Solutions - Deceleration

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

Juniper Gwin Is On a Mission to Make Well Being Accessible to All

Meet Juniper Gwin of Nourish Healing Collective.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 30 Aug 2025

Juniper Gwin Is On a Mission to Make Well Being Accessible to All

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

Cultural bearer Matilde Torres speaks with Deceleration about hosting community in cross-cultural ceremony at Brackenridge Park while safeguarding sacred spaces from a city hellbent on redevelopment.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 25 May 2025

Guardian in the ‘Land of the Spirit Waters’

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

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

Lesley Ramsey and Joyous Windrider Jimenez have made the health and wellbeing of people the root of their community activism. That and smashing stuff up.

By Jennifer Lane

/ 14 Apr 2025

Meet the Women Leading Us From ‘Overwhelm’ Into ‘Action’

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

The Tamaulipan thornforest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the border with Mexico. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

By Grist

/ 12 Apr 2025

One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley

Texas ‘Mask Blocs’ Struggle to Fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp Up

Volunteer- and anarchist-led groups are working overtime to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 9 Apr 2025

Texas ‘Mask Blocs’ Struggle to Fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp Up

The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

As the super-rich bend the knee to MAGA’s demands, the empowerment of local climate and environmental justice struggles will require grassroots funding networks to survive and continue to notch wins for their communities.

By Syris Valentine

/ 4 Apr 2025

The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

Breaking the Grip of Polluting Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: Researchers Uncover Hard Facts

In spite of federal hostility toward frontline communities under President Trump, new grassroots research into toxic emissions could yet spark locally led reform in Louisiana.

By Frances Madeson

/ 5 Feb 2025

Breaking the Grip of Polluting Industry in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: Researchers Uncover Hard Facts

Borderlands Teen Helps Net $13M for Heat-Busting, Air Quality Projects via EPA Grant

Presidio, northwest of Big Bend National Park, will get dedicated green spaces along bike lanes and pedestrian streets, plant thousands of native trees and establish a high-school run air quality monitoring program.

By Texas Tribune

/ 15 Jan 2025

Borderlands Teen Helps Net $13M for Heat-Busting, Air Quality Projects via EPA Grant

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