Deceleration (Page 5)

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’

San Antonio Poised to Defund ‘Climate Ready Neighborhoods’ as Project Marvel Tops City Agenda

Billions in investment will be required to realize the downtown ‘Project Marvel’ redevelopment scheme and new Spurs arena. But austerity is on order for city programs, including efforts designed to help neighborhoods survive escalating climate shocks.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2025

San Antonio Poised to Defund ‘Climate Ready Neighborhoods’ as Project Marvel Tops City Agenda

Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’

A 435-page review led by Texas A&M climate scientist Andrew Dessler found the authors used standard climate denier tropes to produce a report riddled with errors.

By Sharon Kelly

/ 9 Sep 2025

Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’

San Antonio Leaders Dangerously Bedazzled by Project Marvel Amidst Climate Breakdown

Dangerously rising heat, housing and food insecurity, and the rise of autocracy and concentration camps in the U.S. are threatening our collective future. More entertainment is not the solution.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Sep 2025

San Antonio Leaders Dangerously Bedazzled by Project Marvel Amidst Climate Breakdown

As Authoritarianism Surges Worldwide, Global South Communities Lead Way to Truly Democratic Alternatives

Indigenous communities, grassroots organizations, and social movements convened this past February 2025 in Port Edward, South Africa to collectively articulate their vision and practice of radical democracy, “with the actors being not only humans but all of nature.”

By Ashish Kothari

/ 5 Sep 2025

As Authoritarianism Surges Worldwide, Global South Communities Lead Way to Truly Democratic Alternatives

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows. The project’s failure leaves an uncertain future for Corpus Christi.

By Dylan Baddour

/ 3 Sep 2025

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble