Environmental justice news and analysis for San Antonio and the South Texas bioregion.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Surveys show a majority of Texans want policies to combat industry-driven climate change, but broadscale voter suppression means elected leaders don’t need to follow voter concerns.
Declining harvests, heavier regulation, climate change, and oil and gas development all have taken the Texas oyster industry to the breaking point.
Toyota Manufacturing came to San Antonio, in part, to save on the cost of pollution control technologies. Now with the EPA declaring Bexar County in nonattainment is it time to stop chasing auto manufacturing jobs?
It turns out that doomsday-ism isn’t a winning strategy. These lessons from four climate influencers point to a better way.
Statements of Texas Historical Commission staff don’t jibe with City claims that towering trees must be removed to fix the river wall.