Coastal Industry Faces Climate Crisis | San Antonio News

San Antonio News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 1, 2026 · 2m

Texas’s industrial coast faces a ticking climate bomb: aging petrochemical plants, lax oversight, and outdated safety plans are leaving communities dangerously exposed as hurricanes grow fiercer. After Hurricane Ike’s 2008 oil spill, little has changed — facilities self-determine risk levels, hide emergency plans, and federal regulators lack the power to enforce safety. Despite recent EPA upgrades meant to tackle climate threats, rollback proposals threaten to undo progress. With sea levels rising, infrastructure like the “Ike Dike” still decades away, and residents fleeing the coast, the…