Deceleration (Page 13)

Puerto Rico’s Casa Pueblo Provides a Case Study in Community Solar as Decolonization

Almost a decade after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, the island’s first urban solar microgrid has become a model not just in transitioning away from US-imposed fossil fuels, but in putting ‘energy–the power to do work–into the hands of the people … for better living.’

By Arturo Massol Deya

/ 4 Oct 2025

Aerial view of colorful buildings with solar panels that make up an urban solar microgrid project.

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

City Manager Peter Zanoni said the City will “likely” cancel their contract with Nebraska-based Kiewet for desal project—but questions remain if state water loan could go to other options.

By Gaige Davila

/ 3 Oct 2025

Corpus Desal Runs Aground Over Cost Uncertainties (Again) at Friday Water Workshop

As Trump Works to Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

Just this week, the president froze billions in funding for renewable-energy projects in Democrat-led states amidst a wider government shutdown, demonstrating why grassroots climate initiatives are increasingly building in resilience from heat, storms, and the government itself.

By Greg Harman

/ 2 Oct 2025

As Trump Works to Crush Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere at the Grassroots

Corpus Christi Desalination Effort Returns Weeks After Community Victory Over Contested $1.2B Project

Council members meet Friday to consider an offer from Houston-based wastewater company to operate a long-pursued desalination plant they recently rejected.

By Gaige Davila

/ 2 Oct 2025

Corpus Christi Desalination Effort Returns Weeks After Community Victory Over Contested $1.2B Project

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Santa Teresa, Sunland Park residents wary of water, power use by the data center advanced by Doña Ana County last week.

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers

/ 26 Sep 2025

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Texas Utilities Failing Climate Challenge, Sierra Club Report Finds

Xcel Texas bags a B, CPS Energy a C, while others like the Lower Colorado River Authority are deemed stuck swimming in coal slurry, earning an F in this year’s ‘Dirty Truth’ utility rankings.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 24 Sep 2025

Texas Utilities Failing Climate Challenge, Sierra Club Report Finds

REVIEW: ‘We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System’ Is a Rousing How-To Guide for Fighting Corporate Greed

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 needs of people and planet before profits.

By Frances Madeson

/ 24 Sep 2025

REVIEW: ‘We’re Coming for You and Your Rotten System’ Is a Rousing How-To Guide for Fighting Corporate Greed

We Must Reject Trump Admin Plot to Dismantle U.S. Progressive Movement

White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller promised to dismantle leftist networks across the U.S. “in Charlie’s name,” as the Trump Administration’s broader commitment to consolidating power by demolishing civil rights, free speech, and free press became more explicit.

By Negin Owliaei

/ 19 Sep 2025

We Must Reject Trump Admin Plot to Dismantle U.S. Progressive Movement

San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones insists proposals must first be screened by city attorney, city manager before council can discuss. A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put heat work back in motion.

By Greg Harman

/ 17 Sep 2025

San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

In a moment when increasing state repression of protest is coupled with vigilante violence, the Olympic Forest Defenders offer lessons to all about how to build power and mitigate risk while taking direct action against ecocide.

By Annie Hartnett

/ 12 Sep 2025

‘Slaying Monsters’: Lessons From a Washington Tree Sit for Activists Everywhere

Degrowth: ‘A Gateway into Socialist Thought for the 21st Century’

In a moment when The Atlantic is calling Donald Trump a “degrowther,” it’s time for Jason Hickel to break down what degrowth is and isn’t.

By Andrew Ahern

/ 12 Sep 2025

Degrowth: ‘A Gateway into Socialist Thought for the 21st Century’