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Deceleration is an online journal of environmental justice and human rights growing solutions for an overheating world. Find us talking about struggles over land and water and searching out alternative futures stirring in the global grassroots. Based in South Texas, serving the world. "For the Earth. And all Her families."

  1. Oct 16

    47: ICE, Billionaires, & the Texas Midterms—What’s Really at Stake? (Brake Room)

    Send us Fan Mail Texas is ground zero for Trump 2.0—and for the resistance to it. In this inaugural 'Brake Room,' Deceleration's newsletter correspondents break down the stories shaping Central and South Texas and the world: ICE’s escalating violence, the fight over a planned ICE detention warehouse in San Antonio, the dramatic shift of Hispanic voters in Texas ahead of the midterms, Gov. Abbott’s push to break up city-owned utilities, and the techno-fascist vision of billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel.  We also look past Election Day to discuss: building coalitions across immigration, climate, and data centers; democracy beyond electoralism; and even the coming Global Doughnut Days (Oct 20–24). 🎙️ Host Greg Harman (Deceleration founder/editor, Water & Power) with Roxana Rojas (ICE Watch), Gaige Davila (Coastlines/Faultlines), and Syris Valentine (Alternative Futures). Story: https://deceleration.news/podcasts/decelerations-brake-room-ice-technofascism-dying-trumpism/ 📰 Subscribe free at https://deceleration.news.  Deceleration is a bioregional journal of human rights and environmental justice rooted in the watersheds of Central and South Texas, serving the world.This video is about Brake Room Podcast Deceleration Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    47: ICE, Billionaires, & the Texas Midterms—What’s Really at Stake? (Brake Room)

  2. Oct 9

    46: Abbott Wants Your Utility—Deregulation, Billionaires, & City Power in Texas

    Send us Fan Mail Governor Greg Abbott wants to deregulate Texas city-owned utilities and hand those markets over to private shareholders. We break down what's at stake for Austin, San Antonio, and ~70 other municipalities.  Research and recent reporting suggest Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to force Texas's city-owned utilities into the deregulated market is unlikely to lower anyone's power bill. What it would definitely do is strip cities of a major source of revenue, money Abbott's campaign brands a city "slush fund." Abbott's campaign promises San Antonio households would save 13 percent on their bills—but no data to back up the claim. So we went to speak to researchers and organizers and city leaders about the potential impact. Guests: • Conor Harrison, author of 'Brokers of Power: The Financialization of the US Electricity System' • DeeDee Belmares, San Antonio-based climate justice organizer with Public Citizen • Councilmember Mike Siegel, Austin City Council (D7) Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    46: Abbott Wants Your Utility—Deregulation, Billionaires, & City Power in Texas

  3. Sep 23

    45: Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

    Send us Fan Mail Elsa Hull was arrested twice this summer defending a roughly two-acre bird sanctuary on the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo from border wall construction. Both times Zapata County, Texas, deputies dismissed her claims that recently unearthed documents show the federal government does not have the right to develop on this land—in spite of it being in a floodplain. And yet it's become remarkably quiet on the rio since that second arrest.  Surveyors these days approach the boundary line from north and south, but they no longer trespass on this pocket park beneath the small town of San Ygnacio (pop. 495) 30 minutes downstream of Laredo. And, Hull boasts to Deceleration, the machinery scraping the Earth up and down the river from here never got into the park in spite of months of attempts. It's a fact she credits to local resistance. Deceleration sat with Hull on the banks of the Rio Grande this week for an hour-long conversation after paddling on the river with her from an increasingly rare access point for paddlers on the U.S. side of the river. Increasingly, communities are being fenced out of their own land and away from one of the greatest rivers on planet Earth.  Just not here. Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    45: Did the Border Wall Just Break on Tiny San Ygnacio's Two-Acre Birding Sanctuary?

