Climate Archives – Deceleration

COP30 in Brazil: Five Issues to Watch

By Grist ● Solutions ● November 12, 2025

“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”

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San Antonio Climate Emissions Are Tracking Up—Not Down—New Data Shows

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● October 29, 2025

The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019.

San Antonio City Staff Recommend Against Tracking Heat-Related Deaths, Alleging ‘Very Few’ Deaths

By Greg Harman ● Extreme Heat ● October 14, 2025

Deaths from extreme heat are widely undercounted across Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.

Growing Clean Energy Investments and Green Spaces Critical to Protecting Public Health, Panelists Say

By Greg Harman ● Solutions ● October 9, 2025

Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from San Antonio, Texas, share recent successes, challenges, and urge movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution. 

Texas Utilities Failing Climate Challenge, Sierra Club Report Finds

By Marisol Cortez ● Energy ● September 24, 2025

Xcel Texas bags a B, CPS Energy a C, while others like the Lower Colorado River Authority are deemed stuck swimming in coal slurry, earning an F in this year’s ‘Dirty Truth’ utility rankings.

San Antonio Poised to Defund ‘Climate Ready Neighborhoods’ as Project Marvel Tops City Agenda

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● September 9, 2025

Billions in investment will be required to realize the downtown ‘Project Marvel’ redevelopment scheme and new Spurs arena. But austerity is on order for city programs, including efforts designed to help neighborhoods survive escalating climate shocks.