South Texas Archives – Deceleration

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour & Inside Climate News ● Gulf Coast ● September 3, 2025

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi.

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ASLE 2025: Birds, Barrios, Borders, & Books—Chicanx Poetics and Publishing from the Belly of the Beast

By Marisol Cortez ● Arts and Letters ● August 6, 2025

Deceleration assembled a panel of South Texas writer-activists at the 16th convening of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment to explore what it means to write and publish for Earth protection and human rights in a time of authoritarian cruelty.

‘I Was Having a Good Time’: How Did a Small Town in South Texas Get Hit With Two Oil Spills?

By Alex Ip & The Xylom ● Gulf Coast ● May 28, 2025

A playing field tilted towards regional officials, Texas Republicans, and foreign energy companies did residents in.

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

By Greg Harman ● Decolonial ● January 29, 2025

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.

Film Screening: ‘Stop SpaceX Colonization of the Rio Grande Valley’

By Greg Harman ● August 9, 2024

New EPA Rules Could Force Dirty San Miguel Coal Plant To Close

By James Courtney ● Energy ● June 19, 2024

South Texas landowners and communities have long decried the land and water pollution from the coal plant and adjacent lignite mining operations, one of the most contaminated locations in the state.

Dangerous Texas Memorial Day Heat Made Five Times More Likely By Global Warming

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● May 22, 2024

Punishing heat arriving across South Texas this week places most residents in region under ‘extreme’ threat of negative heat-related health impacts.

Webinar: Defunding Environmental Racism in the Gulf South

By Rujuta Tamakuwala ● March 1, 2023

Come show solidarity with Black and Indigenous peoples of the Gulf South.

PODCAST: Evergreen Seeks to Speed Texas Solar Rollout with New ‘Goldilocks’ Model

By Greg Harman ● Podcast ● July 1, 2022

Former CPS Energy exec Cris Eugster’s new venture seeks to drive Texas to 100-percent renewables with ‘Goldilocks’ solar farms while allowing companies to meet their sustainability goals.

‘Dangerous Joke’ Private Border Wall to Police Itself Under Legal Settlement

By Greg Harman ● Borderlands ● June 19, 2022