Concerns over ecological damage to Corpus Christi Bay have delayed desalination plans for years in Corpus Christi, where environmentalists see water supply as a “chokehold” to block new fossil fuel infrastructure.
during decades of global accords, Corpus Christi is building out a sector to sell oil and gas from Texas shale fields on global markets for decades to come.
“I would love nothing more than to get right in front of their faces—the state, TCEQ, EPA, all of those agencies—and say, ‘Hey people! Do you realize that we need this permit now? We provide water for 500,000 people,” Corpus Christi mayor Paulette Guajardoin July, answering complaints over years of delays. “This is of urgency. We have to have this permit.”
Last month, the TCEQ issued its first wastewater discharge permit to a plant proposed by the port, despite a challenge from the EPA signaling what could be a long legal fight ahead.Indigenous leaders in Texas target global banks to keep LNG export off sacred land in Brownsville All together, environmentalists say, the five plants’ discharge, coupled with the water pollution and ocean freighter traffic from the industrial boom they would unleash, may constitute a near-fatal blow for life in the bay, whose once-teeming ecosystems have nursed coastal communities since long before Corpus Christi.
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