Texas volunteers removed 48,952 pounds of trash—nearly 24 tons—from beaches stretching between Sea Rim State Park and Boca Chica on April 18, 2026, according to a Texas General Land Office report.
The reservoir providing drinking water to five Texas Panhandle communities has dropped to approximately 6% of capacity, the lowest level documented since the lake began impounding water in the late 1960s.
Texas environmental regulators are evaluating an application to renew a permit that would authorize Lennar Homes to discharge up to 300,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into a tributary feeding Canyon Lake.
Texas beach volunteers removed more than 8,000 pounds of trash from the Coastal Bend and South Padre Island during the initial cleanups of 2026, according to the General Land Office.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is approaching the deadline for public comment on proposed regulations that would allow companies to apply treated oilfield wastewater onto land surfaces.
The United States Supreme Court approved a comprehensive settlement agreement ending a 13-year interstate legal battle over the Rio Grande Compact.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality proposed rules to allow treated oilfield wastewater to be applied to land across the state, opening a public comment period that closes June 16.
The nonpartisan advocacy group Texans for Clean Water issued an official response praising local volunteers while renewing calls for state-level bottle deposit system, following a weekend cleanup on San Jose Island near Port Aransas.
The Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District submitted a formal resolution to Texas lawmakers on May 13 requesting explicit legal authority to deny industrial water permits to data centers.
A collaborative beach cleanup on San Jose Island on May 16, 2026, successfully removed 1,430 pounds of litter, highlighting the persistent challenges of plastic pollution along the Texas Gulf Coast.