Upcoming offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico could bring jobs as well as clean energy to Texas communities.
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Key Lessons from RMI’s Buried Energy Report to San Antonio’s Mayor
An author of Rocky Mountain Institute’s scathing critique of CPS Energy’s 2021 Resource Plan says there’s lots to learn from its neglected report for those charting a pathway off of coal power.
San Antonio Mayor Sat on Critical Report While Climate Responses Debated
With electric grid straining and our region blistering from record-breaking temps, why do we continue to undermine and shortchange the programs best able to keep our families safe from extreme weather?
The Culture Warriors Out to Destroy ‘America the Beautiful’
Billions of dollars may soon be en route for US wildlife conservation. But a Texas-based org’s groundless ‘land grab’ warnings have seeded resistance across the West. Greg Harman Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the most significant investment in wildlife protection in a generation. Intended to arrest the […]
‘Dangerous Joke’ Private Border Wall to Police Itself Under Legal Settlement
Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence control over where to inspect for damage and leeway over which issues they choose to repair. Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Border Updates […]
This 1977 White House climate memo should have changed the world
Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this White House climate memo predicted catastrophe. What went wrong? America’s first secretary of energy. Emma Pattee In 1977 Star Wars hit movie theaters, New York City had a blackout that lasted 25 hours, and the Apple II personal computer […]
Q&A: CPS Energy CEO Rudy Garza on ‘the People’s Right to Energy’
The City of San Antonio-owned utility’s acting CEO talks about the people’s right to energy, the next generation of power sources, the importance of resilience centers and robust energy conservation, and approaching the Biden Administration for ways to retire coal faster. Greg Harman CPS Energy is a utility in transition. […]
March For Our Lives (Again) Taking to San Antonio Streets
Greg Harman Four years ago, thousands of young people and adults flooded downtown San Antonio streets demanding gun reform in the wake of the mass killing at Sutherland Springs and a high school in Parkland, Florida. It was part of a national movement for gun reform. Today, after a shooter […]