Here are the voices of those struggling for racial justice in the face of rising temperatures.
By Nexus Media
The politics of climate change are shifting. This year, as the
CPS Energy’s coal plant, implementation agenda, remain challenges to success
Greg Harman
Last week, the San Antonio City Council voted 10-1 in favor of a climate plan intended
Friday’s rally thought to prepare the way for an even larger Saturday downtown climate march.
Greg Harman
Students and young people from across San Antonio turned out in strong
As climate hazards grow, CPS Energy’s CEO challenges City Council to a turf war. And they don’t even realize.
Greg Harman
“Greg, I think you’re being dramatic.
Voting the Climate means voting to eliminate local emissions causing suffering around the planet and here at home. It means prioritizing investment in San Antonio neighborhoods that are least able to recover from the heat-related disasters we can’t avoid.
With election season ramping up, and a vote on a proposed climate plan delayed by six months, detractors seem to be gaining influence with City Council.
Greg Harman
Weeks after
In a lengthy dispatch to San Antonio Councilmembers Clayton Perry and Manny Pelaez, Rey Chavez warns about the “hysteria of Green Plans,” insisting that claims surrounding the existential threat posed by global warming are “BS,” and linking out to a series of online articles and videos, even though
Councilman Manny Pelaez has positioned himself as a strong opponent to the proposed Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP).”Just to be absolutely clear, if this were to come up for a vote today, I’d vote no on it, for a whole host of reasons,” he said at a February Community Health & Equity Committ
