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Gulf Coast Activist Diane Wilson Seeks to Hold Formosa Accountable for Toxic Spill in Vietnam

Goldman Environmental Prize-winning activist and fourth-generation fisherman Diane Wilson cites jailing and mistreatment of those seeking justice for the devastation of coastal fisheries in launching the solidarity Global Hunger Strike.

By Diane Wilson

/ 3 Nov 2023

Gulf Coast Activist Diane Wilson Seeks to Hold Formosa Accountable for Toxic Spill in Vietnam

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

Bexar County’s medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause on any summer deaths.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Oct 2023

After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Heat Deaths

How to Help Stand Against Oppression in Palestine-Israel

For more than 75 years, the Palestinian people have been resisting occupation, dehumanization, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, imprisonment, the denial of basic human rights and other injustices from the Israeli state.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 25 Oct 2023

How to Help Stand Against Oppression in Palestine-Israel

Sunrise Q&A: How the American Climate Corps Was Won

Sunrise Movement co-founder Evan Weber discusses the years of Green New Deal organizing that led to the landmark new jobs program to address the climate crisis.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 16 Oct 2023

Sunrise Q&A: How the American Climate Corps Was Won

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Small groups of 20 or fewer will be allowed to hold limited ceremonies beside the San Antonio River, but U.S. District Judge Biery rejects requests by members of the Lipan-Apache Native American Church to protect the trees and birds.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Judge Refuses to Slow Brackenridge Redevelopment Project Over Indigenous Lawsuit Claims

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought

In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution.

By Greg Harman

/ 12 Oct 2023

Mexican Water Debt Pits Treaty Obligations Against Needs of Farmers In Extreme Drought

Texas Anti-Crypto ‘Week of Action’ to Challenge Bitcoin’s Hidden Costs

Targeting high water use, energy waste, and round-the-clock noise, opponents are challenging Bitcoin efforts in Navarro County, the author of ‘Let Them Eat Crypto’ writes.

By Peter Howson

/ 11 Oct 2023

Texas Anti-Crypto ‘Week of Action’ to Challenge Bitcoin’s Hidden Costs

Unearthing the White Supremacist in the Basement

Unflinching honestly about our ancestors’ involvement in slavery, lynchings, and other forms of white supremacist violence is necessary to interrupt today’s resurgence of racist killings in the U.S.

By Annie Hartnett

/ 10 Oct 2023

Unearthing the White Supremacist in the Basement

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

On the cusp of the 25th march in the city, Deceleration spoke with Diaz about the roots of his own Indigenous awareness and movement away from Dia de la Raza in the late ’90s to what became a tenacious drive for an Indigenous Peoples Day declaration in San Antonio.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Oct 2023

VIDEO: Antonio Diaz and the Roots of the Indigenous Dignity Day March in San Antonio

Are We About to Lose the Amazon?

Recent drying over the Amazon could be the “first warning signal” that the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, new research says.

By Carbon Brief

/ 5 Oct 2023

The sacred and the law: Indigenous claims on trial in the Brackenridge lawsuit.

The central question for U.S. District Judge Fred Biery is whether the city of San Antonio has made sufficient efforts to provide members of the Lipan-Apache “Hoosh Chetzel” Native American Church access to one of its most sacred sites for religious ceremonies. City attorneys argued last week that n

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2023

Uncovering Extreme Heat’s Hidden Impacts with Rose Jones

We know that extreme heat negatively impacts every organ in the body, triggers mental health conditions, contributes to spikes in domestic violence, and much more. So why are policymakers and public health officials struggling to understand who is being injured and killed by the heat?

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Sep 2023

Uncovering Extreme Heat’s Hidden Impacts with Rose Jones