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Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery Explosion: Fossil Fuels Will Always Spoil the Good Life

Coastlines/Faultlines Correspondent Gaige Davila examines the recent explosion at Port Arthur and the allowances residents make for a paycheck.

By Gaige Davila

/ 9 Apr 2026

'Shifting Baselines' Screening about SpaceX: Austin Film Society Doc Days

On the existential threat posed by the insatiable space race.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 9 Apr 2026

'Shifting Baselines' Screening about SpaceX: Austin Film Society Doc Days

Critical Texas Data Center Fights Happening Right Now

Residents from across Texas convened in San Antonio recently to learn from one another in their fight against water- and power-hungry data centers ushering in a new economic era expected to displace millions of workers.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Apr 2026

Critical Texas Data Center Fights Happening Right Now

Gulf Oil Companies Free to Exterminate, Slashing Social Safety, Data Center Rebellion, y Más

By Deceleration Staff

/ 5 Apr 2026

Gulf Oil Companies Free to Exterminate, Slashing Social Safety, Data Center Rebellion, y Más

‘A Moral Obscenity’: Trump Seeks Military Budget Boost But Billions in Cuts to Social Programs

“To pay for his endless wars, he wants the biggest increase to military spending in 70 years,” said Rep. Greg Casar. “Hell no.”

By Common Dreams

/ 5 Apr 2026

‘A Moral Obscenity’: Trump Seeks Military Budget Boost But Billions in Cuts to Social Programs

The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has Begun

Deceleration reports back from the 2-day statewide convening of residents fighting data center buildout—from El Paso to Dallas to San Antonio and down to the RGV.

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2026

The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has Begun

Endangered Species Act 'Disemboweled' by God Squad in 15 Minutes, Seven Seconds

Fossil fuel operators exempted from federal ESA rules across the Gulf of Mexico as ‘a matter of urgent national security.’

By Wendee Nicole

/ 3 Apr 2026

Endangered Species Act 'Disemboweled' by God Squad in 15 Minutes, Seven Seconds

Greetings From Occupied Brownsville: The Dystopian Future Arrives on Texas's Lower Coast

'Economic development' in the RGV means autonomous warfare cozying up alongside LNG buildout and space colonization as wild spaces are paved and locals increasingly feel the pinch of rising rents and groceries.

By Gaige Davila

/ 31 Mar 2026

Greetings From Occupied Brownsville: The Dystopian Future Arrives on Texas's Lower Coast

8 Million Strong: 'No Kings' Turnout Breaks All Past Protest Records

Next up: a May Day general strike is being planned to shut down Trump's abuses.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Mar 2026

8 Million Strong: 'No Kings' Turnout Breaks All Past Protest Records

No Kings Today!

Todos Agua concludes, No Kings March, y más.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 28 Mar 2026

'God Squad' Could Push Gulf Species Toward Extinction

If the defense secretary forces the God Squad to grant this sweeping—and unprecedented exemption—all the threatened and endangered creatures, both large and small, that call the Gulf waters and coastlines home will be at risk.

By Common Dreams

/ 27 Mar 2026

'God Squad' Could Push Gulf Species Toward Extinction

'Super Collider': Autonomous Warfare, Space Colonization, & Climate Collapse Meet in Brownsville

'Coastlines/Faultlines' correspondent Gaige Davila reflects on the horrors of development—and loss of the wild—transforming the Lower Texas Coast.

By Gaige Davila

/ 27 Mar 2026