Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain

Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain

Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation into how the fracking boom put an oil field in the Guadalupe River floodplain.By Dylan Baddour, Peter AldhousAn epic flood a generation ago drenched areas around Texas’ Guadalupe River, showing how quickly and dangerously the region could be submerged.

TheVoiceOfJoyce As major Newspapers shut down, small independent, sometimes niche, newsletters take their place. Read ICN Sunday Edition and discover their concerns about fracking in the Guadalupe River Floodplain.

Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation into how the fracking boom put an oil field in the Guadalupe River floodplain.  An epic flood a generation ago drenched areas around Texas’ Guadalupe River, showing how quickly and dangerously the region could be submerged.Since then, Texas — with no state floodplain policy — has al…

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

GONZALES, Texas—More than 500 enormous oil tanks dot the floodplains of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries where they cross one of Texas’ leading