Water - Deceleration

Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought

In April, one of the city’s three reservoirs received its first inflows in eight months. But narrowly avoiding an immediate disaster doesn’t mean that Corpus Christi has solved its water crisis.

By Dylan Baddour, Emily Salazar and Inside Climate News

/ 22 May 2026

Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought

Border Walls & ‘Murder Buoys’: Emerging Risks Facing One of the Americas' Great Rivers—and Those Who Call Her Home

‘Every state a border state’ has shown the U.S. interior MAGA’s anti-immigrant furor, but on the actual southern boundary, border residents—and the Rio Grande they share—are bearing the fuller price of ever expanding militarization.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 May 2026

Border Walls & ‘Murder Buoys’: Emerging Risks Facing One of the Americas' Great Rivers—and Those Who Call Her Home

Corpus Christi is Declaring a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

City leaders intend to make unprecedented cuts to water use in September but aren’t sure exactly how, as schools and hospitals drill for water.

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija and Emily Salazar

/ 26 Apr 2026

Corpus Christi is Declaring a ‘Water Emergency.’ What Does That Mean?

After the Hunger Strike, an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Dow Goes On

Four decades into her crusade against Texas petrochemical plants, a retired shrimper remains determined to fight the largest chemical company in America.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 17 Apr 2026

After the Hunger Strike, an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Dow Goes On

Climate-Fueled Heat Creating a Water Crisis in the Southwest

Scientists are linking deadly heat waves, like the record-breaking heat dome, to pollution from fossil fuel companies.

By Mike Ludwig and Truthout

/ 27 Mar 2026

Climate-Fueled Heat Creating a Water Crisis in the Southwest

Data Center Watch: Lessons from a San Marcos Coalition's Defeat of an AI Data Center

Livestream from recent Todos Agua facilitated by Deceleration and hosted by Esperanza Peace & Justice Center

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Mar 2026

Data Center Watch: Lessons from a San Marcos Coalition's Defeat of an AI Data Center

'Time is Up': Corpus Christi Careening Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

The largest industrial users paying to avoid water limits as the 'Sparkling City by the Sea' expects to run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, trigger a surge in gas prices, and result in an 'economic disaster' without precedent, former officials said.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 10 Mar 2026

'Time is Up': Corpus Christi Careening Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

SAWS Rate Hikes are Coming. How Fair is their Rate Structure?

Retired academic Jim Spickard breaks down SAWS rate structure as San Antonio moves toward a series of rate-hike votes.

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Feb 2026

SAWS Rate Hikes are Coming. How Fair is their Rate Structure?

Amy Hardberger: It's Time to Talk About Growth Controls in Rural Texas

As the contested Guajolote Ranch winds up before San Antonio's City Council and data centers crowd into vulnerable rural pockets of Texas, this water law expert says the big story is about neglected authority and 'unchecked growth.'

By Greg Harman

/ 26 Jan 2026

Amy Hardberger: It's Time to Talk About Growth Controls in Rural Texas

Lennar’s Controversial Guajolote Ranch MUD Request Getting Cautious Treatment by San Antonio Council

Spurned by regional elected leaders, Lennar’s pursuit of 2,900 homes at Guajolote Ranch, in spite of risks to area drinking water, speaks volumes about broken planning processes and a widening local-state power divide.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Jan 2026

Lennar’s Controversial Guajolote Ranch MUD Request Getting Cautious Treatment by San Antonio Council

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price.

By Martha Pskowski and Inside Climate News

/ 21 Jan 2026

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

Water Wonks Lecture Series: Travis Waiser on Soil Carbon Analysis

Registration is now open for January's Water Wonks lecture! Join us Wednesday, January 28th at 3:30pm to hear Travis Waiser's talk on the soil carbon

By Deceleration Staff

/ 23 Dec 2025

Water Wonks Lecture Series: Travis Waiser on Soil Carbon Analysis