fenceline get the brunt of the pollution, including a highly hazardous and carcinogenic chemical found in crude oil and gas called benzene.

A shrinking water supply is forcing Corpus Christi toward emergency restrictions — and a fight over whether desalination or industry cutbacks should come first.

As lakes, reservoirs and groundwater wither away, some Gulf Coast residents see costly desalination plants as the last hope.

Galveston County is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. The level of emergency preparedness varies widely.