Climate reporting and analysis

Texas Ranks Among Most Climate Vulnerable Areas on Earth

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Feb 2023

Texas Ranks Among Most Climate Vulnerable Areas on Earth

Melnick at 10: Reflecting on Climate Progress, Frustrations at San Antonio’s Sustainability Office

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.

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Feb 2023

Melnick at 10: Reflecting on Climate Progress, Frustrations at San Antonio’s Sustainability Office

Race for ‘Green’ Gas Profits Leaving Much in the Dark

Special report: Rival U.S. firms lob differing, and debatable, climate claims as they market so-called ‘green’ liquefied natural gas to a warming world. Jeffrey Ball | Canary Media By night,

By Canary Media

/ 1 Feb 2023

Race for ‘Green’ Gas Profits Leaving Much in the Dark

CPS Energy’s Rate Committee Readies Recommendation to Swap Out Coal for Gas

Seeking an early retirement for San Antonio’s last coal plant, the City-owned utility sought direction from its Rate Advisory Committee. On a prayer and a Biblical parable, the RAC members are primed to fail a key climate test.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 Dec 2022

CPS Energy’s Rate Committee Readies Recommendation to Swap Out Coal for Gas

Texas’s Failed Grid Brought Out My Inner Survivalist—Here’s What I Learned

The bitter failures of our “Energy State” taught me that it doesn’t hurt to have a dozen alternative ways to boil water in your toolkit—and skills to barter for a steady coffee supply.

By Chivas Sandage

/ 11 Dec 2022

Texas’s Failed Grid Brought Out My Inner Survivalist—Here’s What I Learned

COP27 Summary: Key Outcomes for Food, Forests, Land, and Nature at UN Climate Talks

The COP27 summit in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm el-Sheikh made history by including food, tipping points and the right to a healthy environment.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Nov 2022

How US Cities are Responding to Increasing Life-Threatening Heatwaves

Officials from Portland, New York, Miami and Phoenix discuss plans to keep residents safe in extreme heat. San Antonio better listen up. EDITOR’S NOTE: Residents of San Antonio (not

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Aug 2022

How US Cities are Responding to Increasing Life-Threatening Heatwaves

Media: Don’t Forget 50 GOP Senators Are Willing to Let the Planet Burn

‘Manchin deserves all this condemnation and more, but it is bizarre that his Republican counterparts haven’t faced this intensity of criticism, even though they are at least as culpable.’

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Jul 2022

Media: Don’t Forget 50 GOP Senators Are Willing to Let the Planet Burn

This 1977 White House climate memo should have changed the world

Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this White House climate memo predicted catastrophe. What went wrong? America’s first secretary of energy. Emma Pattee In 1977

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Jun 2022

This 1977 White House climate memo should have changed the world

Voter Suppression in Texas Keeps Climate Action at Bay

Surveys show a majority of Texans want policies to combat industry-driven climate change, but broadscale voter suppression means elected leaders don’t need to follow voter concerns.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Apr 2022

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

Poetry Echoes ‘Tree Chop’ Resistance, Epithet after HDRC Pushes Back Vote

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