NEWS
news Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more | Kim Heacox
Americans throw away an estimated 2.5m plastic water bottles an hour.
Kim Heacox - 08-08-2022
news How Is the Jet Stream Connected to Simultaneous Heat Waves Across the Globe?
Scientists are racing to understand the changing shape of the air currents.
Leslie Hook - 08-01-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: What’s Hotter than Solar Panels? Solar Windows.
Researchers and startups are moving forward with plans for windows that generate electricity.
Dan Gearino - 08-01-2022
news San Antonio customers' CPS Energy bills jumped over 50% in June
Air conditioners weren't the only reason for the increase.
Steven Santana - 08-01-2022
news The Link is an $80M plan to cool urban streetscapes and heat up north downtown development
The proposed park connects the River Walk and San Pedro Creek Culture Park via landscaped footpaths and water features.
Shari Biediger - 07-25-2022
news San Antonio’s downtown in search of a new vision
Opinion: Tech sector's departures from business district could make way for new residential housing.
Robert Rivard - 07-25-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: Did You Miss Me? A Giant Battery Storage Plant Is Back Online, Just in Time for Summer
California hit a new high for battery storage use, thanks to plants like the one at Moss Landing.
Dan Gearino - 07-25-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: Some EVs Now Pay for Themselves in a Year
Evs are now a better deal than gas cars, due to much lower fuel and maintenance costs and a $7,500 tax credit.
James Pothen - 07-17-2022
news Warming Trends: The Tokyo Olympics’ Reduced Carbon Footprint, a Fin Whale Feeding Frenzy and the Tech Guru Who’s Trying to Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth
A column highlighting studies, innovations, and other development from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 07-17-2022
news San Antonio cyclists share their favorite trails in, around the city
Grab your bike and cycle!
Priscilla Aguirre - 07-12-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: This Virtual Power Plant Is Trying to Tackle a Housing Crisis and an Energy Crisis All at Once
Bay Area project combines subsidized housing with solar and battery systems that work together to support the grid.
Dan Gearino - 07-12-2022
news CPS Energy sends out San Antonio-wide phone alerts to conserve power
CPS Energy is making sure San Antonio conserves energy.
Steven Santana - 07-12-2022
news Vertical farming provides alternative way to grow produce
With temperatures 5-15 degrees above average, farming across the U.S. has been especially impacted.
NBC News - 07-12-2022
news In Climate-Driven Disasters, Older People and the Disabled Are Most at Risk. Now In-Home Caregivers Are Being Trained in How to Help Them
Program offers tools and training to caregivers, who often find themselves on the front lines of natural disasters.
Katie Rodriquez - 07-12-2022
news Warming Trends: Carbon-Neutral Concrete, Climate-Altered Menus and Olympic Skiing in Vanuatu
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 07-12-2022
news How we’re making San Antonio hotter — and how we can help cool it down
For the next generation, it's important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Bill Barker - 07-12-2022
news Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid
Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits, shattering records.
Nina Lakhani - 07-12-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: Yes, There Are Benefits of Growing Broccoli Beneath Solar Panels
Shade from solar panels leads to a brighter green color for broccoli, reduced evaporation and more income for farmers.
Dan Gearino - 06-30-2022
news These Clergy Are Bridging the Gap Between Religion and Climate
A Rabbi and a Protestant minister offer suggestions for how to engage congregations to solve the climate crisis.
James Bruggers - 06-30-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: E-bike Sales and Sharing are Booming. But Can They Help Take Cars off the Road?
E-bikes are getting a big boost from states that hope they will reduce driving, energy consumption and emissions.
James Pothen - 06-27-2022
news Warming Trends: Putting Citizen Scientists to Work, Assuring Climate-Depressed Kids That the Future is Bright, and Deploying Solar-Hydrogen Generators
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations ,and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 06-27-2022
news Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops.
Carolyn Beans - 06-27-2022
news Solar panel waste is not the worst thing that’s ever happened
It is always important to put challenges like this in context.
Jon Smieja - 06-27-2022
news Warming Trends: How Hairdressers Are Mobilizing to Counter Climate Change, Plus Polar Bears in Greenland and the ‘Sounds of the Ocean’
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, and other developments from the global warming frontier.
Katelyn Weisbrod - 06-20-2022
news Online Disinformation Uses Culture Wars to Delay Climate Action, Study Says
Online disinformation campaigns aim to delay climate action by intentionally dragging the issue into politics.
Kristoffer Teague - 06-13-2022
news Inside Clean Energy: Solid-State Batteries for EVs Make a Leap Toward Mass Production
Solid Power has begun rolling out batteries that will enable electric cars to run much longer on a charge.
Dan Gearino - 06-13-2022
news Slowed by COVID, San Antonio’s climate plans now face economic hurdles
More elements of the 2019 plan have been stripped due to perceived burden for businesses.
Andrea Drusch - 06-13-2022
news Here’s what has to happen before CPS Energy can shut down its last coal plant
The utility says it will take until 2030 to get it done.
Lindsey Carnett - 06-06-2022
news San Antonio named one of the best cities for hiking in the country, study says
Take a hike, San Antonio.
Priscilla Aguirre - 06-06-2022
news City of San Antonio giving away free mulch entire month of June
Get it while supplies last.
Kristina Coble - 06-06-2022
news The Vanishing Rio Grande: Warming Takes a Toll on a Legendary River
Now, rising temperatures and an unprecedented drought pose a grave and growing peril to the river and its ecosystems.
Jim Robbins - 06-06-2022
news A Texas county wants to punish polluters. The state won’t let it.
Residents of eastern Harris County have grown tired of almost-daily chemical leaks and the occasional catastrophe.
David Leffler & Savanna Strott - 06-06-2022
news Downtown's Elsewhere Garden Bar buys 6 acres in Northeast San Antonio for second location
The new spot will feature a 45-foot ferris wheel, a secret garden speakeasy and a greenhouse for weddings and events.
Nina Rangel - 05-27-2022
news Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says
Increasing urban greenery could save lives of tens of thousands of older adults, researchers found.
Julia Kane - 05-27-2022
news New Study Says World Must Cut Short-Lived Climate Pollutants as Well as Carbon Dioxide to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
Failing to rein in methane, HFCs and soot, will speed global warming in the coming decades.
Phil McKenna - 05-27-2022
BLOGS
blog Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy (TX-PACE) Program
This month’s blog focuses on the Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy (TX-PACE) program and the historic Travis Bu...
Office of Sustainability - 03-30-2022
blog Biodiversity and Food Systems
This month the Office of Sustainability (OS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Kelly Lyons and Stephen Lucke. The topic we are d...
Office of Sustainability - 12-01-2021
blog Youth and Young Adult Engagement
This month, the Office of Sustainability (OS) is speaking with Aaron Arguello, member of the SA Climate Ready Climate Eq...
SA Office of Sustainability - 10-27-2021
blog Transportation: EV’s and Mass Transit with Rick Cavender & Kathleen “Kammy” Horne
This month, the Office of Sustainability (OS) is pleased to welcome two guests as we discuss electric vehicles and mass ...
SA Office of Sustainability - 09-30-2021
blog Workforce Development & Equity Workforce Development and Equity with James Cooper
The Office of Sustainability (OS) is excited to continue our new blog series, featuring interviews with community leader...
SA Office of Sustainability - 08-31-2021
blog Public Health Health and Climate with Dr. Adelita Cantu
Over the coming months, the Office of Sustainability (OS) will be interviewing community leaders on important issues sur...
SA Office of Sustainability - 08-03-2021