Guy in Texas and sometimes other places
Caldwell County, Texas
Joined September 2013
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Scoop: UT’s ChatGPT and Claude education subscriptions cost a combined over $4.2 million for two-year terms, according to contracts obtained via open records request. thedailytexan.com/2026/10/29…
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The largest water user in the Corpus Christi region at the time, Valero’s Bill Greehey refinery, was also the primary source of U.S. fuel exports to Israel.
That includes military jet fuel and diesel provided under a Defense Department contract.
How Texas Could End Up Paying Billions to an Israeli Company for Water
texasobserver.org/texas-payi…
Dylan Baddour retweeted
“The private sector realizes that water is a scarce resource. And the private sector wants to capitalize.
Water infrastructure should be owned by the community, not the property of a private company that is making a profit.” texasobserver.org/texas-payi…
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Our latest on the looming transfer of the public water supply on the Gulf Coast of Texas to private ownership in the Dallas Morning News:
Texas could end up paying an Israeli company billions of dollars for water dallasnews.com/news/article/…
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The development of seawater desalination in Texas would mark a breakthrough, unlocking an abundant new source of water
But it would come at a high cost to consumers, and would mark a dramatic transfer of the public water supply to private ownership
yahoo.com/news/us/articles/t…
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Texas may pay Israeli company billions to ease water woes. Texas awarded IDE Technologies the contract for its Harbor Island project, which is slated to become the Western Hemisphere's largest desalination plant.
planetizen.com/news/2026/10/…
Companies developing seawater desalination in Texas:
EPCOR is Canadian
IDE is Israeli
CC Polymers is jointly owned by companies from Taiwan, Indonesia and Mexico
The largest water user in the Corpus Christi region at the time, Valero’s Bill Greehey refinery, was also the primary source of U.S. fuel exports to Israel.
That includes military jet fuel and diesel provided under a Defense Department contract.
How Texas Could End Up Paying Billions to an Israeli Company for Water
texasobserver.org/texas-payi…
Dylan Baddour retweeted
Texas could end up paying an Israeli company billions of dollars for water dallasnews.com/news/article/…
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Wow wind produced more than a fifth of energy in Texas in 2025 reducing air pollution. Energy systems lab found that these resources were a significant reason for the reduction of ozone pollution sources
Byrum displayed a graph showing 200 MGD of unmet regional water demand by 2030
“Those projections seem awfully high,” a city council member said. “How can we believe you?”
“You have to believe this,” Byrum replied. “This is all you’ve got.”
kedt.org/texas-news/2026-10-…
Across Texas, private and investor-owned water projects have cropped up in recent years
That bucks the traditional model, where water supplies belong to public agencies like cities, towns, river authorities or utility districts
tpr.org/economy-and-labor/20…
Dylan Baddour retweeted
Bloomberg.com: New US Data Centers Projected to Emit More Carbon Than All of Mexico bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Dylan Baddour retweeted
How Texas Could End Up Paying an Israeli Company Billions for Water
IDE Technologies hopes to revolutionize—and privatize—the state’s supply of water.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
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We underinvest in infrastructure for decades, then enrich foreign entities who sell promises of an easier fix...
In cost and complexity, it would rival the iconic aqueducts, pipelines and dams of the American West
"It would be one of the more ambitious projects in U.S. history," said Drew Molly, a former chair of the American Waterworks Association.
tpr.org/economy-and-labor/20…
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NEW: How Texas Could End Up Paying an Israeli Company Billions for Water
Unlike other major water infrastructure projects, this one wouldn’t belong to the public, but to a private, foreign water supplier.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
My first ever appearance in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas could end up paying an Israeli company billions to desalinate Gulf of Mexico water
Read more at: star-telegram.com/news/state…
With @arcelitamartin
In cost and complexity, it would rival the iconic aqueducts, pipelines and dams of the American West
"It would be one of the more ambitious projects in U.S. history," said Drew Molly, a former chair of the American Waterworks Association.
tpr.org/economy-and-labor/20…