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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Erin Douglas and Mitchell Ferman

EPA reverses course, rejects permit for massive oil exporting project offshore from Corpus Christi

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The Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
The Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The Environmental Protection Agency rejected a permit this week for a proposed oil export terminal offshore from Corpus Christi. (Credit: Pu Ying Huang/The Texas Tribune)

The Environmental Protection Agency denied a permit this week for an offshore oil export terminal project near Corpus Christi because it would have allowed massive amounts of pollution — reversing course after the agency under the Trump administration had moved the project forward.

It’s a setback for the Bluewater Texas Terminal, which is competing to establish the first large oil export facility off the coast of Texas.

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