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#SATX friends: On Nov 16, our co-editor @mcortez.net will be reading from The Bird Church (from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social) alongside poet Jim LaVilla-Havelin (who has a new chapbook on Thoreau out from Alabrava Press) and James Finley (who writes about Thoreau and abolition). Yall come.
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#SATX friends: On Nov 16, our co-editor @mcortez.net will be reading from The Bird Church (from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social) alongside poet Jim LaVilla-Havelin (who has a new chapbook on Thoreau out from Alabrava Press) and James Finley (who writes about Thoreau and abolition). Yall come.
A new #cli-fi novel set in East #Texas from Astra Publishing House asks: Are we constitutionally capable of surviving the disasters wrought by our corporate masters? Frances Madeson explores in an excerpt from Happy Bad and author Q&A w/ @delaneynolan.bsky.social.
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New Cli-Fi Novel Gropes for Happiness through the Dark of Texas Blackouts and Louisiana Heat – Deceleration
Delaney Nolan's distinctively American novel Happy Bad asks: Are we constitutionally capable of surviving the disasters wrought by our corporate masters? An excerpt from the novel and Q&A with author ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A new #cli-fi novel set in East #Texas from Astra Publishing House asks: Are we constitutionally capable of surviving the disasters wrought by our corporate masters? Frances Madeson explores in an excerpt from Happy Bad and author Q&A w/ @delaneynolan.bsky.social.
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Can't underscore the importance of this exhibit/panel and the lessons it offers in how to resist #authoritarianism. Proud we could help document. With @beektur.bsky.social, #Filipino American National Historical Society, & #AAPIs for Justice in San Antonio.
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Eroding U.S. Civil Liberties Under Trump Compared to Time of Philippines Dictator Marcos Sr.'s Rise – Deceleration
What can folks in the U.S. learn from the survivors of martial law under a Philippines dictator that caused thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of illegal detentions? Plenty. For many in attenda...
deceleration.news
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can't underscore the importance of this exhibit/panel and the lessons it offers in how to resist #authoritarianism. Proud we could help document. With @beektur.bsky.social, #Filipino American National Historical Society, & #AAPIs for Justice in San Antonio.
deceleration.news/eroding-u-s-...
deceleration.news/eroding-u-s-...
Via Ashley Smith @truthout.org: just up I-35, a critical case out of @txst.edu in the struggle for freedom to teach and learn in #Texas.
With @tomalter.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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With @tomalter.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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Texas Professor Speaks Out After Being Fired for 'Crime' of Speaking at Socialism Summit – Deceleration
Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again. Alter is a beloved teacher, a member of the Texas State Employees Union, and the a...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Via Ashley Smith @truthout.org: just up I-35, a critical case out of @txst.edu in the struggle for freedom to teach and learn in #Texas.
With @tomalter.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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With @tomalter.bsky.social @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org @cwa-tseu.bsky.social
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From @gaigedavila.bsky.social:
A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all 7 operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last 5 years, finds a new report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social.
#CorpusChristi
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A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all 7 operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last 5 years, finds a new report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social.
#CorpusChristi
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Report: Corpus Christi LNG Among the Highest Polluting LNG Export Plants in U.S. – Deceleration
A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all seven operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last five years, a new report finds. LNG plants i...
deceleration.news
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
From @gaigedavila.bsky.social:
A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all 7 operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last 5 years, finds a new report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social.
#CorpusChristi
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A massive expansion of LNG is planned in the U.S. But already all 7 operating U.S. LNG terminals have violated the Clean Air Act repeatedly in the last 5 years, finds a new report from @envirointegrity.bsky.social.
#CorpusChristi
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
For those tracking accelerating #fascism in the US, an important panel coming up 11/1 on the human impacts of martial law under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
4:30pm at River Alchemy Creative Arts (2600 S Flores 78204). RSVP: bit.ly/RSVPforNOV1F...
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4:30pm at River Alchemy Creative Arts (2600 S Flores 78204). RSVP: bit.ly/RSVPforNOV1F...
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VIDEO: Victims and Survivors of Martial Law Under Autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Remembered in a Moment of U.S. Authoritarian Peril – Deceleration
As tensions rise over deployment of the military in U.S. cities, increasingly violent ICE arrests by unaccountable masked agents, and persecution of Trump's political rivals, a photo exhibit and panel...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For those tracking accelerating #fascism in the US, an important panel coming up 11/1 on the human impacts of martial law under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
4:30pm at River Alchemy Creative Arts (2600 S Flores 78204). RSVP: bit.ly/RSVPforNOV1F...
deceleration.news/martial-law-...
