extreme weather - Deceleration

‘Extreme Weather Survivors’: The Women Trying to Humanize the Climate Crisis

“I want a safe world for my baby and all of our babies and all of our kids that have, through no fault of their own, inherited a giant problem.”

By The 19th

/ 4 Oct 2024

‘Extreme Weather Survivors’: The Women Trying to Humanize the Climate Crisis

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

/ 12 Dec 2022

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

From Displacement to Resilience: Climate Migrants Helping Grow Needed Solutions

People from nations highly vulnerable to climate change—like the Marshall Islands and Honduras—are now helping the United States to better prepare for its impacts David Sherfinski | @dsherfinski | Thomson

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Aug 2022

From Displacement to Resilience: Climate Migrants Helping Grow Needed Solutions

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

/ 19 Feb 2022

Texas Winter Storm: Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History

They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they

By Greg Harman

/ 30 Apr 2021

SURVEY: How Did San Antonio’s Winter Storm Impact You?

It’s been two months since nearly 300,000 San Antonio residents were cast into freezing darkness during February’s Winter Storm Uri. And while there have been plenty of meetings revealing bits and pieces of the whys and hows of the breakdown, no one seems to be taking the time to ask residents how t

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Apr 2021

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San Antonio’s Disaster Committee Discovers the Disaster Planning That Wasn’t

After nearly 400,000 were left freezing without power and light during Winter Storm Uri and water pump stations failed, the ire of local residents fell on San Antonio’s

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Mar 2021

San Antonio’s Disaster Committee Discovers the Disaster Planning That Wasn’t

[UPDATED] At least 57 people died during the Texas winter storm—nearly half were in Harris County

While most were the result of hypothermia, some were caused by car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, and medical equipment failure. Sami Sparber | Texas Tribune [As of March 27, 2021, the

By Greg Harman

/ 17 Mar 2021

PODCAST: Karla Aguilar, the Alamo, and How to Recover from White Supremacy

‘It takes compassion, courage, a willingness to ask tough questions to be able to continue to do the work. So when you look at the Alamo, you don’t think Davy Crockett or all this John Wayne mythology of this place. You think of the compassion and grace of those indigenous people.’

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Feb 2020

AsideHouston Doctor Honored by Obama as a ‘Champion’ of Climate Change Education

One of Texas’ own was honored by the White House this week as one of 11 “champions of change.” Climate change education, more specifically, in this case. According to NBC

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Jul 2013

AsideHouston Doctor Honored by Obama as a ‘Champion’ of Climate Change Education

Sea-Level Rise in Texas: Science & Self-Censorship In An Age of Urgency

A new report on the dangers of accelerating sea-level rise along the Texas Gulf Coast from a coalition of leading scientists and state research institutions is a call to action.

By Greg Harman

/ 16 Jun 2013