Reporting - Deceleration (Page 2)

Border Walls & ‘Murder Buoys’: Emerging Risks Facing One of the Americas' Great Rivers—and Those Who Call Her Home

‘Every state a border state’ has shown the U.S. interior MAGA’s anti-immigrant furor, but on the actual southern boundary, border residents—and the Rio Grande they share—are bearing the fuller price of ever expanding militarization.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 May 2026

Border Walls & ‘Murder Buoys’: Emerging Risks Facing One of the Americas' Great Rivers—and Those Who Call Her Home

$1.7B Big Bend Border Wall Contract Awarded Amidst Public Confusion Over Plans

The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build a wall in Big Bend National Park.

By Ayden Runnels and Texas Tribune

/ 16 May 2026

$1.7B Big Bend Border Wall Contract Awarded Amidst Public Confusion Over Plans

Data Centers Could Start Construction Before Receiving Air Permits, Under Proposed EPA Rule

Allowing gas plants, factories, and data centers to move ahead of regulators would ramp up the pressure for permit approval.

By Charles Paullin and Inside Climate News

/ 12 May 2026

Data Centers Could Start Construction Before Receiving Air Permits, Under Proposed EPA Rule

Sen. Ted Cruz Working to Grant Fossil Fuel Companies 'Sweeping Legal Immunity'

Members of Congress in Texas and Wyoming tout the bills as protecting energy security, but opponents say they amount to a corporate handout that will cost taxpayers billions and harm human and environmental health.

By Jake Bolster and Inside Climate News

/ 8 May 2026

Sen. Ted Cruz Working to Grant Fossil Fuel Companies 'Sweeping Legal Immunity'

US Drivers Bearing Brunt of Trump's War on Iran—Not So Much in Nations with More Renewables

“The only real energy independence from the Middle East is renewables,” said one policy expert.

By Stephen Prager and Common Dreams

/ 6 May 2026

US Drivers Bearing Brunt of Trump's War on Iran—Not So Much in Nations with More Renewables

San Antonio Boosts its ‘Heat Resilience Playbook’ as Texas Cities Seek to Adapt to Rising Temps

Republican state leaders stripped cities of the ability to require water breaks for workers, but Texas cities are still fighting to create more habitable conditions for their residents as dangerous heatwaves continue to expand.

By Greg Harman

/ 4 May 2026

San Antonio Boosts its ‘Heat Resilience Playbook’ as Texas Cities Seek to Adapt to Rising Temps

May Day Exhibit Celebrates San Antonio’s Labor Organizing History

Local union advocates are highlighting the critical importance of labor and revitalizing working-class solidarity.

By James Courtney

/ 30 Apr 2026

May Day Exhibit Celebrates San Antonio’s Labor Organizing History

100+ Groups Urge Congress to Reject Rushed Data Center Approvals

'Congress must not let Big Tech block oversight and hide data centers’ real harms from the public, including their immense energy and water use, dangerous pollution, and rising local costs,' said one campaigner.

By Brett Wilkins and Common Dreams

/ 30 Apr 2026

100+ Groups Urge Congress to Reject Rushed Data Center Approvals

Corpus Christi is Declaring a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September but aren’t sure exactly how, as schools and hospitals drill for water.

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija and Emily Salazar

/ 26 Apr 2026

Corpus Christi is Declaring a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

Get Ready for a 'Long Hell' of a Summer, National Weather Service Official Warns

Rio Grande Valley residents are at particular risk from extreme heat, according to a study presented last week by an emerging partnership between state and federal weather and health officials.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Apr 2026

Get Ready for a 'Long Hell' of a Summer, National Weather Service Official Warns

‘Unify to Dilley’ Inspires Hundreds to Converge Outside CoreCivic's Family Concentration Camp

DILLEY, Texas—‘Unify to Dilley’ attendees gathered on the side of the road just outside of this small South Texas community on April 18, 2026, with three key demands: shut

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Apr 2026

‘Unify to Dilley’ Inspires Hundreds to Converge Outside CoreCivic's Family Concentration Camp

After the Hunger Strike, an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Dow Goes On

Four decades into her crusade against Texas petrochemical plants, a retired shrimper remains determined to fight the largest chemical company in America.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 17 Apr 2026

After the Hunger Strike, an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Dow Goes On