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A Houston Advanced Research Center report forecasts that if all planned data centers connect to Texas' power grid, fine particulate matter emissions could reach their highest level since 2006 and nitrogen oxide emissions could approach 2004 levels within five years.
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), conducted report forecasting pollution impacts from data centers
Kinder Morgan announced a formal commitment to build the Permian Link pipeline project across West Texas and the Panhandle. The project will carry natural gas to power a hyperscale data center complex under a 20-year supply contract.
$$4.2 billion for permian Link pipeline project cost
Kinder Morgan, pipeline operator committing to project; Unnamed A-rated hyperscale data center operator, anchor customer
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shut down its online permit filing system (STEERS) after watchdog groups Public Citizen and FracTracker Alliance identified multiple stormwater permits for data center construction that the agency had approved, violating Gov. Abbott's directive to halt data center-related permits.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, state environmental agency that shut down its online permit system; Public Citizen, watchdog group that identified data center permits; FracTracker Alliance, nonprofit that identified data center permits and 3 more
A study published in September 2026 documented the first known great white shark detections within Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, about 100 miles off the Texas coast. Researchers detected nine sharks between 2022 and 2025, including five within the protected area, tracked by acoustic transmitters attached to previously tagged animals.
Louisiana State University, Study leader; Texas A&M University at Galveston, Study collaborator; Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Study collaborator
The Houston Advanced Research Center released a report on Tuesday assessing how Texas's growing data center industry could affect air quality. The report projects that nitrogen oxide emissions could rise 35% by 2031 under a cleaner scenario or nearly 400% if data centers use on-site natural gas power.
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), Released air quality impact report; Carlos Gamarra, Vice president for energy, air and IT for HARC; led team that produced the report
Federal and state authorities confirmed the first known infestation of New World screwworm in wildlife in the United States when a female elk killed by hunters on a game ranch in Pecos County, Texas tested positive for the flesh-eating parasite.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Confirmed the screwworm infestation in the elk; Alan Cain, Wildlife Division Director, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State wildlife agency overseeing response
The CDC denied a request from California and Washington to validate a rapid, high-volume measles test in May, citing "other competing priorities." Health officials from California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington later asked the CDC director to reconsider. Texas state laboratories developed such a test during a measles outbreak in west Texas last year but have not published the protocol.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Declined validation request; Erica Schwartz, CDC Director; West Coast Health Alliance, Requested validation; sent letter asking CDC to reconsider and 3 more
El Paso County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 22 to celebrate completion of Phase 1 of the Pellicano Drive Widening Project, a westbound segment between Aircopue and Loop 375. Phase 2 remains to be completed.
El Paso County, Project sponsor and host of ceremony; Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, Project partner; HAWK Construction, Contractor and 3 more