Texas - Deceleration (Page 2)

From North Texas Heat Illness into Deadly Hill Country Flooding

The dark side of the Governor Abbott’s ‘Texas Miracle’ is manifesting in our bodies and shared disasters as heat and climate disasters increase.

By Caprice Capri

/ 7 Jul 2025

From North Texas Heat Illness into Deadly Hill Country Flooding

Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show

Apex predators are critical to healthy ecosystems. These determined biologists and wildlands advocates are out to prove that wolves and ranchers, scientists and politicians can coexist in the recovery of Mexican gray wolves.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 29 May 2025

Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show

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

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

By Alex Ip

/ 28 May 2025

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

‘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

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

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

/ 29 Apr 2025

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents

Advocates say the effort would begin repairing a system that fails to account for heat-related deaths across the community, a prerequisite for preventing needless suffering and loss of life. But Bexar County’s partnership remains uncertain.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Apr 2025

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents