Reporting - Deceleration

'Elite' Border Patrol Unit Joins Attacks on Protesters Resisting Trump’s Border Wall

Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance” tactics.

By Mike Ludwig and Truthout

/ 10 Oct 2026

'Elite' Border Patrol Unit Joins Attacks on Protesters Resisting Trump’s Border Wall

'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility

Community organizers and local elected leaders join vigil outside 640,000-square-foot warehouse slated to house thousands amid growing ICE violence and deportation enforcement pushback.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Oct 2026

'March Will Not End Tomorrow': San Antonio Immigration Protest Resists New ICE Facility

Abbott's Deregulation Threat Won't Cut Rates—But Could Spur Change from the Grassroots

Deceleration speaks with longtime utility justice advocate DeeDee Belmares about years of campaigning to reform City of San Antonio-owned CPS Energy.

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2026

Abbott's Deregulation Threat Won't Cut Rates—But Could Spur Change from the Grassroots

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?

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

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

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'

'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

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Judge's ordered construction pause called an opportunity to organize to better defend Big Bend.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Aug 2026

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio

The more conservative City of Fort Worth's unanimous moratorium vote contrasts with a divided San Antonio council debating regulations for the fast-growing industry.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Aug 2026

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio