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Space Industry’s Explosive Growth Could ‘X’ the Earth’s Atmosphere

Rocket soot and vaporized satellite metals represent a massive—and largely unchecked—geoengineering experiment with massive potential planetary downsides.

By Syris Valentine

/ 4 Jun 2025

Space Industry’s Explosive Growth Could ‘X’ the Earth’s Atmosphere

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

By Mark Engler

/ 25 Apr 2025

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

“The biggest domestic threat to our Constitution is Donald Trump and those that support him,” said one marcher, describing himself as a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Army.

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Apr 2025

VIDEO: ‘Fire Elon Musk!’ U.S. Rep. Casar Revs up Thousands Marching Against Trump Abuses in San Antonio

Elon Vs. Wild: Do Expanding SpaceX Operations Signal the End for Beloved Ocelots?

Starbase could become its own city. Elon Musk is about to be granted the keys to Boca Chica Beach. And accelerating operations at SpaceX could lead to several launches per day in the middle of the endangered ocelot’s withered territory. Efforts to protect the ocelot are more critical than ever.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 17 Apr 2025

Elon Vs. Wild: Do Expanding SpaceX Operations Signal the End for Beloved Ocelots?

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

Deceleration stumbled into former and current Republicans at the Hands Off! march in San Antonio joining millions worldwide rallying against recent Trump actions, including the dismantling of federal agencies and social services, and in favor of fundamental human rights.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Apr 2025

Hands Off! Protest Floods San Antonio Downtown Streets Decrying Trump, Musk Abuses

The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

As the super-rich bend the knee to MAGA’s demands, the empowerment of local climate and environmental justice struggles will require grassroots funding networks to survive and continue to notch wins for their communities.

By Syris Valentine

/ 4 Apr 2025

The Climate Movement Needs to Move Beyond Billionaire-Backed Philanthropies

Beyond the ‘Swasticar’: A Barrio Renewables Conversation About Electric Vehicles

In spite of Trump threatening renewables and Tesla’s Elon Musk driving for global fascism, electric transportation remains part of the solution for working-class communities under assault, as this Deceleration conversation with EV enthusiast Jim Royston shows.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 12 Mar 2025

Beyond the ‘Swasticar’: A Barrio Renewables Conversation About Electric Vehicles

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

As Trump launched a tariff war on Tuesday with the U.S.’s largest trading partners and attacked his political enemies, thousands rallied across the nation—including San Antonio—to fight back against the autocratic executive’s power grab.

By Greg Harman

/ 5 Mar 2025

‘Bad, Bad DOGE’: San Antonio Rallies Against Trump Power Grab, Attacks on Federal Workforce

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.

By DeSmog

/ 26 Feb 2025

Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial

Trump Rhetoric On Disability, Disaster, and Spending has Eugenics at its Core

We must reject all efforts to dial back to a time when “worthless eaters” were targeted for sterilization and—ultimately—eradication in the name of governmental efficiency, argues San Antonio artist Angela Weddle.

By Angela Weddle

/ 4 Feb 2025

Trump Rhetoric On Disability, Disaster, and Spending has Eugenics at its Core

Raining SpaceX Debris Raises Impact Fears as Musk Ascends Alongside Trump

For residents concerned about SpaceX operations in Cameron County, Texas, the year opened with a familiar feeling of regulatory impunity. But with apparent MAGA embrace of the Mars mission even these performances may soon be a thing of the past.

By Gaige Davila

/ 21 Jan 2025

Raining SpaceX Debris Raises Impact Fears as Musk Ascends Alongside Trump

Why Elon Musk’s Demand for Suffering Won’t Stop at Mars

Critics describe Elon Musk’s guiding philosophy of longtermism as primed to justify ‘atrocities.’

By Greg Harman

/ 22 Dec 2024

Why Elon Musk’s Demand for Suffering Won’t Stop at Mars