Reporting - Deceleration (Page 12)

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

Bexar County’s medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause on any summer deaths.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Oct 2023

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

Are We About to Lose the Amazon?

Recent drying over the Amazon could be the “first warning signal” that the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, new research says.

By Carbon Brief

/ 5 Oct 2023

The sacred and the law: Indigenous claims on trial in the Brackenridge lawsuit.

The central question for U.S. District Judge Fred Biery is whether the city of San Antonio has made sufficient efforts to provide members of the Lipan-Apache “Hoosh Chetzel” Native American Church access to one of its most sacred sites for religious ceremonies. City attorneys argued last week that n

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2023

Albert Garcia, Subject of Exhaustive Deceleration Reporting Project, Found Dead

A year-long effort to get Garcia off the streets exposed shortcomings of local and state practices—even as the extreme cold of Winter Storm Uri took both of Garcia’s feet. Now extreme heat likely contributed to his death.

By Greg Harman and Marisol Cortez

/ 17 Aug 2023

Albert Garcia, Subject of Exhaustive Deceleration Reporting Project, Found Dead

Lawsuit: ‘Prevent the City of San Antonio from Desecrating a Sacred Site’

A city of San Antonio redevelopment project based on the destruction of birds and trees in Brackenridge Park threatens Native American religious practice, a new federal lawsuit charges.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Aug 2023

Lawsuit: ‘Prevent the City of San Antonio from Desecrating a Sacred Site’

After Kelcy Warren’s Energy Transfer Partners Made Billions from the Deadly Texas Blackouts, He Gave $1 Million to Greg Abbott

The natural gas industry raked in billions during the winter grid failure and Governor Abbott let them off the hook. He was rewarded with a huge campaign contribution from the

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Jul 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

encuesta: tormenta de invierno de san antonio

Cultivator: News for March 28-April 3

President Biden’s $2T Infrastructure & Climate Plan (AKA “American Jobs Plan”) America’s Offshore Wind–Powered Future Begins in a Texas Shipyard In announcing an ambitious renewable-energy push this

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2021

[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

/ 16 Mar 2021

Cultivator: News for February 14-February 20

Frozen Edition: Enter Polar VorTex Arctic weather loosed by a disrupted jet stream poured over the Great Plains and fanned across Texas this week, turning the state into a frozen

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Feb 2021

Cultivator: News for February 14-February 20

Texas Clean Energy Debate Enters a Polar Vortex

Blistering Arctic weather poured into Texas this week, freezing wind farms and complicating debate over a needed transition to renewable energy.

By Greg Harman

/ 16 Feb 2021

Texas Clean Energy Debate Enters a Polar Vortex

Cultivator: News for February 7-February 13

Polar Ice For Valentine’s Day Whether lover or lonely-hearted, housed or dangerously unhoused, two-legged or four, the residents of San Antonio and South Texas appear to be entering the

By Greg Harman

/ 13 Feb 2021

Cultivator: News for February 7-February 13