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Extreme Heat Could Have Killed Dozens in San Antonio During 2023, Says SAMMinistries CEO

SAMMinistries has tracked deaths within the unhoused community for years. Their CEO thinks extreme heat may have directly caused dozens of deaths and contributed to even more during 2023’s unprecedented heatwave. There is no local research initiative that can prove them right or wrong.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Apr 2024

Extreme Heat Could Have Killed Dozens in San Antonio During 2023, Says SAMMinistries CEO

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Ongoing City of San Antonio efforts to displace migratory birds runs counter to the sustained message from park visitors and neighbors in favor of protecting the area’s ecology—including migratory birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 4 Apr 2024

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Take Action: ‘Heat Emergency’ Event Intends to Reduce Suffering, Highlight Solutions

Deceleration is assembling a panel of public health and community experts to lead a community conversation about the challenges of climate-driven extreme heat.

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Mar 2024

Take Action: ‘Heat Emergency’ Event Intends to Reduce Suffering, Highlight Solutions

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

With the new federal methane rule entering the home stretch, stranded gas in the Permian Basin could contribute to more flaring this year.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

Oilfield Witness Documents Rampant Flaring and ‘Blowdowns’ across Permian Basin as Gas Prices Cool

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

With area springs going dry and reservoirs falling seriously low at Canyon Lake and elsewhere, the forecast is for extreme summer and expanding drought across Central and West Texas.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Mar 2024

VideoVIDEO: Canyon Lake 59.9 Percent Full, Lowest Level Since the 1960s

VIDEO: Monterrey Iron & Metal Pollution Community Forum

Request that could lead to reforms of rules overseeing recycling facilities advances to City of San Antonio Governance Committee on March 20.

By Greg Harman

/ 15 Mar 2024

VIDEO: Monterrey Iron & Metal Pollution Community Forum

How Hearst’s ‘Weather Wonks’ Invisibilize Climate Crisis

Hearst Newspapers’ ‘science-informed’ weather reporting initiative promised to help keep readers safe, but the ‘Texas Weather Wonks’ have entirely ignored the primary driver of recent extreme heat—human fossil-fueled industry.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Mar 2024

How Hearst’s ‘Weather Wonks’ Invisibilize Climate Crisis

Albert Garcia’s Death Recorded as Drug Overdose by Bexar County Medical Examiner

Albert Garcia died beneath a highway offramp after living unsheltered for nearly a month during San Antonio’s hottest summer on record. A decision not to include heat as a contributing factor has sparked debate.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Feb 2024

Albert Garcia’s Death Recorded as Drug Overdose by Bexar County Medical Examiner

Why Environmentalists Must Speak Up On Palestine

As the environmental community rightly celebrates the global growth of renewable energy as a means to combat climate change, we cannot ignore what is unfolding in Israel-Palestine, where nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been murdered in three months.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Feb 2024

Why Environmentalists Must Speak Up On Palestine

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

/ 28 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

/ 23 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

/ 22 Jan 2024

Centering Housing as a Human Right in the San Antonio Struggle