Deceleration Founder/Managing Editor Greg Harman is an independent journalist who has written about environmental health and justice issues since the late 1990s.
As calls for ‘Drill Baby Drill’ and ‘Mine Baby Mine’ filled the conference rooms at Hilton Americas in Houston, hundreds gathered outside to imagine what many described as the more just, sustainable, and inevitable world we all actually need.
As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.
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.
Up to a million gallons of treated wastewater could flow into Helotes Creek from Lennar’s planned Guajolote Ranch every day, putting local wells and San Antonio’s primary water source at risk.
‘Why is CenterPoint Energy making billions while people die? Why is Encor and other electric utilities making massive profits, when none of that comes back to us?’ — Dave Cortez, Texas Sierra Club
White supremacist movements seeking to eradicate the study of race and racism are driven by a fear of discomfort, says Juan Mancias, tribal chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. That’s also where the healing we all need resides.
While a legal decision that could reanimate a federal lawsuit may take until summer, the City of San Antonio is expected to move ahead with tree removals at Brackenridge Park as soon as it gets clearance from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
We could know what happens to people after they are evicted. Just like we could know how many people are dying from extreme heat. In the struggle to stay housed, organizers must push against powerful entrenched forces that demand unknowing.