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Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

While a legal decision that could reanimate a federal lawsuit may take until summer, the City of San Antonio is expected to move ahead with tree removals at Brackenridge Park as soon as it gets clearance from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Dec 2024

Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

‘Clean Slate’ candidates charge that decades of prioritizing heavy industry has threatened the area’s water security and risks spoiling the region’s natural wealth.

By Gaige Davila

/ 16 Oct 2024

Corpus Christi ‘Clean Slate’ City Council Candidates Pledge to Resist Extractive Industrial Interests

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News

Deceleration, a young nonprofit online environmental justice magazine with roots in South Texas, continues to gain national notice—and investment.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 16 Oct 2024

Press Forward Taps Deceleration for Media Grant Dedicated to Reinvigorating Local News

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

WILD12: How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation

Internationally recognized conservation leader Vance Martin speaks with Deceleration about restoring wilderness through deepening relationships and practicing love.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Sep 2024

WILD12: How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation

VIDEO: Healing Is the Primary Challenge of Our Time, Indigenous Elder Tells Delegates at World Wilderness Congress

‘Mother Earth, she doesn’t need humans to help save her. … It’s a question about whether or not if we humans are going to survive and be here,’ Ilarion Merculieff, Unangax̂ (Aleut), told delegates at the World Wilderness Congress last weekend.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Sep 2024

VIDEO: Healing Is the Primary Challenge of Our Time, Indigenous Elder Tells Delegates at World Wilderness Congress

WILD12: It’s Time to Step Up to Protect the Legal Rights of Nature, Panelists Say

Attendees encouraged to advance legal claims in defense of all life on Earth. “There is no time to equivocate,” says Ponca Nation environmental justice leader.

By Greg Harman

/ 30 Aug 2024

WILD12: It’s Time to Step Up to Protect the Legal Rights of Nature, Panelists Say

WILD12: ‘Land Back’ at the Center of Debates Over How to Preserve the Biosphere

Indigenous peoples face promise—and potential perils—in the struggle for wilderness conservation.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Aug 2024

WILD12: ‘Land Back’ at the Center of Debates Over How to Preserve the Biosphere

WILD12: Humanity Must Choose a New Path to Avoid Rapid Ecological Breakdown, Lakota Spiritual Leader Says

“Either we face a lot of chaos, global disasters, tears from our relatives’ eyes … or we come together [and] unite as people of the world,” Arvol Looking Horse said.

By Greg Harman

/ 26 Aug 2024

WILD12: Humanity Must Choose a New Path to Avoid Rapid Ecological Breakdown, Lakota Spiritual Leader Says

Stop the Attack on Migratory Birds in San Antonio—Eggs and Chicks Are in Those Nests

City of San Antonio contractors have been seen trying to dislodge migratory birds at Woodlawn Lake. The rookery is full of babies and eggs. Call these elected reps to stop it.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Jun 2024

Stop the Attack on Migratory Birds in San Antonio—Eggs and Chicks Are in Those Nests

LULAC Calls on City of San Antonio to Stop Displacing Birds, Trees—and Parkgoers

Resolution passed last month at LULAC’s state convention highlights the attacks on the birds and trees in Brackenridge Park —and their connection to civil and ceremonial rights for local Indigenous and Latine communities.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Jun 2024

LULAC Calls on City of San Antonio to Stop Displacing Birds, Trees—and Parkgoers

Deceleration Tapped for Inaugural ‘Latine Voices for Democracy’ Cohort by New Media Ventures

New Media Ventures and Valiente Action Fund announced that they are providing 10 media orgs—including Deceleration—funding and training to help better serve Latine communities and fight disinformation online.

By Greg Harman

/ 10 May 2024

Deceleration Tapped for Inaugural ‘Latine Voices for Democracy’ Cohort by New Media Ventures