4:30pm at River Alchemy Creative Arts (2600 S Flores 78204). RSVP: bit.ly/RSVPforNOV1F...
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The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019.
#satx #climatechange
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#satx #climatechange
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San Antonio Climate Emissions Are Tracking Up—Not Down—New Data Shows – Deceleration
The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019. From 2019 to 20...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019.
#satx #climatechange
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#satx #climatechange
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As you educate yourself on #ProjectMarvel, some historical context from @dlondonwortel.bsky.social is instructive.
#satx
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#satx
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Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years – Deceleration
Historian Daniel Wortel-London explains why, looking at the case of New York City—with lessons for San Antonio as we consider public funding streams for Project Marvel. Historian Daniel Wortel-London ...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As you educate yourself on #ProjectMarvel, some historical context from @dlondonwortel.bsky.social is instructive.
#satx
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#satx
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Reposting this for yall because we forgot to tag @anelflores.bsky.social on here. Truly beautiful conversation with a powerful writer and artist on fiction as #queer and #trans intervention in legacies of #environmentalracism in South #Texas.
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PODCAST: ‘Curtains of Rain’ Revisits South Texas Histories of Environmental Racism as Queer Coming-of Age Story – Deceleration
Our podcast interview with author Anel Flores talks Monsanto’s decades of contamination in Mission, Texas, the beauty of South Texas people and places, and fiction as a practice of healing self by wri...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposting this for yall because we forgot to tag @anelflores.bsky.social on here. Truly beautiful conversation with a powerful writer and artist on fiction as #queer and #trans intervention in legacies of #environmentalracism in South #Texas.
deceleration.news/curtains-of-...
deceleration.news/curtains-of-...
From last week: Highlighting threat from #wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking #water source, the #EdwardsAquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request. w @harmanity.bsky.social
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TCEQ Commissioners Approve Guajolote Ranch Wastewater Permit—Spark Lawsuit Threat – Deceleration
Highlighting threat from wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking water source, the Edwards Aquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request. TCEQ Commissioners unanimously approved ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
From last week: Highlighting threat from #wastewater to greater San Antonio’s largest drinking #water source, the #EdwardsAquifer, opponents threaten lawsuit, rehearing request. w @harmanity.bsky.social
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As we catch yall up on the past month, we also covered #nokings here in #satx:
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'No Kings' Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society – Deceleration
In reviving notions of “pre-crime,” the Trump administration has found a convenient way to treat all protest as “terrorism.” The “antifa” EO and NSPM-7 seek to “investigate and disrupt networks, entit...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As we catch yall up on the past month, we also covered #nokings here in #satx:
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and
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and
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But also--important community victory from this month. Via @harmanity.bsky.social:
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#extremeheat #climatechange #cuentaloscuerpos #satx
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#extremeheat #climatechange #cuentaloscuerpos #satx
San Antonio Heat-Death Tracking Effort Advances Over Staff 'No Action' Recommendation – Deceleration
Mayor Jones and several Council members said more efforts are needed to understand who is losing their lives to extreme heat to prevent future deaths—even as City Manager Erik Walsh and Metro Health D...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
But also--important community victory from this month. Via @harmanity.bsky.social:
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#extremeheat #climatechange #cuentaloscuerpos #satx
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#extremeheat #climatechange #cuentaloscuerpos #satx
Continuing our roundup of October stories...
Deaths from #extremeheat are widely undercounted across #Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.
#satx #climatechange
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Deaths from #extremeheat are widely undercounted across #Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.
#satx #climatechange
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
San Antonio City Staff Recommend Against Tracking Heat-Related Deaths, Alleging ‘Very Few’ Deaths – Deceleration
Deaths from extreme heat are widely undercounted across Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include. While...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Continuing our roundup of October stories...
Deaths from #extremeheat are widely undercounted across #Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.
#satx #climatechange
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
Deaths from #extremeheat are widely undercounted across #Texas, the U.S., and the world. But those cities that are trying—from NYC to Las Vegas—are finding hundreds of deaths per year to include.
#satx #climatechange
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
From earlier this month, ICYMI.
Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting material support by #SanAntonio for Israel's #genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Palestine — and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.
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Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting material support by #SanAntonio for Israel's #genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Palestine — and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.
