Decolonial / The Environmental Scientist Out to Decolonize Conservation Indigenous communities ‘are seen as research subjects rather than researchers.’ By Greg Harman / 26 Feb 2022
Biodiversity / Documents Show Brackenridge Bond Project Tied to Possible Lethal ‘Take’ of Birds City officials bumped the planned removal of more than 105 trees. But bird harassment efforts at Brackenridge are continuing. By Greg Harman / 25 Feb 2022
Community Voices / Poetry Echoes ‘Tree Chop’ Resistance, Epithet after HDRC Pushes Back Vote Award-winning San Antonio poet Kamala Platt reflects on efforts to clear away elder trees at Backenridge Park. By Kamala Platt / 20 Feb 2022
Climate / Winter Storm Survey: Unmet Physical and Emotional Needs a Year After Winter Storm Uri Deceleration’s Winter Storm Survey shows the freezing blackout is a lingering specter. Only community-led solutions-making can exorcise it. By Greg Harman / 18 Feb 2022
Biodiversity / VIDEO: Full Brackenridge Park Tree Tour Preceding Critical HDRC Vote San Antonio’s Parks & Recreation Department got an earful from dozens of residents joining a weekend site tour of proposed bond project construction at Brackenridge Park. They have one last shot at stalling the project. By Greg Harman / 15 Feb 2022
Take Action / TAKE ACTION: Attend Brackenridge Tree ‘Chop’ Hearing and Walking Tour The project holds a snarl of interests, some reasonable (a collapsing wall), others repugnant (killing elder trees to evict migratory birds). By Greg Harman / 9 Feb 2022
Biodiversity / National Butterfly Center smeared by Pizzagate-style disinfo campaign closing ‘for the immediate future’ Center Director Marianna Treviño-Wright says ‘psyops’ harassment and a recent violent confrontation preceded decision to close. By Greg Harman / 2 Feb 2022
Biodiversity / Plans to Fell Brackenridge Trees Rooted in City’s War on Birds Plans to take down more than 100 trees at Brackenridge Park have been cast as being about historic structures. For Parks, it’s about something higher. By Greg Harman / 31 Jan 2022
Climate / ‘His Name Is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (3 of 3) This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex. By Marisol Cortez / 26 Jan 2022
Texas / Messing with Texas: The Big Stories to Watch in 2022 Texas-based reporters, activists, and academics told us what they’re watching—or hope to be watching —in 2022. By Greg Harman / 24 Jan 2022
Climate / Exxon turns to Texas Supreme Court to help silence California critics America’s largest oil firm is arguing its history of publicly denying the climate crisis is protected by the first amendment—and Texas sovereignty. By Greg Harman / 21 Jan 2022
