Public health experts and community workers convened this week at Deceleration’s ‘Heat Emergency’ forum to connect the dots between extreme heat’s causes, local impacts, and how best to interrupt the gathering crisis and (hopefully) save some lives.
With billions of federal dollars flowing, the time is right to maximize our use of existing railway lines and realize hybrid rail across Texas—including Corpus Christi and Laredo.
A Carbon Brief analysis suggests a victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 4B tons of US emissions by 2030—enough to tank global climate efforts and erase last five years of gains from renewables.
The Hoh, Quinault, Quileute, and Makah Tribes have coped with storms and tsunamis battering the coasts of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years. Now, threatened by rising sea levels and other climate impacts, they are evolving to meet new dangers to their villages and history.
A year-long effort to get Garcia off the streets exposed shortcomings of local and state practices—even as the extreme cold of Winter Storm Uri took both of Garcia’s feet. Now extreme heat likely contributed to his death.
Deceleration breaks down the (mostly) very bad, no good bills grinding through the Texas Legislature, noting some stuff we’re happy to see expire, and things that could actually be good if Governor Abbott signed them.
New data highlighting extreme vulnerability of the global built environment ranks Florida, California, and Texas top among U.S. states to suffer from climate change.
In San Antonio climate emissions are trending down—though far from fast enough. Since CPS Energy’s pledge to transition away from coal power, however, the City’s chief sustainability officer sees glimmers of progress (and a new bike master plan) ahead.
With electric grid straining and our region blistering from record-breaking temps, why do we continue to undermine and shortchange the programs best able to keep our families safe from extreme weather?
