Water & Power - Deceleration

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Recent CPS Energy investments quickly slashed outages from 320,000 to 120,000, but thousands remained without power for days—even as the City moves to defund climate resilience programming.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Sep 2026

'Days Without Power': Sudden Storm Tears Across San Antonio, Exposing Entrenched Vulnerabilities

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

112 Degrees?! Deceleration investigation supports findings from two studies into data center heat islands, measuring downwind temps from a major data center complex at six degrees higher than upwind areas.

By Greg Harman

/ 1 Aug 2026

Data Centers Generating 'Heat Islands,' Compounding the Hazards of Rising Global Temps

Dow Wants to Lead a Texas Nuclear Resurgence—and Data Centers Aren't Far Behind

The risks long associated with the U.S.'s aging fleet of nuclear reactors continue with a new generation of "advanced" designs proposed for Texas data centers and plastics manufacturers, longtime critics warned the seaside Seadrift community.

By Greg Harman

/ 18 Jun 2026

Dow Wants to Lead a Texas Nuclear Resurgence—and Data Centers Aren't Far Behind

'Is This Our Future?' San Antonio Data Center Hearing Smacks of Trolling by the State

Plus: Massive global data center study, Trump's fake oversight EO, accelerating surveillance of data center opposition, action opportunities, y más.

By Greg Harman

/ 7 Jun 2026

'Is This Our Future?' San Antonio Data Center Hearing Smacks of Trolling by the State

2025's Hill County Floods Are Our State's New 'Whiplash Weather.' There Will be More.

Rapid shifts from extreme drought to deadly floods is a feature, not a bug, in our new fossil-fuels modified climate. Here's what you need to know.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 May 2026

2025's Hill County Floods Are Our State's New 'Whiplash Weather.' There Will be More.

The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has Begun

Deceleration reports back from the 2-day statewide convening of residents fighting data center buildout—from El Paso to Dallas to San Antonio and down to the RGV.

By Greg Harman

/ 3 Apr 2026

The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has Begun

Texas Data Center Wins/Losses, Collapsing Climate Regulation, Breaking Down SAWS Rate Structure, and More

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Feb 2026

Texas Data Center Wins/Losses, Collapsing Climate Regulation, Breaking Down SAWS Rate Structure, and More

Water & Power: Aquifer Threats, Data Centers, & People Power

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By Greg Harman

/ 26 Jan 2026

Water & Power: Aquifer Threats, Data Centers, & People Power