The Journal’s Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza — who previously covered refineries, LNG, and petrochemical development in Louisiana — brings her expertise to examine the proposed project in Brownsville.
She sat down with Spencer Cihak of KEDT in Corpus Christi to discuss how projects of this scale come together — from financing and logistics to what they could mean for water, energy demand, and the environment.
Listen to the full conversation — and see how this project could transform South Texas.
Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
Reporter
Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is a versatile multimedia news reporter who lives and works along the Texas-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. Mosbrucker-Garza is a news reporter for the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. During her career she's worked for the McAllen Monitor, San Antonio Business Journal, The Advocate Newspaper in Louisiana, Phoenix New Times, and public media outlets in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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