Energy - Deceleration (Page 2)

‘I Was Having a Good Time’: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?

A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies did residents in.

By Alex Ip

/ 28 May 2025

‘I Was Having a Good Time’: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?

‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

The Texas oil export boom has left Coastal Bend residents in harm’s way. A rainbow coalition is facing an uphill battle to compel the enforcement of environmental regulations, to mixed results. Can they save themselves before it’s too late?

By Alex Ip

/ 24 May 2025

‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town

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

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Mar 2025

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

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Feb 2025

Fighting Authoritarianism While Winning Water & Energy Justice in Texas

How the Rise of ‘Petro-Masculinity’ Threatens Climate Progress

‘Petro-masculinity’ occurs when rising authoritarianism, climate denial, and misogyny meet, argues scholar Cara Daggett.

By The 19th

/ 14 Jan 2025

How the Rise of ‘Petro-Masculinity’ Threatens Climate Progress

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

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.

By DeSmog

/ 30 Oct 2024

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

CPS Energy’s Fossil Fuel Fixation Threatens Our Future

To best navigate our climate crisis, the people of greater San Antonio need their City Council to seize the controls of our wayward City-owned utility.

By Darby Riley

/ 25 Sep 2024

CPS Energy’s Fossil Fuel Fixation Threatens Our Future

DC Circuit Court Rules Against Texas LNG Projects

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.

By James Courtney

/ 9 Aug 2024

DC Circuit Court Rules Against Texas LNG Projects

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

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Jul 2024

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

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

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.

By James Courtney

/ 19 Jun 2024

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

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

‘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.’

By Common Dreams

/ 14 Jun 2024

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

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

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.

By James Courtney

/ 16 Apr 2024

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