Reporting - Deceleration (Page 7)

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

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Oct 2025

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

‘Power for Palestine’ Speakers Announce New Coalition to Challenge San Antonio’s Role in Genocide

Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting San Antonio’s material support for Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine—and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 10 Oct 2025

‘Power for Palestine’ Speakers Announce New Coalition to Challenge San Antonio’s Role in Genocide

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

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2025

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

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

City Manager Peter Zanoni said the City will “likely” cancel their contract with Nebraska-based Kiewet for desal project—but questions remain if state water loan could go to other options.

By Gaige Davila

/ 3 Oct 2025

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Santa Teresa, Sunland Park residents wary of water, power use by the data center advanced by Doña Ana County last week.

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers

/ 26 Sep 2025

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Texas Utilities Failing Climate Challenge, Sierra Club Report Finds

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.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 24 Sep 2025

Texas Utilities Failing Climate Challenge, Sierra Club Report Finds

San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones insists proposals must first be screened by city attorney, city manager before council can discuss. A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put heat work back in motion.

By Greg Harman

/ 17 Sep 2025

San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

In a moment when increasing state repression of protest is coupled with vigilante violence, the Olympic Forest Defenders offer lessons to all about how to build power and mitigate risk while taking direct action against ecocide.

By Annie Hartnett

/ 12 Sep 2025

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

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

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2025

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

Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’

A 435-page review led by Texas A&M climate scientist Andrew Dessler found the authors used standard climate denier tropes to produce a report riddled with errors.

By Sharon Kelly

/ 9 Sep 2025

Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi.

By Dylan Baddour and Inside Climate News

/ 3 Sep 2025

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

Toxic Tour Highlights Environmental Justice Struggles on San Antonio’s South Side

A coalition of organizations led residents and media across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 27 Aug 2025

Toxic Tour Highlights Environmental Justice Struggles on San Antonio’s South Side