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'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities
Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.
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Greg Harman
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Gaige Davila
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Sharing—a Simple Approach to a Better Future
From Seattle to Houston to Asheville, North Carolina, (and beyond!) tool libraries and other sharing hubs are saving people money, preventing waste, and building spaces for resilience.
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Actions Alert: Data Center Moratorium, Defunding SATX Climate, Bulldozing Big Bend, y Más
A roundup of meetings and actions and Deceleration headlines from the week.
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Greg Harman
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A Board Game of Climate Change Solutions? Yes, Please.
The complexity of our situation, including fossil fuel lobbying and risks of democratic collapse, are fully represented by the creators of 'Daybreak.' But winning the game is still within reach.
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