If Texas lawmakers really cared about ‘customer choice,’ HB 17, a bill to mandate gas hook-ups in new buildings, would not just prevent the ‘discrimination’ against fossil fuels but help
Millions of miles of oil and gas pipelines stitch across the United States. And there are few rules protecting property owners when they are abandoned, potentially collapsing, exploding, or leaking
CPS Energy’s CEO blamed failed conservation by local residents as a key contributor to the region’s multi-day blackout. Yet the conservation programs are voluntary, underfunded … and the utility
Power plants without insulation failed, leading to sustained blackouts. But poor insulation in homes across the state made it even harder to stay warm.
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This week, a blast of Arctic air has engulfed much of the central US, bringing freezing conditions and record low temperatures to many states.
Texas, in particular, has been badly
What a time to start a weekly news wrap-up on the climate justice front. Stories of sweeping and rapid change have followed the incoming Biden Administration: reentering Paris and punking
After years of community pressure and, most recently, a petition that would have forced the JK Spruce Coal Plant to shutter, San Antonio’s City-owned utility starts facing reality.
Greg
Who is going to pick up the bill for estimated $10B in unpaid bills? Here are some options to avoid mass utility disconnections.
Theodore J. Kury
The shutdowns and restrictions
To Truly Tackle Root Inequities, Council Must Address CPS Energy’s Legacy of Disconnections
Greg Harman
San Antonio summers are a time of retreat.
During 2012, Texas’s hottest year
Episode 10 is Deceleration‘s “mad pride” edition. Almost in time for Mother’s Day. We celebrate 10 episodes with a deep dive discussion of all things mental illness in
Deceleration‘s fifth broadcast for the Covid-19 era in San Antonio asks what comes after the pandemic in terms of our City-owned utilities. While shutoff suspensions today are good thing,
“Canada invades. Invades on behalf of industry. Invades during ceremony. Canada tears us from our land.”
— Wetʼsuwetʼen Resistance Camp Communication
Greg Harman
The Wet’suwet’en peoples’s struggle against
