A Deceleration analysis of heat island effect shows that greater downtown San Antonio and the northwest zone are bearing the brunt of rising heat—as are those already suffering energy burden and asthma.
Tag: San Antonio
TAKE ACTION: Drive Valero Out of San Antonio’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival!
A new petition targeting San Antonio’s Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival reminds us that fossil fuels poison communities, drive biodiversity collapse, and are a leading cause of climate chaos.
A People’s Movement to Make Rail Transit Central in San Antonio
‘San Antonians for Rail Transit’ seeks to rescue rail as a local, regional, and national transit (and climate) solution after years of official neglect.
How US Cities are Responding to Increasing Life-Threatening Heatwaves
Officials from Portland, New York, Miami and Phoenix discuss plans to keep residents safe in extreme heat. San Antonio better listen up. EDITOR’S NOTE: Residents of San Antonio (not discussed in this article) have been living through their hottest summer on record, with more than 50 days of triple-digit temps […]
Key Lessons from RMI’s Buried Energy Report to San Antonio’s Mayor
An author of Rocky Mountain Institute’s scathing critique of CPS Energy’s 2021 Resource Plan says there’s lots to learn from its neglected report for those charting a pathway off of coal power.
San Antonio Mayor Sat on Critical Report While Climate Responses Debated
With electric grid straining and our region blistering from record-breaking temps, why do we continue to undermine and shortchange the programs best able to keep our families safe from extreme weather?
Q&A: CPS Energy CEO Rudy Garza on ‘the People’s Right to Energy’
The City of San Antonio-owned utility’s acting CEO talks about the people’s right to energy, the next generation of power sources, the importance of resilience centers and robust energy conservation, and approaching the Biden Administration for ways to retire coal faster. Greg Harman CPS Energy is a utility in transition. […]
March For Our Lives (Again) Taking to San Antonio Streets
Greg Harman Four years ago, thousands of young people and adults flooded downtown San Antonio streets demanding gun reform in the wake of the mass killing at Sutherland Springs and a high school in Parkland, Florida. It was part of a national movement for gun reform. Today, after a shooter […]