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Greg Harman

Deceleration Founder/Managing Editor Greg Harman is an independent journalist who has written about environmental health and justice issues since the late 1990s.

Critical Texas Data Center Fights Happening Right Now

Residents from across Texas convened in San Antonio recently to learn from one another in their fight against water- and power-hungry data centers ushering in a new economic era expected to displace millions of workers.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Apr 2026

Critical Texas Data Center Fights Happening Right Now

8 Million Strong: 'No Kings' Turnout Breaks All Past Protest Records

Next up: a May Day general strike is being planned to shut down Trump's abuses.

By Greg Harman

/ 31 Mar 2026

8 Million Strong: 'No Kings' Turnout Breaks All Past Protest Records

Data Center Watch: Lessons from a San Marcos Coalition's Defeat of an AI Data Center

Livestream from recent Todos Agua facilitated by Deceleration and hosted by Esperanza Peace & Justice Center

By Greg Harman

/ 24 Mar 2026

Data Center Watch: Lessons from a San Marcos Coalition's Defeat of an AI Data Center

Our Data Center Boom Threatens More Than Water—A Conversation About the Emerging Stakes in the Struggle

Warehouses are popping up across Texas: Some to fill with mistreated humans, others with a human-displacing consciousness.

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Mar 2026

Our Data Center Boom Threatens More Than Water—A Conversation About the Emerging Stakes in the Struggle

Revolutionary Cry Rises at San Antonio's 36th Annual International Women's Day Rally & March

'It is our duty to fight for freedom! It is our duty to win!'

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Mar 2026

Revolutionary Cry Rises at San Antonio's 36th Annual International Women's Day Rally & March

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds

Existing systems record only ‘one-sixth of the statistically estimated heat deaths’ in Texas, a new paper by a Texas A&M researcher finds.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Feb 2026

Thousands of Heat-Related Deaths Go Uncounted in Texas Each Year, New Research Finds

Round Rock Texas Approves Ninth Data Center Over Strong Community Resistance

City of Round Rock is 'business friendly ... resident hostile.' A Q&A with Gary Oldham of Protect Round Rock

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Feb 2026

Round Rock Texas Approves Ninth Data Center Over Strong Community Resistance

The Choice: Our Planet's Billions—Or the Guilty Petro Elite? (We Can't Have Both)

It is time to decide.

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Feb 2026

The Choice: Our Planet's Billions—Or the Guilty Petro Elite? (We Can't Have Both)

SAWS Rate Hikes are Coming. How Fair is their Rate Structure?

Retired academic Jim Spickard breaks down SAWS rate structure as San Antonio moves toward a series of rate-hike votes.

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Feb 2026

SAWS Rate Hikes are Coming. How Fair is their Rate Structure?

Bill Barker on Extreme Heat, City Planning, and Policies to Save Lives

Humankind didn't evolve in heat like this. Heat that is increasingly claiming lives. So how can we cool down our cities and keep more people safe?

By Greg Harman

/ 10 Feb 2026

Bill Barker on Extreme Heat, City Planning, and Policies to Save Lives