winter storm uri - Deceleration

Texas’s Failed Grid Brought Out My Inner Survivalist—Here’s What I Learned

The bitter failures of our “Energy State” taught me that it doesn’t hurt to have a dozen alternative ways to boil water in your toolkit—and skills to barter for a steady coffee supply.

By Chivas Sandage

/ 12 Dec 2022

Texas’s Failed Grid Brought Out My Inner Survivalist—Here’s What I Learned

Voter Suppression in Texas Keeps Climate Action at Bay

Surveys show a majority of Texans want policies to combat industry-driven climate change, but broadscale voter suppression means elected leaders don’t need to follow voter concerns.

By Greg Harman

/ 28 Apr 2022

DECELERATION.LIVE: ‘His Name is Albert: Climate Change, Public Health, and the Unhoused’

A year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused neighbor who lost limbs to Winter Storm Uri exposed the gaps in San Antonio’s broken safety net.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Feb 2022

‘His Name Is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex ( 3 of 3)

This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 27 Jan 2022

‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (2 of 3)

This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 19 Jan 2022

‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (2 of 3)

‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (1 of 3)

This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 13 Jan 2022

Why We Can’t Stop Thinking About Paula Gold-Williams (And Neither Should You)

A review of the legacy of outgoing CPS CEO Paula Gold-Williams reveals how she deftly managed climate action expectations through delay and misdirection. But with critical global deadlines looming, her replacement must make an equitable transition to clean energy their top priority.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Oct 2021

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

Growing Back Better: Planting for Pollinators

It’s been three months since Winter Storm Uri scorched South Texas, leaving stands of gray stalks where living trees once stood, collapsing walls of cacti and making puddles out of aloe. What better time to rethink what we are growing and why—particularly in this time of global biodiversity crisis.

By Greg Harman

/ 14 May 2021

Texas Winter Storm: Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History

They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn’t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they

By Greg Harman

/ 30 Apr 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

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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