Greg Harman - Deceleration

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

At a former Catholic convent chapel in San Antonio, Azul Barrientos and guests confront ICE violence, state brutality, and what persists in the midst of community unraveling.

By Greg Harman

/ 16 Sep 2026

'The Practice of Hope': Re-Sanctifying Space in a City Under Deportation Siege

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2026

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Judge's ordered construction pause called an opportunity to organize to better defend Big Bend.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Aug 2026

VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio

The more conservative City of Fort Worth's unanimous moratorium vote contrasts with a divided San Antonio council debating regulations for the fast-growing industry.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Aug 2026

Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

112 Degrees?! Deceleration investigation supports findings from two studies into data center heat islands, measuring downwind temps from a major data center complex at six degrees higher than upwind areas.

By Greg Harman

/ 1 Aug 2026

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens

Speakers at Saturday's ‘Apply Heat’ day of action decried the rising numbers of ICE-related deaths and called for long-term resistance.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jul 2026

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens

Data Centers Are Building Power Plants Near Neighborhoods—That May Play Into Some South San Antonio Ambitions

While some Texas cities have advanced bans and moratoriums on data centers until the risks are better understood, San Antonio has proceeded more cautiously toward possible regulation. And some see economic opportunity.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Jul 2026

Data Centers Are Building Power Plants Near Neighborhoods—That May Play Into Some South San Antonio Ambitions

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

Climate emissions have been growing in San Antonio, despite Council and utility pledges to drive them down. Monday's CPS Board action all but guarantees future targets will remain out of reach as Texas cooks.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Jun 2026

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

San Antonio Data Center Meeting to Explore Possible Regulation Through Zoning

City of San Antonio's Development Services hosts its second meeting of a data center Stakeholder Discussion Group dedicated to industrial power use.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jun 2026

San Antonio Data Center Meeting to Explore Possible Regulation Through Zoning

Dow Wants to Lead a Texas Nuclear Resurgence—and Data Centers Aren't Far Behind

The risks long associated with the U.S.'s aging fleet of nuclear reactors continue with a new generation of "advanced" designs proposed for Texas data centers and plastics manufacturers, longtime critics warned the seaside Seadrift community.

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Jun 2026

Dow Wants to Lead a Texas Nuclear Resurgence—and Data Centers Aren't Far Behind

'People's Conference on Nuclear Power Reactors' Convening in Seadrift, Texas

Dow's plan to power production with modular nuclear reactors comes under community scrutiny this weekend.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Jun 2026

'People's Conference on Nuclear Power Reactors' Convening in Seadrift, Texas

Data Centers Bringing Major New Pollution Sources to San Antonio’s West Side

Frustration marked public hearing for Vantage Data Center’s TX2 expansion plans at Highway 151 and Wiseman.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Jun 2026

Data Centers Bringing Major New Pollution Sources to San Antonio’s West Side