Gulf Coast - Deceleration (Page 3)

Cat 1 Hurricane Beryl Tests Houston’s Resilience, Finds Gaping Holes

Houston’s first direct hit from a hurricane in decades showed how vulnerable the nation’s energy capital remains.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 13 Jul 2024

Cat 1 Hurricane Beryl Tests Houston’s Resilience, Finds Gaping Holes

Even Deep Texas Coast Reefs Aren’t Safe from Coral Bleaching as World’s Oceans Cook

Some of the healthiest coral reefs on the planet exist off the coast of Texas and Louisiana. But researchers say the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is no longer beyond the reach of fossil fuels and the extreme ocean heatwaves they are causing.

By Melissa Gaskill

/ 8 May 2024

Even Deep Texas Coast Reefs Aren’t Safe from Coral Bleaching as World’s Oceans Cook

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

‘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.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 12 Apr 2024

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

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

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

/ 28 Feb 2024

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

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

Deep Sea Mining May be Coming to the Texas Coast—But at What Cost?

Texas Congressmembers are lobbying for federal assistance to bring a Canadian seabed mining firm to the state. But Texas A&M researchers have reservations about the pace of development.

By Elyse Hauser

/ 7 Feb 2024

Deep Sea Mining May be Coming to the Texas Coast—But at What Cost?

Scorching 2024 May Push South Texas Water Supplies to the Brink

‘Pretty scary times,’ says president of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority with reservoirs already in decline.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 23 Jan 2024

Scorching 2024 May Push South Texas Water Supplies to the Brink

How Some of the Biggest Texas Polluters Keep Skirting Federal Environmental Laws

Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski and Inside Climate News

/ 5 Jan 2024

How Some of the Biggest Texas Polluters Keep Skirting Federal Environmental Laws

Gulf Coast Activist Diane Wilson Seeks to Hold Formosa Accountable for Toxic Spill in Vietnam

Goldman Environmental Prize-winning activist and fourth-generation fisherman Diane Wilson cites jailing and mistreatment of those seeking justice for the devastation of coastal fisheries in launching the solidarity Global Hunger Strike.

By Diane Wilson

/ 3 Nov 2023

Gulf Coast Activist Diane Wilson Seeks to Hold Formosa Accountable for Toxic Spill in Vietnam

Volunteers Planting Coral Gardens to Save Coastal Reefs

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

By Melissa Gaskill

/ 25 Jul 2023

Volunteers Planting Coral Gardens to Save Coastal Reefs

Greater Corpus Christi’s Most ‘Utility Burdened’ Neighborhoods

Residents of Corpus Christi, home to six refineries and the busiest oil export port in the United States, suffer from a utility burden that is more than twice the national average. Deceleration’s mapping project shows how utility burden, asthma, and of health insurance is linked for many across the

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Jul 2023

Greater Corpus Christi’s Most ‘Utility Burdened’ Neighborhoods