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VIDEO: 'Prosecute This ICE Officer': How Cities Like Austin Can Help Stop ICE Violence

'I've seen enough to know this is a crime. ... To me it's an open and shut criminal prosecution, attempted murder,' Mike Siegel, Austin City Council (D7), told Deceleration.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Sep 2026

VIDEO: 'Prosecute This ICE Officer': How Cities Like Austin Can Help Stop ICE Violence

Last Stand for Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge?

Congress repeatedly shielded the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the border wall. Now, construction has begun—and an irrigation district lawsuit may be the only option left to buy time for lawmakers to act.

By Gaige Davila and Texas Observer

/ 25 Sep 2026

Last Stand for Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge?

Salvaging Materials—and Histories—from Buildings in San Antonio to Savannah

With thousands of buildings torn down every year, nonprofits and city agencies are racing to record the stories attached to historic structures before they’re dismantled and sold for parts.

By Syris Valentine

/ 24 Sep 2026

Salvaging Materials—and Histories—from Buildings in San Antonio to Savannah

Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

'F*ck It. Arrest me.' A conversation with Elsa Hull, a dedicated borderlands water protector arrested twice in Zapata County for resisting border wall construction.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Sep 2026

Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds

Oilfield Witness identified 532 unpermitted emission events reported by Freeport LNG since 2019, but just seven penalty fines levied by Texas’ environmental regulator.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 17 Sep 2026

A Texas LNG Plant Pumps Out Chronic, Unpermitted Pollution, a Watchdog Finds

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

At a former Catholic convent chapel in San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and guests confront ICE violence, state brutality, and what persists in the midst of community unraveling.

By Greg Harman

/ 16 Sep 2026

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

Mexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive Violence

Indigenous activists and water defenders in Mexico are organizing to combat what they call “signs of planetary death.”

By Tamara Pearson and Truthout

/ 15 Sep 2026

Mexican Activists Are Fighting Climate Crises by Stopping Extractive Violence

Peasant-Led Movements Hold the Model for Restoring the Land

In the U.S., efforts to shape a post-growth food system have yet to spark a mass movement, but interest and activism are growing.

By Syris Valentine

/ 11 Sep 2026

Peasant-Led Movements Hold the Model for Restoring the Land

Data Center Water Use in Texas Impossible to Quantify—Lawmakers Aren't Always Sure How to Reach The Operators

State planners want to know how much water data center projects are using, but operators are said to be worried about the confidentiality of their data.

By Arcelia Martin and Inside Climate News

/ 10 Sep 2026

Data Center Water Use in Texas Impossible to Quantify—Lawmakers Aren't Always Sure How to Reach The Operators

Ag Sec Brooke Rollins Getting Rich Off Rising Gas Prices While Farmers 'Pay Through the Nose'

The war on Iran has been good to this bunch. Climate Power reports that Trump is making millions off of his oil and gas stocks—and Sec. Rollins likely doing likewise.

By Georgina Gustin and Inside Climate News

/ 10 Sep 2026

Ag Sec Brooke Rollins Getting Rich Off Rising Gas Prices While Farmers 'Pay Through the Nose'

How Brownsville's Growth Coalitions are Making Laguna Madre Unlivable

Speaking with a fellow dispossessed about the evolving horrors of 'economic development' on the Lower Texas Coast.

By Gaige Davila

/ 10 Sep 2026

How Brownsville's Growth Coalitions are Making Laguna Madre Unlivable

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2026

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities