Texas - Deceleration (Page 4)

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

Opposing Jewish National Fund, Dallas Protesters Plant ‘Tree of Life’ Against Genocidal Greenwashing

A dozen arrests and days of creative resistance spotlight determination to continue challenging Palestinian deaths and displacement, even in a new era promising increased crackdowns on protest.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 22 Nov 2024

Opposing Jewish National Fund, Dallas Protesters Plant ‘Tree of Life’ Against Genocidal Greenwashing

‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas

Media often focus on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?

By Marisol Cortez

/ 13 Nov 2024

‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas

Protesters Disrupt VP Harris’s Houston Rally to Demand An End to Genocide

A local coalition faced a hostile crowd at Houston’s Shell Energy Stadium while repeatedly interrupting Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s speech.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 1 Nov 2024

Protesters Disrupt VP Harris’s Houston Rally to Demand An End to Genocide

Gentrification, Displacement, Heat Deaths, & the Robert E. Lee Tenants Union

We could know what happens to people after they are evicted. Just like we could know how many people are dying from extreme heat. In the struggle to stay housed, organizers must push against powerful entrenched forces that demand unknowing.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Oct 2024

Jordan Peterson Serves Climate Denial Mass to Fort Worth Faithful

“The religious right has been pushing the same narrative for years, linking social liberals to authoritarian socialism, and in turn characterizing environmental science as a socialist partisan weapon.” — Adrian Bardon

By DeSmog

/ 24 Sep 2024

Jordan Peterson Serves Climate Denial Mass to Fort Worth Faithful

VIDEO: The Land and Its Peoples: Indigeneity and Settler Colonialism from Texas to Palestine

Last Saturday, around 50 people gathered beneath an elder oak tree in San Pedro Springs Park, part of the headwaters complex of the San Antonio River. They gathered to discuss

By Greg Harman

/ 17 Sep 2024

VIDEO: The Land and Its Peoples: Indigeneity and Settler Colonialism from Texas to Palestine

Heat-Related Deaths Keep Piling Up in Texas Even as Candidates Shy From Climate

Texas A&M climate scientist suggests surging heat—and heat-related deaths—may finally deliver an ‘Oh shit’ moment for a state riding on heat-generating fossil fuels

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Sep 2024

Heat-Related Deaths Keep Piling Up in Texas Even as Candidates Shy From Climate

WILD12: Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains

“If you see this animal like your grandma, how would you treat it versus just something in the wild?” asked Tatewin Means, executive director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation.

By James Courtney

/ 29 Aug 2024

WILD12: Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains

Scorching 129 Heat Index Recorded Downtown San Antonio During Wednesday Heat Alert

Deceleration research has shown repeatedly how the official San Antonio temps don’t always capture the actual heat impacting communities across the urban landscape.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Aug 2024

Scorching 129 Heat Index Recorded Downtown San Antonio During Wednesday Heat Alert

As Temps Soar, Federal Utility Assistance Funds for Appear to Shortchange Hottest States

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) covers less than 8 percent of low-income residents’ heating and cooling costs in Texas. That’s compared to nearly 23 percent in northern states.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Jul 2024

As Temps Soar, Federal Utility Assistance Funds for Appear to Shortchange Hottest States

Community Vision for Corpus Christi Park Challenges Political Failures and Heat Island

Some of the oldest neighborhoods in Corpus Christi are also the city’s hottest, new Deceleration research reveals—but a rising interest in community care could help shift that.

By Gaige Davila

/ 19 Jul 2024

Community Vision for Corpus Christi Park Challenges Political Failures and Heat Island