Texas - Deceleration (Page 5)

‘Heat Dome’ Entering Texas Leaving Climate Shocks Across Central America

Study finds that global warming being driven by fossil fuels exposed nearly 80 percent of the world’s people to at least 31 days of extreme heat. Some of the hardest hit were in Central America.

By Ceiba Ili

/ 6 Jun 2024

‘Heat Dome’ Entering Texas Leaving Climate Shocks Across Central America

In Texas, Temps Are Rising—But Heat Index Is Rising Faster

Texas has warmed by around 3 degrees Fahrenheit on average but on some scorching summer days last year it felt up to 11 degrees hotter.

By Yale360

/ 4 Jun 2024

In Texas, Temps Are Rising—But Heat Index Is Rising Faster

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

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

By Greg Harman

/ 23 May 2024

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

Across Texas, High Fluoride Levels Are a Rising Concern

From the High Plains to Central Texas, public water supplies and unregulated wells serving several thousands of residents contain levels of fluoride some experts say could be harmful to fetal brain development.

By Undark

/ 18 May 2024

Across Texas, High Fluoride Levels Are a Rising Concern

Texas State Troopers Called the Real ‘Outside Agitators’ at UT Austin Protests

Anti-Zionist Jewish protestors speak with Deceleration against the occupation of Gaza and the violent crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin campus.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 15 May 2024

Texas State Troopers Called the Real ‘Outside Agitators’ at UT Austin Protests

Oil Companies Seek Permits to Dump 18M Gallons per Day Into the Pecos River Watershed

Texas regulators are issuing permits to discharge treated produced water. But questions remain about toxic pollutants in the wastewater.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 9 May 2024

Oil Companies Seek Permits to Dump 18M Gallons per Day Into the Pecos River Watershed

VideoVIDEO: Foraging Dewberries at Canyon Lake

It’s dewberry season in Texas. Some practical advice and poetic reflections on red wasps, slippery slopes, and the exuberance of foraging in a time of peril and suffering.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 6 May 2024

VideoVIDEO: Foraging Dewberries at Canyon Lake

OSHA Says U.S. Heat Deaths a ‘Vast’ Undercount as Off-the-Rails Temps Push Toward Summer

Federal regulators are targeting Spanish-speaking workers early this year in hopes of reducing deaths during 2024’s extreme heat. But large gaps in Texas heat surveillance means another avoidable season of suffering and death looms for workers, migrants, elderly, unhoused, and the incarcerated.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Apr 2024

OSHA Says U.S. Heat Deaths a ‘Vast’ Undercount as Off-the-Rails Temps Push Toward Summer

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

‘They spent millions of dollars pushing desalination and all the money went to lawyers, permitting and public relations. The idiots sold water they didn’t have,’ said a local retired chemical engineer.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 12 Apr 2024

Corpus Christi Officials Warn Water-Intensive ‘Green’ Fuels Plant May Threaten Supply, Rates

Climate Advocates Must Be Amtrak Advocates Too

With billions of federal dollars flowing, the time is right to maximize our use of existing railway lines and realize hybrid rail across Texas—including Corpus Christi and Laredo.

By Lindsay Ratcliffe

/ 9 Apr 2024

Climate Advocates Must Be Amtrak Advocates Too

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

With the new federal methane rule entering the home stretch, stranded gas in the Permian Basin could contribute to more flaring this year.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

With area springs going dry and reservoirs falling seriously low at Canyon Lake and elsewhere, the forecast is for extreme summer and expanding drought across Central and West Texas.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s