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Trump Wars For Oil Abroad and Against Renewables at Home as Fossil Fuels Claim Millions of Lives a Year

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● January 9, 2026

Rising heat, billion-dollar disasters, and punishing pollution linked to fossil fuels are responsible for millions of deaths per year and threatening the habitability of the planet. So what do we win in this war for oil?

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We Must Reject White Nationalism Driving MAGA’s Rampant ICE Abuses

By Greg Harman ● Deceleration Opinion ● December 1, 2025

For our future security and happiness it is imperative to both discover the root of our legitimate grievances and resist being manipulated by falsehoods and racism.

Call for Legal Rights for Amazon River Advances to Global Climate Conference

By Laura Hayter ● Biodiversity ● November 13, 2025

With global ecological systems unraveling, contested Rights of Nature legal frameworks still offer a way toward a future where governments treat land as a living ecosystem rather than just property.

COP30 in Brazil: Five Issues to Watch

By Grist ● Solutions ● November 12, 2025

“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”

San Antonio Climate Emissions Are Tracking Up—Not Down—New Data Shows

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● October 29, 2025

The City of San Antonio’s planet-warming emissions ticked up in 2023, according to new data released on Monday. That interrupts gains made after adopting a climate action plan in 2019.

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

By Andrew Ahern, Jason Hickel & The BREAK—DOWN ● Degrowth ● September 12, 2025

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.

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

By Greg Harman ● Climate ● September 9, 2025

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.