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Joe Biden

A flare goes off from a smokestack between two drilling rigs on a small hill in a West Texas oil field.

EPA Backs Down from Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

Oil sector advocates pushed hard against an ozone nonattainment designation, which would have required oilfield emissions reductions.

by Martha Pskowski and Dylan Baddour

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Climate Activists Sit In At Department of Transportation Over Oil Exports

by Dylan Baddour

Energy Advocates Urge Biden to Declare Climate Emergency

by Candice Bernd

U.S. Immigration Policy Is to Blame for the Horrific Mass Death in San Antonio

by Claudia E. Muñoz-Castellano

May 16, 2022

The San Antonio Border Security Expo Is Decadent and Depraved

Robot dogs, cocktails, a shooting competition, and more taxpayer money than you can shake a drone at.

by Gus Bova

Feb 24, 2022

Jill Biden’s San Antonio Visit Highlights Childcare Challenges for Military Families

The First Lady visited an Air Force daycare to discuss the concerns of service members whose children have disabilities.

by Delger Erdenesanaa

Nov 18, 2021

Advocates Want Biden’s Methane Rules to Go Even Further

In the nation’s largest oil and gas producing state, new federal methane emissions are only the first step in tackling climate change.

by Amal Ahmed

A drawing by Felipe

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Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families

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Erika Andiola speaking at a Bernie Sanders campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2016. Sep 30, 2020

Erika Andiola Says Dreamers Know How to Push Biden

“All we can do is pick our opponent,” says Andiola, the chief advocacy officer for the San Antonio-based immigrant rights group RAICES Action.

by Gus Bova

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