Extreme Heat - Deceleration

San Antonio City Staff Recommend Against Tracking Heat-Related Deaths, Alleging ‘Very Few’ Deaths

Deaths from extreme heat are widely undercounted across Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.

By Greg Harman

/ 15 Oct 2025

San Antonio City Staff Recommend Against Tracking Heat-Related Deaths, Alleging ‘Very Few’ Deaths

Growing Clean Energy Investments and Green Spaces Critical to Protecting Public Health, Panelists Say

Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from San Antonio, Texas, share recent successes, challenges, and urge movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2025

Growing Clean Energy Investments and Green Spaces Critical to Protecting Public Health, Panelists Say

As Trump Works to Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

Just this week, the president froze billions in funding for renewable-energy projects in Democrat-led states amidst a wider government shutdown, demonstrating why grassroots climate initiatives are increasingly building in resilience from heat, storms, and the government itself.

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2025

As Trump Works to Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

After Trump Guts OSHA, Republicans Attack Heat-Related Worker Safety Rules

The Trump administration eviscerated the only agency tasked with studying worker health and safety. Now, Republicans have revived a plan to stop OSHA “overreach.” Advocates fear it could further endanger workers.

By Inside Climate News

/ 20 May 2025

After Trump Guts OSHA, Republicans Attack Heat-Related Worker Safety Rules

Extreme Heat Roars Into Texas with Pre-Summer Reminder of Ongoing Climate Crisis

Sudden heat shock expected to stress bodies across the state this week as 2025 continues to manifest unprecedented levels of extreme heat for Texas and the planet.

By Greg Harman

/ 13 May 2025

Extreme Heat Roars Into Texas with Pre-Summer Reminder of Ongoing Climate Crisis

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents

Advocates say the effort would begin repairing a system that fails to account for heat-related deaths across the community, a prerequisite for preventing needless suffering and loss of life. But Bexar County’s partnership remains uncertain.

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Apr 2025

San Antonio Council Members Call for Tracking of Extreme Heat’s Impact on Residents

How to Save Lives During This Coming Summer’s Heat Waves

After major cuts at FEMA and the National Weather Service, the role of local governments in protecting people from dangerous weather is growing even more important.

By Yale Climate Connections

/ 19 Apr 2025

How to Save Lives During This Coming Summer’s Heat Waves

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

By Texas Tribune

/ 2 Apr 2025

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

A close reading of the last week of Jessica Witzel’s life reveals predictable failures by public agencies, facilitated by the dehumanization that housed residents often direct at their unhoused neighbors. It also reveals possibilities for neighbors banding together to meet all residents’ ‘true level

By Marisol Cortez

/ 16 Jan 2025

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs

Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many other heat-related deaths among unhoused residents are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?

By Marisol Cortez

/ 9 Jan 2025

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs

PODCAST: Gentrification, Displacement, Heat Deaths, & the Robert E. Lee Tenants Union

We could know what happens to people after they are evicted. Just like we could know how many people are dying from extreme heat. In the struggle to stay housed, organizers must push against powerful entrenched forces that demand unknowing.

By Greg Harman

/ 26 Oct 2024

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So

Deceleration measured heat at one location and found reflected heat from the street was worse at the cool pavement location

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2024

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So