Our top story: The communities of Laguna Madre have widely rejected a massive liquid natural gas buildout. But special interests are determined to forced the construction through, regardless of the environmental costs. https://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-laguna-madre-special-interests-influence-records/

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The Gas Peddle: Records Reveal How LNG Industry Shaped Brownsville Officials' Support

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

The Texas Observer

Out today: Political and business leaders along the #Texas Gulf Coast and into #Louisiana have bent over backward to bring in LNG; in the years since, they’ve seen explosions, air pollution, gutted shrimping income, and transformed neighborhoods and natural spaces. https://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-laguna-madre-special-interests-influence-records/

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The Gas Peddle: Records Reveal How LNG Industry Shaped Brownsville Officials' Support

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

The Texas Observer

“Brownsville cannot keep selling us out to these toxic polluters.”

From Gaige Davila in our magazine: Residents are resisting this town's plans to make liquefied natural gas a key part of its future. https://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-laguna-madre-special-interests-influence-records/

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The Gas Peddle: Records Reveal How LNG Industry Shaped Brownsville Officials' Support

Special interests spent years influencing city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.

The Texas Observer

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Featured story: The Texas Observer discovered #Houston's state-appointed superintendent was moonlighting as a paid consultant for Third Future School, the charter school network he founded.

He canceled the potentially illegal contract when we asked about it. https://www.texasobserver.org/mike-miles-moonlighting-contract-former-charter-school-network/

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Hype for the Future 170L: City of Apalachicola, Florida

Overview The City of Apalachicola is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Florida, associated with numerous art galleries, hotels, resort areas, beaches, and the Raney House Museum.

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Hype form e Future 170L: City of Apalachicola, Florida

Overview The City of Apalachicola is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Florida, associated with numerous art galleries, hotels, resort areas, beaches, and the Raney House Museum.

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“The decision … is not going to result in any more oil production; it’s not going to result in lower gas prices. It will result in real harm and the potential extinction of one or more species in the Gulf.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-god-squad-endangered-species-gulf-drilling/

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How Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Could Devastate Endangered Species Along Texas’ Gulf Coast 

If left intact, the exemption for oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico could forever harm vulnerable species and their habitats.

The Texas Observer

Hype for the Future 169K: City of Cedar Key, Florida

Overview The City of Cedar Key is a city located off the Gulf Coast of the State of Florida within the local coastal bend into the Gulf of Mexico. Overall, the community is located within Levy County, a county whose mainland portions are nearly exclusively rural. Other locations in the area include Cedar Key Museum State Park, Island Arts, the Island Hotel and Restaurant, the Cedar Key Arts Center, the Cedar Key Historical Society, and the Cedar Key Bed and Breakfast.

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/hype-for-the-future-169k-city-of-cedar-key-florida/

Hype for the Future 169K: City of Cedar Key, Florida

Overview The City of Cedar Key is a city located off the Gulf Coast of the State of Florida within the local coastal bend into the Gulf of Mexico. Overall, the community is located within Levy Coun…

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