Greg Harman - Deceleration (Page 7)

Abbott’s Belligerence on Border Designed to Obscure his Culpability

Record levels of forced migration are tied to a climate crisis that Governor Greg Abbott helped shepherd into existence.

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Jan 2024

Abbott’s Belligerence on Border Designed to Obscure his Culpability

Climate Activists Supporting Ceasefire (and More) in Palestine—In Their Own Words

With the body count soaring beyond 25,000 in Gaza, Deceleration invited climate leaders to share why they are supporting ceasefire in Palestine.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Jan 2024

Climate Activists Supporting Ceasefire (and More) in Palestine—In Their Own Words

Centering Housing as a Human Right in the San Antonio Struggle

For most of the world, housing is at least understood as a human right. Yet in the richest nation on earth—and in San Antonio—the struggle continues for both housing justice action and agreement.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jan 2024

Centering Housing as a Human Right in the San Antonio Struggle

Take Action: Brackenridge Committee Seeks ‘Reset’ on Community Relations

City of San Antonio Brackenridge Park committee members hope to open a new conversation about the park while generating a Brackenridge Park Reconciled Project Inventory.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Jan 2024

brackenridge park reset community meeting

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

Bexar County’s medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause on any summer deaths.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Oct 2023

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Small groups of 20 or fewer will be allowed to hold limited ceremonies beside the San Antonio River, but U.S. District Judge Biery rejects requests by members of the Lipan-Apache Native American Church to protect the trees and birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought

In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

On the cusp of the 25th march in the city, Deceleration spoke with Diaz about the roots of his own Indigenous awareness and movement away from Dia de la Raza in the late ’90s to what became a tenacious drive for an Indigenous Peoples Day declaration in San Antonio.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Oct 2023

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

The sacred and the law: Indigenous claims on trial in the Brackenridge lawsuit.

The central question for U.S. District Judge Fred Biery is whether the city of San Antonio has made sufficient efforts to provide members of the Lipan-Apache “Hoosh Chetzel” Native American Church access to one of its most sacred sites for religious ceremonies. City attorneys argued last week that n

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2023

PODCAST: Uncovering Extreme Heat’s Hidden Impacts with Rose Jones

We know that extreme heat negatively impacts every organ in the body, triggers mental health conditions, contributes to spikes in domestic violence, and much more. So why are policymakers and public health officials struggling to understand who is being injured and killed by the heat?

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Sep 2023

PODCAST: Uncovering Extreme Heat’s Hidden Impacts with Rose Jones

TAKE ACTION: Westside Creeks Project Public Input Sessions

Ecologically transformative Westside Creeks Project dogged by gentrification fears advances to final design phase on San Antonio’s Westside.

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Sep 2023

TAKE ACTION: Westside Creeks Project Public Input Sessions

‘His Name Was Albert’: Living & Dying in San Antonio’s Climate Shocks

On August 12, 2023, after enduring nearly a month of triple-digit temperatures Garcia, at age 56, passed away. Residents are now seeking to hold city and state agencies accountable for his death.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Sep 2023

‘His Name Was Albert’: Living & Dying in San Antonio’s Climate Shocks