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The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

As the super-rich bend the knee to MAGA’s demands, the empowerment of local climate and environmental justice struggles will require grassroots funding networks to survive and continue to notch wins for their communities.

By Syris Valentine

/ 4 Apr 2025

The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

By Texas Tribune

/ 2 Apr 2025

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

Cleaning Fracking’s Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States

One company, Natura Resources, wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced water” for use in agriculture and industry.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 31 Mar 2025

Cleaning Fracking’s Waste Stream in Texas Could Require More Power Than Most U.S. States

Jaguar Watch: What ‘Finishing the Wall’ Means for Borderland Cats

Last week, the Trump Administration approved the first contract of its second term for new border barriers. Wildlife biologists and Indigenous rights organizers fear what comes next.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 24 Mar 2025

Jaguar Watch: What ‘Finishing the Wall’ Means for Borderland Cats

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

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

San Antonio Mayor Mulls Legal Action Over Guajolote Ranch as Wastewater Hearing Continues

Residents are decrying the anticipated million gallons of ‘treated’ wastewater the community would flush into Helotes Creek daily—and impact the drinking water source of millions.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Feb 2025

San Antonio Mayor Mulls Legal Action Over Guajolote Ranch as Wastewater Hearing Continues

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Up to a million gallons of treated wastewater could flow into Helotes Creek from Lennar’s planned Guajolote Ranch every day, putting local wells and San Antonio’s primary water source at risk.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Feb 2025

Water at Risk: ‘Million Gallon March’ Decries Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch Development Plans

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

University administrators’ rush to obey not only abandoned targeted faculty and students—it also permitted an insidious slide toward eliminating entire fields of study.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 11 Feb 2025

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

White supremacist movements seeking to eradicate the study of race and racism are driven by a fear of discomfort, says Juan Mancias, tribal chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. That’s also where the healing we all need resides.

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Jan 2025

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

End of SAWS WaterSaver Rewards Program Prompts Disappointment, Reflection

As climate drought intensifies, San Antonio Water System’s 2025 termination of a conservation program popular among local eco-yard proponents highlights tensions between conservation and accessibility in the utility’s struggles for future water security.

By Rachel Cywinski

/ 15 Jan 2025

End of SAWS WaterSaver Rewards Program Prompts Disappointment, Reflection

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News

Deceleration, a young nonprofit online environmental justice magazine with roots in South Texas, continues to gain national notice—and investment.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 16 Oct 2024

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News