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VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

With area springs going dry and reservoirs falling seriously low at Canyon Lake and elsewhere, the forecast is for extreme summer and expanding drought across Central and West Texas.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

Life Around Gulf Coast Gas Export Terminals Marked by Explosions, Alarms, and Secrecy

As liquefied natural gas terminals grow exponentially along the U.S. Gulf Coast, experts raise alarm on low-risk, high-consequence events.

By Pam Radtke

/ 15 Mar 2024

Life Around Gulf Coast Gas Export Terminals Marked by Explosions, Alarms, and Secrecy

VideoVIDEO: Monterrey Iron & Metal Pollution Community Forum

Request that could lead to reforms of rules overseeing recycling facilities advances to City of San Antonio Governance Committee on March 20.

By Greg Harman

/ 15 Mar 2024

VideoVIDEO: Monterrey Iron & Metal Pollution Community Forum

‘Viva Viva Tortuguita!’ Atlanta Mayor Chased Out of SXSW Conference

In Austin, Texas, to discuss city-state government conflict, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was forced to flee the popular convention after protesters chanted, unfurled a massive banner, and distributed flyers demanding an end to the ‘Cop City.’

By Kit O’Connell

/ 13 Mar 2024

‘Viva Viva Tortuguita!’ Atlanta Mayor Chased Out of SXSW Conference

How Hearst’s ‘Weather Wonks’ Invisibilize Climate Crisis

Hearst Newspapers’ ‘science-informed’ weather reporting initiative promised to help keep readers safe, but the ‘Texas Weather Wonks’ have entirely ignored the primary driver of recent extreme heat—human fossil-fueled industry.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Mar 2024

How Hearst’s ‘Weather Wonks’ Invisibilize Climate Crisis

Will U.S. Oversee First Human-Caused Extinction of a Great Whale Species?

Speed limits among modest reforms sought that could save the Rice’s Whale that now numbers less than 50 individuals. Oil spills, seismic blasting, and ship strikes are taking a deadly toll.

By Melissa Gaskill

/ 29 Feb 2024

Will U.S. Oversee First Human-Caused Extinction of a Great Whale Species?

Right-Wing San Antonio Bloggers Busted for Drug Possession During Militia Border Tour

Near Eagle Pass, Texas officers arrested Celeste April Sparks and Jerry J. Pena-Ahuyon for drug possession after receiving information that someone in a caravan was pointing a gun at migrants, DPS report says.

By Francesca D’Annunzio

/ 26 Feb 2024

Right-Wing San Antonio Bloggers Busted for Drug Possession During Militia Border Tour

Approved Saguaro Gas Pipeline Could Damage Native Lands in Far West Texas—and More

Opponents of the Saguaro Connector Pipeline say it would do irreparable harm to sacred sites—and possibly feed an LNG boom—if it is allowed to link the Permian Basin to Mexico for export.

By Sara Sneath

/ 22 Feb 2024

Approved Saguaro Gas Pipeline Could Damage Native Lands in Far West Texas—and More

Albert Garcia’s Death Recorded as Drug Overdose by Bexar County Medical Examiner

Albert Garcia died beneath a highway offramp after living unsheltered for nearly a month during San Antonio’s hottest summer on record. A decision not to include heat as a contributing factor has sparked debate.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Feb 2024

Albert Garcia’s Death Recorded as Drug Overdose by Bexar County Medical Examiner

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

‘Misplaced Trust’ found 4.2 million acres—or 3 million football fields—in Texas land trusts that were wrested from Native peoples. Similar findings mar university holdings across the West, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and elsewhere.

By Tristan Ahtone

/ 14 Feb 2024

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

Climate Scientist’s $1M Defamation Victory Won’t Crack Our Polarization—Only You Can Do That

With bad science and worse intent, the climate denial traffickers have been winning the battle for the public mind—but Michael Mann’s legal victory is an invitation to the rest of us to push back, Gunnar Schade writes.

By Gunnar Schade

/ 14 Feb 2024

Climate Scientist’s $1M Defamation Victory Won’t Crack Our Polarization—Only You Can Do That

Building Back Bayou Grande Cheniere in Louisiana

Over the past six months, crews have laid nearly eight miles of pipe from West Pointe à la Hache to an area of open water on the west bank of Plaquemines Parish. These massive pipes carry sediment, with hopes of restoring 334 acres of this brackish marsh, known as Bayou Grande Cheniere.

By The Lens

/ 12 Feb 2024

Building Back Bayou Grande Cheniere in Louisiana