Water - Deceleration (Page 2)

The Battle to Save the Endangered Species Act

Protecting threatened and endangered species has long been popular with Americans across the political spectrum. But can the Trump administration, which has moved to weaken the Endangered Species Act, be inspired to protect the species we love?

By Wendee Nicole

/ 21 Aug 2025

The Battle to Save the Endangered Species Act

ASLE 2025: Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance—From Barton Springs Attack to Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’

Amid rising attacks on trans people, ideas from ‘queer ecology’ can light the way toward an alternative environmental politics capable of honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beside and beyond our waterways.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 14 Aug 2025

ASLE 2025: Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance—From Barton Springs Attack to Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’

Hanging On In Tragedy-Stricken Texas Hill Country: ‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’

The Richardsons are among the lucky in Kerr County, at the epicenter of ‘flash flood alley,’ who narrowly survived the river’s sudden rise.

By Candice Bernd

/ 22 Jul 2025

Hanging On In Tragedy-Stricken Texas Hill Country: ‘I Think We’re Gonna Stay’

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

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa

The U.S. military is a major interest in this new extractive industry, which is poised to emerge both off- and on-shore.

By Elyse Hauser

/ 1 Jul 2025

Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Order Will Likely Impact Gulf States, Biodiversity—But First Up: American Samoa

In Midst of San Marcos Drought, Water-Hungry Data Centers Seek Zoning Exemption to Operate

With Tuesday night vote approaching, Deceleration asked Texas-based researcher Sloan Rucker of the Data Center Action Coalition about the merits of developer arguments.

By Myra Dumapias

/ 1 Jun 2025

In Midst of San Marcos Drought, Water-Hungry Data Centers Seek Zoning Exemption to Operate

Are We Witnessing the Stirring of a 21st Century North American Dust Bowl?

As El Paso sees its tenth dust storm of 2025, such storms across the U.S. Southwest and Northern Mexico are bringing closed highways, cancelled football games, car wrecks, and increased hospitalizations.

By Example User

/ 28 May 2025

Are We Witnessing the Stirring of a 21st Century North American Dust Bowl?

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

Cultural bearer Matilde Torres speaks with Deceleration about hosting community in cross-cultural ceremony at Brackenridge Park while safeguarding sacred spaces from a city hellbent on redevelopment.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 25 May 2025

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

Judges Deal Blow in Fight for Clean Water at Helotes Creek—and Greater San Antonio

Opponents of housing development suggest lawsuit may be their last recourse to stop Lennar’s Guajolote Ranch anticipated discharge of 1 million gallons per day.

By James Courtney

/ 23 May 2025

Judges Deal Blow in Fight for Clean Water at Helotes Creek—and Greater San Antonio

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 and Inside Climate News

/ 29 Apr 2025

In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams

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

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