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Anti-Trans Disinfo Creeping on Climate Justice Spaces (Part 2 of 2)

Climate denialists have long deployed the nefarious practice of ‘manufacturing doubt’ to undermine public understanding of the scientific consensus on global warming. Now anti-trans movements are borrowing the technique to poison trans healthcare research and ban care.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 21 Jun 2024

Anti-Trans Disinfo Creeping on Climate Justice Spaces (Part 2 of 2)

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Ongoing City of San Antonio efforts to displace migratory birds runs counter to the sustained message from park visitors and neighbors in favor of protecting the area’s ecology—including migratory birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 4 Apr 2024

VideoVIDEO: Easter Vigil Highlights Ongoing Eviction of Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park

Deep Sea Mining May be Coming to the Texas Coast—But at What Cost?

Texas Congressmembers are lobbying for federal assistance to bring a Canadian seabed mining firm to the state. But Texas A&M researchers have reservations about the pace of development.

By Elyse Hauser

/ 7 Feb 2024

Deep Sea Mining May be Coming to the Texas Coast—But at What Cost?

Why Environmentalists Must Speak Up On Palestine

As the environmental community rightly celebrates the global growth of renewable energy as a means to combat climate change, we cannot ignore what is unfolding in Israel-Palestine, where nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been murdered in three months.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Feb 2024

Why Environmentalists Must Speak Up On Palestine

Take Action: Brackenridge Committee Seeks ‘Reset’ on Community Relations

City of San Antonio Brackenridge Park committee members hope to open a new conversation about the park while generating a Brackenridge Park Reconciled Project Inventory.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Jan 2024

brackenridge park reset community meeting

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Small groups of 20 or fewer will be allowed to hold limited ceremonies beside the San Antonio River, but U.S. District Judge Biery rejects requests by members of the Lipan-Apache Native American Church to protect the trees and birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Water Crisis Foretold by Dry Central Texas Springs

Heat, drought, and booming population growth have stressed the Texas aquifers that supply drinking water to millions of people.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 15 Aug 2023

Brackenridge Project Advances After Mayor Nirenberg Threatens to Shut Down Meeting

Warning of a deepening rift with the community, San Antonio Councilmembers sought three-week delay to mediate on the bond-funded project that hinges upon bird and tree removals on lands held as sacred by many.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Aug 2023

Brackenridge Project Advances After Mayor Nirenberg Threatens to Shut Down Meeting

Volunteers Planting Coral Gardens to Save Coastal Reefs

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

By Melissa Gaskill

/ 25 Jul 2023

Volunteers Planting Coral Gardens to Save Coastal Reefs

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Tracking Texas Lege (Anti-) Environmental Actions

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.

By Paul Krantz

/ 11 May 2023

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Tracking Texas Lege (Anti-) Environmental Actions

Climate Change’s Mental Health Toll Demands Deepening Community Connections

Unprecedented heatwaves and increasingly violent storms kill outright. But researchers are also discovering the many ways the global climate crisis is affecting our mental health—and finding ways to respond creatively.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Apr 2023

Climate Change’s Mental Health Toll Demands Deepening Community Connections

Texas Lege May Fine Texans for Making Environmental Complaints That Don’t Lead to Enforcement

Opponents say the bill would have a “chilling effect” on citizen reports of air and water pollution.

By Martha Pskowski

/ 22 Apr 2023

Texas Lege May Fine Texans for Making Environmental Complaints That Don’t Lead to Enforcement