A Deceleration analysis of heat island effect shows that greater downtown San Antonio and the northwest zone are bearing the brunt of rising heat—as are those already suffering energy burden and asthma.
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Extreme Heat Survival Guide: A (Bilingual) Deceleration Resource Project
Extensive tips for surviving extreme heat events in San Antonio during our hottest summer on record (and beyond). Please share.
Meet Deceleration: An Online Gathering for Global Degrowth Day
On June 5, come hang with our co-editors and community advisors to learn more about what we do, why we do it, and how we can support collective efforts to create buen vivir para todxs: a good life for all.
San Antonio’s Top 15 Climate Polluters
Emissions from San Antonio’s transportation sector as compared to those of the JK Spuce coal plant. 2019 data. While it’s taken a major recession and, now, a pandemic to significantly slow the United States’ annual climate emissions, one would think that making climate progress with San Antonio climate polluters in […]
SURVEY: How Did San Antonio’s Winter Storm Impact You?
It’s been two months since nearly 300,000 San Antonio residents were cast into freezing darkness during February’s Winter Storm Uri. And while there have been plenty of meetings revealing bits and pieces of the whys and hows of the breakdown, no one seems to be taking the time to ask residents how they feel about what they just went through.
San Antonio’s Top 15 Toxic Polluters
Coal ash heaps. Toxic groundwater plumes. Waste pits and burning flares. San Antonio’s air, land, and waters are marred by permitted pollution—typically self-reported, under-regulated, and (suprise, surprise) under-counted. There are also a number of abandoned contaminated sites, some partially remediated, some still seeping. As Deceleration‘s Top Climate Polluters page ranks […]