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CERAWeek: Eight Arrests Outside Houston’s ‘Super Bowl’ of Energy as Hundreds Convene to Imagine a Future Free of Fossil Fuels

By Greg Harman ● Deceleration Video ● March 14, 2025

As calls for ‘Drill Baby Drill’ and ‘Mine Baby Mine’ filled the conference rooms at Hilton Americas in Houston, hundreds gathered outside to imagine what many described as the more just, sustainable, and inevitable world we all actually need.

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Is Trump Megadonor Tim Dunn Working to Enshrine Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Constitution?

By DeSmog ● Energy ● October 30, 2024

Fueled by extreme climate denial, this Texas-based fracking billionaire has the support of JD Vance, Trump’s VP pick, to rewrite the Constitution for a number of far-right priorities.

DC Circuit Court Rules Against Texas LNG Projects

By James Courtney ● Energy ● August 9, 2024

Environmental justice advocates and community members are celebrating this week after a D.C. Circuit Court finds federal review of two LNG projects failed their environmental analyses.

As Temps Soar, Federal Utility Assistance Funds for Appear to Shortchange Hottest States

By Martha Pskowski & Inside Climate News ● Energy ● July 22, 2024

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) covers less than 8 percent of low-income residents’ heating and cooling costs in Texas. That’s compared to nearly 23 percent in northern states.

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

By James Courtney ● Energy ● June 19, 2024

South Texas landowners and communities have long decried the land and water pollution from the coal plant and adjacent lignite mining operations, one of the most contaminated locations in the state.

Citibank HQ Climate Protest Leads to Dozens of Arrests during Onset of ‘Summer of Heat’

By Common Dreams ● Energy ● June 14, 2024

‘The atmosphere is electric as hundreds gather to shut down Citibank’s Global HQ,’ one group declared. ‘We are here to demand a future free from fossil fuels.’

Valero Energy Accused of Fueling Genocide at ¡Viva Viva Palestina! Blockade Action

By Greg Harman & James Courtney ● Energy ● April 16, 2024

Valero Energy has been a leading supplier of jet fuel to Israel for years—and wants to sell the nation more. An hours-long blockade at the company HQ on Monday shows that those a growing number standing against Palestinian genocide have taken notice.

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

By Dylan Baddour & Inside Climate News ● Energy ● April 12, 2024

‘They spent millions of dollars pushing desalination and all the money went to lawyers, permitting and public relations. The idiots sold water they didn’t have,’ said a local retired chemical engineer.