🌱🌱Welcome to the Spring 2026 Costa Viviente newsletter from the Another Gulf is Possible Collaborative. As the Spring Equinox brings a rare moment of balance between light and dark, it also invites us into a season of renewal, planting, and collective reflection. 🌸🪴

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Trump’s $1B offshore wind payout to TotalEnergies sparks legal… Offshore wind and legal experts question whether Interior has the authority to reimburse the oil giant for canceled leases, especially if it taps taxpayer…

Trump’s $1 billion offshore wind buyout is legally dubious — but may not be the last deal of its kind to come out of the White House.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a new border security project in the Rio Grande — not a wall of steel or concrete, but a floating barrier of linked buoys.

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Press Release: Rio Grande Valley Community and Tribe Oppose US Fish & Wildlife Giving Away Habitat to SpaceX FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2026 Contact: Bekah Hinojosa, bekah@sotxejn.org at 956-975-6634 Rio Grande Valley Community and Tribe Oppose US Fish & Wildlife Giving Away Habitat to SpaceX The…

US Fish & Wildlife plans to transfer 712 acres of Boca Chica habitat to Elon Musk to expand SpaceX's dangerous and unnecessary rocket launch activities.

We submitted over 3,000 public comments opposing this last night before the deadline.

Read our press release
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After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a…

New today: “The Department of Homeland Security is not being clear intentionally about what their plans are, what they’re deploying in the region, and so it’s up to us in the community to track and document and report on it. This is how we fight back.”

After 20 Years of Resistance, Trump Is Walling Off the Rio Grande Valley Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a…

A construction contract was awarded March 18, using money from the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” to build wall through the National Butterfly Center and the Santa Ana refuge, among other once-protected sites.

New from Michael Gonzalez, copublished with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social:

I'll be speaking on a panel at the UT Austin conference on April 24, discussing climate change issues in the Rio Grande Valley. There are many other great panels as well.

RSVP & info: lifeafterempire.com

Another Gulf reppin’ at NACCS Tejas Foco, the Annual Gathering of Chicana/Chicano Scholars, Poets, Artists, Activists, and Barrio Historians. If you’re in Houston, come by today and Saturday!

Check out the program lineup here:
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#anothergulf #naccs2026 #tejasfoco

Border communities urged officials to condemn deadly buoys in the Rio Grande. Most officials haven't responded to our letter.

We will protest against these murder buoys in Brownsville on Feb 26.

Press release ->
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The thing that has to be said here is that (1) this is still going on and (2) it’s actually getting worse, because the industry is producing ever more waste per barrel of oil or MMBTU of gas, because the easily accessible stuff is long gone.

We Built Disaster Kits for Our Rio Grande Valley Neighbors—They Use Them for Daily Survival As climate 'shocks' increasingly puncture wealthier parts of the U.S., they lengthen like a shadow across this borderlands region.

"The Brownsville area suffers from crumbling infrastructure due to inadequate funding, mishandling of city resources, and various forms of exploitation. ... Climate change impacts, such as flooding and extreme heat, make it worse."

From @bekahbot.bsky.social

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We oppose the installation of death-trap buoys in our river because they are unnecessary & will seriously injure or kill people. These buoys would also cause irreparable damage to the river habitat.

We urge electeds @BTxRGV to condemn these buoys & demand their immediate removal.

1M gallons of sulfuric acid spilled, some into ship channel from Channelview chemical leak Authorities are responding to a sulfuric acid spill at a Channelview plant after a catwalk collapse; two people are hospitalized, dozens evaluated, the leak is contained, and there is no threat to the...

1M gallons of sulfuric acid spilled on Sunday into the Houston Ship Channel from BWC Terminals

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SpaceX will keep approaching state & fed agencies to try to occupy more of our sacred, pristine coastline inch by inch. We in South Texas will fight back at every step because this colonizer must be stopped.

Texan Nonprofits Sue FERC for Approving LNG Terminal and Pipeline Groups ask FERC to better evaluate the air pollution impacts of the TX project

Today, we SUED the regulator, FERC, for approving Rio Grande LNG & the Rio Bravo Pipeline.

This methane gas facility would be the biggest polluter in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
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Sharing this hilarious video of someone yelling "Fuck you" at Congressman Henry Cuellar on the streets of Laredo, TX.

University suspends Alice, Nineteen Fifty-Six student magazines The University of Alabama Department of Student Life permanently suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine, two University-funded student magazines, effective Monday, citing a federal memo issue...

University of Alabama suspended two student magazines–one which focused primarily on women and the other on Black student life and culture–citing a DOJ memo. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...

Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out. Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s i...

After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom.

All but about 200 pages are blacked out.

Text on the photo: "FLASHBACK: Even Gulf Coast swamps saw the Northern Lights last month. What clarity!" and "@AnotherGulf(IsPossible) The photo is of the northern lights over Crawfordville, Florida in a pink hue with typical swamp foliage obscured in the foreground: pine trees, spanish moss on dead trees in silhouette, etc. In the sky, also in a transparent pink hue, is a photo of Jeffery Epstein with Donald Trump from one of their many times being photographed happily together. Is funny. Is topical. Is unforgettable. Yr welcome <3

FLASHBACK: Even Gulf Coast swamps saw the Northern Lights last month. What clarity!

Find all the emails in a searchable, familiar format here:
jmail.world

Original photo: Patricia Dyszer-Townsend, Crawfordville, FL

Who is allowed to go home this holiday season?

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is gutted like a turkey carcass by the government. But flights travel like gravy for Trump’s deportation airline.

Our latest Another Gulf Is Possible Comic post:

Where's the US news report about this?

Someone placed signs on Matamoros, Mexico's beach near the US-Mexico border & SpaceX launchpad, declaring it a "restricted area" in accordance with directives issued by the Secretary of Defense.

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How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries

Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries.

Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes

I am covering the @theguardian.com Cop30 blog, follow along here www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This weekend we're hosting a workshop about creating messages for creative visuals in Brownsville
RSVP here bit.ly/nov22workshop

Art Dirt: A Visit to The RGV | Glasstire Jessica Fuentes, William Sarradet & Nicholas Frank discuss a trip to the Rio Grande Valley, including stops in Laredo, McAllen & beyond.

We sat down with @glasstire.bsky.social this month to chat about creative resistance as a way to speak up about the harms of SpaceX colonization in Brownsville, TX

Read:

Art Dirt: A Visit to The RGV - glasstire.com/2025/11/16/a...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
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Absolutely disgusting.

Elon Musk, the wealthiest man in the world, has his own company town in the poorest community in the country, the Rio Grande Valley, TX

NOW: A small group of protesters briefly blockaded the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin to demand shareholders reject a $1T pay package for the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

The blockade dispersed after a Travis Co. Sheriff threatened to arrest protesters without any official warning.

Top AIG Exec Has Major Fossil Fuel Ties - The American Prospect A Center for Media and Democracy investigation shows that John G. Rice, AIG’s lead independent director, holds the same position at Baker Hughes, a global fossil fuel technology company that has received major contracts from companies AIG insures.

New methane export facilities are poisoning the climate and communities—but they can still find insurance. The Center for Media and Democracy found one man serving as director for both the insurer and the fossil fuel company they insured. From @matthewcook5.bsky.social: trib.al/CjNrzU9

A New Generation of Industries Emerges in Texas From Federal Push for Mining Revival - Inside Climate News The U.S. doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible.

Smackover Lithium, a joint venture of a Norwegian oil giant and a Canadian miner, announced in late September the discovery of the most lithium-rich fluids ever reported in North America, measured deep beneath its Texas claims

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