Extreme Heat Risk Roaring into Texas this Week (Slideshow)
High temps and humidity being amplified by fossil fuels combustion threatening residents across Texas. Here's who is most at risk and how to help reduce harm.
/
Topics
Explore Deceleration's reporting and analysis by topic.
Climate
Highlighting the sources of climate disruption and solutions to help cool our communities and the planet.
All in Climate
CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow
By
Greg Harman
/
San Antonio Boosts its ‘Heat Resilience Playbook’ as Texas Cities Seek to Adapt to Rising Temps
By
Greg Harman
/
Energy
Energy generation, access, affordability, and the impacts our energy decisions on our health and security.
All in Energy
Data Center Moratorium Proposal Squeaks Forward in San Antonio
The more conservative City of Fort Worth's unanimous moratorium vote contrasts with a divided San Antonio council debating regulations for the fast-growing industry.
By
Greg Harman
/
Human Rights
Examining the movements for and against individual & collective rights, state violence, war and militarism, genocide, and ecological stability.
All in Human Rights
A Chilling Tour of San Antonio’s Immigration Enforcement Machine
Plus: Mapping Flock cameras—and highlighting how they help facilitate the deportation industrial complex tearing our families and communities apart.
By
Roxana Rojas
/
Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens
By
Greg Harman
/
Black Seminole and Lipan Apache Ndé Groups Sign Historic Treaty During Juneteenth Celebration
By
Mark Mallory
/
‘Unify to Dilley’ Inspires Hundreds to Converge Outside CoreCivic's Family Concentration Camp
By
Greg Harman
/
Democracy
Preserving, nurturing, and expanding grassroots democratic governance and resisting the forces of disinformation, authoritarianism, and white supremacy.
All in Democracy
New York State Pauses New Hyperscale Data Centers
In a first among U.S. states, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday implementing a one-year moratorium on data center permits while the state develops regulatory protections for communities and the environment.
/
Biodiversity
Animal and plant relatives, land protection, and the politics of public spaces, including efforts to rewild and protect half of our planet's lands and waters.
All in Biodiversity
VIDEO: Big Bend Border Wall Emergency Hearing & Rally in San Antonio, Texas
Judge's ordered construction pause called an opportunity to organize to better defend Big Bend.
By
Greg Harman
/
Arts & Letters
Book and film reviews, poetry, visual art, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in the service of regeneration and a thriving planet.
All in Arts & Letters
'Many Worlds, Celebrate!'— Deceleration's Summer 2026 Creative Review
Beyond the ecopolitical death-drive we're riding, pluriversal possibilities nudging us toward "un mundo quepan muchos mundos" (a world in which many worlds fit) take root in poem, prose, and art from around the world—including here in SATX.
/
Water
Water planning, scarcity, industry, and the right of all people to safe and affordable water.
All in Water
Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought
In April, one of the city’s three reservoirs received its first inflows in eight months. But narrowly avoiding an immediate disaster doesn’t mean that Corpus Christi has solved its water crisis.
/
Deceleration Opinion
Commentary at the intersection of environment and justice from Deceleration's editors.
All in Deceleration Opinion
The Fight Against Surveillance Cameras Is a Struggle for Democracy
The efforts of communities who have canceled, rejected, or deactivated automated license plate readers have exposed these as authoritarian tools, both a symptom and a mechanism enabling this political moment.
Community Voices
Guest opinions from the broader Deceleration community.
All in Community Voices
Preparamos kits de emergencia para nuestros vecinos del Valle del Río Grande — se utilizan para su supervivencia diaria
A medida que las «crisis» climáticas afectan cada vez más a las zonas más prósperas de Estados Unidos, se extienden como una sombra sobre esta región fronteriza.
/
