Climate reporting and analysis

Peasant-Led Movements Hold the Model for Restoring the Land

In the U.S., efforts to shape a post-growth food system have yet to spark a mass movement, but interest and activism are growing.

By Syris Valentine

/ 11 Sep 2026

Peasant-Led Movements Hold the Model for Restoring the Land

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2026

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Extreme Heat Risk Roaring into Texas this Week (Slideshow)

High temps and humidity being amplified by fossil fuels combustion threatening residents across Texas. Here's who is most at risk and how to help reduce harm.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 20 Aug 2026

Extreme Heat Risk Roaring into Texas this Week (Slideshow)

‘Degrowth’ Principles Have Charged the U.S. Climate Movement—the Name Not So Much

Academics and activists recognize the need to move beyond a growth-at-all-costs economy, but frameworks built around a 'just transition' and 'solidarity economy' have gotten better traction.

By Syris Valentine

/ 10 Aug 2026

‘Degrowth’ Principles Have Charged the U.S. Climate Movement—the Name Not So Much

How Three Women Rebuilt the Federal Climate Website That Trump Trashed

After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline.

By Jenae Barnes and The 19th

/ 17 Jul 2026

How Three Women Rebuilt the Federal Climate Website That Trump Trashed

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

Climate emissions have been growing in San Antonio, despite Council and utility pledges to drive them down. Monday's CPS Board action all but guarantees future targets will remain out of reach as Texas cooks.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Jun 2026

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

San Antonio Boosts its ‘Heat Resilience Playbook’ as Texas Cities Seek to Adapt to Rising Temps

Republican state leaders stripped cities of the ability to require water breaks for workers, but Texas cities are still fighting to create more habitable conditions for their residents as dangerous heatwaves continue to expand.

By Greg Harman

/ 4 May 2026

San Antonio Boosts its ‘Heat Resilience Playbook’ as Texas Cities Seek to Adapt to Rising Temps

Get Ready for a 'Long Hell' of a Summer, National Weather Service Official Warns

Rio Grande Valley residents are at particular risk from extreme heat, according to a study presented last week by an emerging partnership between state and federal weather and health officials.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Apr 2026

Get Ready for a 'Long Hell' of a Summer, National Weather Service Official Warns

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds

Existing systems record only ‘one-sixth of the statistically estimated heat deaths’ in Texas, a new paper by a Texas A&M researcher finds.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Feb 2026

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds

In Gift to Big Oil Donors, Trump Stops EPA From Combating ‘Most Terrible Environmental Threat in Human History’

Repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding on greenhouse gases “isn’t about saving taxpayers’ money, it’s about saving an industry that has already been exposed as a permanent danger to American families,” said the head of 350.org.

By Common Dreams

/ 13 Feb 2026

In Gift to Big Oil Donors, Trump Stops EPA From Combating ‘Most Terrible Environmental Threat in Human History’

'Impeach Noem' Demands Growing After Gutting FEMA, Abandoning Disaster Victims

From widespread winter storm deaths, to Hill Country flood response: 'It’s very clear that Secretary Kristi Noem is undermining FEMA’s capabilities and putting the public in harm’s way.'

By Truthout

/ 7 Feb 2026

'Impeach Noem' Demands Growing After Gutting FEMA, Abandoning Disaster Victims

Returning to Climate Leviathan

Looking back at a 2018 proposal by Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright can help us see a path toward a more just future.

By Syris Valentine

/ 31 Jan 2026