Reporting - Deceleration (Page 7)

‘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

Housing Insecurity: Extremity of Federal Attacks on Social Services Require a Coordinated Response, Local Leaders Say

‘Real solutions are not cheap.’ Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert presents plan for 3,000 additional Permanent Affordable Housing units—and commits to tracking (and preventing) heat-related deaths.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 May 2025

Housing Insecurity: Extremity of Federal Attacks on Social Services Require a Coordinated Response, Local Leaders Say

Judges Deal Blow in Fight for Clean Water at Helotes Creek—and Greater San Antonio

Opponents of housing development suggest lawsuit may be their last recourse to stop Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch anticipated discharge of 1 million gallons per day.

By James Courtney

/ 23 May 2025

Judges Deal Blow in Fight for Clean Water at Helotes Creek—and Greater San Antonio

After Trump Guts OSHA, Republicans Attack Heat-Related Worker Safety Rules

The Trump administration eviscerated the only agency tasked with studying worker health and safety. Now, Republicans have revived a plan to stop OSHA “overreach.” Advocates fear it could further endanger workers.

By Inside Climate News

/ 20 May 2025

After Trump Guts OSHA, Republicans Attack Heat-Related Worker Safety Rules

To Force Vote on Gaza Ceasefire—A First in Texas—San Marcos Activists Ran Their Own City Council Candidate

Even though the measure failed under withering threats from Governor Greg Abbott, organizers say the struggle for Palestinian liberation in this small college town has had positive cascading effects for other justice struggles.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 16 May 2025

To Force Vote on Gaza Ceasefire—A First in Texas—San Marcos Activists Ran Their Own City Council Candidate

Extreme Heat Roars Into Texas with Pre-Summer Reminder of Ongoing Climate Crisis

Sudden heat shock expected to stress bodies across the state this week as 2025 continues to manifest unprecedented levels of extreme heat for Texas and the planet.

By Greg Harman

/ 13 May 2025

Extreme Heat Roars Into Texas with Pre-Summer Reminder of Ongoing Climate Crisis

Texas Voters Beat Back Book Banners in Katy, Fort Bend, & Mansfield ISD Elections

Texas school districts have banned hundreds of titles over the past few years, leading the country in banning books.

By Chris Walker

/ 8 May 2025

Texas Voters Beat Back Book Banners in Katy, Fort Bend, & Mansfield ISD Elections

‘Solidarity Forever’: International Worker’s Day Opens and Closes with Rallies in San Antonio, Texas

Against a backdrop of mass casualty embodied by the memorial to the 53 immigrants who died locked in a tractor trailer in 2022, organizers from a range of unions and worker-support organizations rallied crowds across San Antonio last week.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 May 2025

‘Solidarity Forever’: International Worker’s Day Opens and Closes with Rallies in San Antonio, Texas

Greg Abbott Could Defund San Marcos Police, Flood Control Over Resolution Decrying Israeli Violence

If the resolution passes, San Marcos would be the first city council in Texas to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. But the move could cost them funds that support expectant mothers and public safety.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 3 May 2025

Greg Abbott Could Defund San Marcos Police, Flood Control Over Resolution Decrying Israeli Violence

ICE Abuses, Punishing Floods Show the Cesar Chavez March in the RGV is Still Necessary

Even with their communities under assault, local elected leaders rising in solidarity are hard to find.

By Gaige Davila

/ 29 Apr 2025

ICE Abuses, Punishing Floods Show the Cesar Chavez March in the RGV is Still Necessary

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been defeated by powerful homebuilders.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 29 Apr 2025

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

By Mark Engler

/ 25 Apr 2025

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?