Returning to Climate Leviathan
Looking back at a 2018 proposal by Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright can help us see a path toward a more just future.
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Climate
Highlighting the sources of climate disruption and solutions to help cool the planet.
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Energy
Energy generation, access, affordability, and impacts to public health and security.
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Trump Wars For Oil Abroad and Against Renewables at Home as Fossil Fuels Claim Millions of Lives a Year
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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Greg Harman
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Feds Still Ignoring Rio Grande LNG Air Pollution and Health Impacts, New Lawsuit Claims
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Gaige Davila
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Calhoun County’s First ‘People’s Microplastics Conference’ Hopes to Usher in the End of Plastics
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Roxana Rojas
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EPA Cuts Leaving Industry Increasingly Unregulated as Petrochemical Buildout Sweeps U.S. Gulf States
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Gaige Davila
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Human Rights
Examining state violence, war and militarism, genocide, and ecological stability.
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ICE Buys Massive San Antonio Warehouse As Detained Population Approaches 75,000
Numerous lawsuits and judge’s orders have dogged ICE detention centers in recent months, with one federal judge comparing a facility outside Chicago to a “concentration camp.”
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Greg Harman
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Democracy
Power and potential of pro-democracy movements and the forces aligned against them.
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Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill
The deal — a major concession from Democrats — funds DHS and its immigration-related agencies for another two weeks.
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Truthout
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Biodiversity
Animal and plant relatives, land protection, and the politics of public space.
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Call for Legal Rights for Amazon River Advances to Global Climate Conference
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.
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Laura Hayter
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Arts & Letters
Book and film reviews, poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
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‘Sea of Creatures’—A Deceleration Quarterly Creative Review
In Deceleration's Winter 2026 Creative Review, writers and artists from our bioregion and beyond—from Boca Chica at Texas’s tip to the migratory flyways that link Eagle and Condor—share their love, grief, and rage for the fragility of our oceans and the coral reefs they shelter.
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Water
Water planning, scarcity, industry, and the right of all people to safe and affordable water.
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Amy Hardberger: It's Time to Talk About Growth Controls in Rural Texas
As the contested Guajolote Ranch winds up before San Antonio's City Council and data centers crowd into vulnerable rural pockets of Texas, this water law expert says the big story is about neglected authority and 'unchecked growth.'
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Greg Harman
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Deceleration Opinion
Commentary at the intersection of environment and justice from Deceleration's editors.
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We Must Reject White Nationalism Driving MAGA’s Rampant ICE Abuses
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.
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Greg Harman
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Community Voices
Guest opinions from the broader Deceleration community.
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Juniper Gwin Is On a Mission to Make Well Being Accessible to All
Meet Juniper Gwin of Nourish Healing Collective.
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