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'Power for Palestine' Speakers Announce New Coalition to Challenge San Antonio's Role in Genocide – Deceleration
Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting San Antonio's material support for Israel's genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine—and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023. O...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
From earlier this month, ICYMI.
Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting material support by #SanAntonio for Israel's #genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Palestine — and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.
deceleration.news/power-for-pa...
Six local orgs announced a new coalition targeting material support by #SanAntonio for Israel's #genocide and ethnic cleansing in #Palestine — and to grieve more than 65,000 deaths since October 7, 2023.
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We're behind in our Blueskying...ICYMI:
Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from #satx share recent successes, challenges, urging movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.
#climatechange #publichealth
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Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from #satx share recent successes, challenges, urging movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.
#climatechange #publichealth
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Growing Clean Energy Investments and Green Spaces Critical to Protecting Public Health, Panelists Say – Deceleration
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.
Fede...
deceleration.news
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're behind in our Blueskying...ICYMI:
Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from #satx share recent successes, challenges, urging movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.
#climatechange #publichealth
deceleration.news/clean-energy...
Medical professionals, advocates, and policy experts from #satx share recent successes, challenges, urging movement to keep residents safe from high heat and punishing pollution.
#climatechange #publichealth
deceleration.news/clean-energy...
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Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years.
That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.
Check it out here.
deceleration.news/subsidizing-...
That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.
Check it out here.
deceleration.news/subsidizing-...
Deceleration
Environmental justice news and analysis for San Antonio and the the South Texas bioregion
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October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years.
That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.
Check it out here.
deceleration.news/subsidizing-...
That's the title of my latest article for @deceleration.news, a journal responding to our shared ecological and political crisis.
Check it out here.
deceleration.news/subsidizing-...
The principles of #mutualaid that are increasingly being built into community #climate efforts—out of deep and growing necessity. Some case studies here to be aware of.
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The principles of #mutualaid that are increasingly being built into community #climate efforts—out of deep and growing necessity. Some case studies here to be aware of.
deceleration.news/trump-crushi...
#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
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The @nwu.org's Frances Madeson, reviewing my book, 'We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System' in @deceleration.news, calls it "a rousing how-to guide for fighting corporate greed."
Check out her incisive review below, then go to ORBooks.com and buy the book!
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Check out her incisive review below, then go to ORBooks.com and buy the book!
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REVIEW: 'We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System' Is a Rousing How-To Guide for Fighting Corporate Greed – Deceleration
Jonathan Rosenblum's new movement history—and valuable primer in municipalist solutions—delivers insight and inspiration from successes in Seattle, where people have forced local government to put the...
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September 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The @nwu.org's Frances Madeson, reviewing my book, 'We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System' in @deceleration.news, calls it "a rousing how-to guide for fighting corporate greed."
Check out her incisive review below, then go to ORBooks.com and buy the book!
deceleration.news/review-were-...
Check out her incisive review below, then go to ORBooks.com and buy the book!
deceleration.news/review-were-...
Smart review of a powerful new book by @jonathan4212.bsky.social. Everyone in #SATX fighting #ProjectMarvel needs to read this one. w/@orbooks.bsky.social
#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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September 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Smart review of a powerful new book by @jonathan4212.bsky.social. Everyone in #SATX fighting #ProjectMarvel needs to read this one. w/@orbooks.bsky.social
#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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"And I continue to ride (bike and VIA) because I can do no less for ... todos los demás inocentes." An elegy for our friend and comrade Jack Elder. K descanse en paz y poder.
#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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September 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"And I continue to ride (bike and VIA) because I can do no less for ... todos los demás inocentes." An elegy for our friend and comrade Jack Elder. K descanse en paz y poder.
#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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“I could hear a woman’s voice screaming, ‘We’re coming back!’ ... and as I approached the wrecked tripod, a black late-model Jeep turned its headlights on and started to drive toward me."
#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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September 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“I could hear a woman’s voice screaming, ‘We’re coming back!’ ... and as I approached the wrecked tripod, a black late-model Jeep turned its headlights on and started to drive toward me."
#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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The #SanAntonio Climate Ready Neighborhoods program, a burgeoning #climate effort seeks to activate “pods” across the city to prepare people for climate shocks, is seeing funding stripped away—as billions for entertainments capture attention.
#adaptation #news
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#adaptation #news
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September 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The #SanAntonio Climate Ready Neighborhoods program, a burgeoning #climate effort seeks to activate “pods” across the city to prepare people for climate shocks, is seeing funding stripped away—as billions for entertainments capture attention.
#adaptation #news
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#adaptation #news
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