  4. May 15

    44: Texas Inmates are Cooking In Record-Breaking Heat—But Reforms May be on the Way

    Send us Fan Mail Texas is getting hotter—nearly four degrees hotter in just the last few decades. The last 10 years all rank among the hottest years ever on the planet, with residents forced to navigate sometimes months upon months of 100-plus-degree days. We know our unhoused neighbors, residents without sufficient cooling, or those with medical conditions are highly vulnerable to heat stress and wildly undercounted heat-related death. But imagine trying to survive this monster heat in a 6x9 concrete box—without air conditioning—and you have a recipe for mass suffering and death. A judge already ruled the fact of most Texas prisons having no A/C unconstitutional. Now we’re waiting for the fix.  This week, Deceleration speaks with Dr. Amite Dominick, founder & president of Texas Prisons Community Advocates (TPCA), about her long-standing advocacy for the incarcerated. She details how the fight began, the response from those in elected power, and why it’s very possible a breakthrough is right around the corner. Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    44: Texas Inmates are Cooking In Record-Breaking Heat—But Reforms May be on the Way

  5. Apr 24

    43: Project Matador: Fermi's 'Hyperscale' Data Center Complex Hitting Resistance in the Texas Panhandle

    Send us Fan Mail “Project Matador” outside of Amarillo, Texas, pairs Fermi America and the Texas Tech University System seeking a pod of “hyperscale” data centers over 6,000 acres across a privately owned and operated electric grid. Already permitted for 6GW of power with 93 planned gas-fired turbines and seeking to build multiple nuclear power plants, this is a truly climate-breakdown accelerating power footprint that brings severe water concerns atop one of the planet’s most imperiled major aquifers that is relied upon by tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers (you know, the folks who produce our food and clothes, at least for those of us not wearing plastic). Deceleration’s guest this week is Kendra Seawright of Women’s March. She is doing the work of organizing the resistance on the ground that is pushing back on the many assumptions and assertions of what this project is good for—if anything. As more MAGA supporters start to split with President Trump on crypto and AI data centers, this means new challenges to foster a diverse hub of voices. We wanted to hear more about what that looks like and what lessons there may be for others in the trenches.  “We didn’t expect a rubber stamp,” Seawright told us about the permit already in Fermi’s pocket. “We want real honest communication about what this is going to mean for our health and future generations too.”  Next week is the deadline for a new permit application to take power production to 11GW (with a goal of 17GW of power and resulting pollution). Details/Public Comment: https://www.amarilloaction.org/ai Past Deceleration Data Center Coverage: The Texas Data Center Rebellion Has BegunCritical Texas Data Center Fights Happening Right Now Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    43: Project Matador: Fermi's 'Hyperscale' Data Center Complex Hitting Resistance in the Texas Panhandle

  6. Mar 19

    42: Texas Data Center Boom + Todos Agua at Esperanza + Women Lead Drive to Abolish ICE

    Send us Fan Mail Across Texas we’re seeing an explosion of two kinds of industrial warehouses going up: one to fill up with humans in the some of the most miserable conditions imaginable as part of the drive to deport millions (including many being actively stripped of citizenship or refugee protections to do so), the other to fill with an emerging human-like/human-displacing (anti-human?) consciousness. This week, Deceleration speaks with two members of the Data Center Action Coalition, Saunders Drukker and Kay, about what they learned while beating back an AI data center that had its sites on San Marcos, headwaters of the sacred San Marcos River. We speak in advance of a panel being hosted by the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center in San Antonio dedicated to recovering an identity rooted in relationship with water: Todos Agua, now in its third year. Azul Barrientos fills in the details of that convening. And ICE Watch correspondent Roxana Rojas speaks with local organizer Sarah Cruz about how women are leading the fight against the deportation-industrial complex in the state.  Data Center Resources: Data Center Action Coalition (Instagram)HARC Research on Data Centers"The Unpaid Toll: Quantifying and Addressing the Public Health Impact of Data Centers" (UC Riverside)Statement on AI RiskMore about Todos Agua: Esperanza Event ScheduleSubscribe to ICE Watch: Deceleration NewslettersSupport the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    42: Texas Data Center Boom + Todos Agua at Esperanza + Women Lead Drive to Abolish ICE

  7. Feb 10

    41: Bill Barker on Extreme Heat, City Planning, and Policies to Save Lives

    Send us Fan Mail Humankind didn't evolve in heat like this. It's been well over 100,000 years since the planet has seen the sort of scorching temperatures that have become the norm in the last few years. And that goes for Texas, too, where many are still tempted to shrug and claim, 'This is Texas. It's always been hot.'  But this is not the heat (or the humidity) of our parents or grandparents. And it's claiming lives. Obviously, until we transition away from fossil fuels and begin the work of ecological repair the world over to bring these temperatures back down the work of adaptation will be needed. So how can we design our cities and towns to help more people survive? Bill Barker has worked as director of planning at VIA Metropolitan Transit, as executive director of Solar San Antonio, and has spent years thinking about heat, cities, and adaptation. Lately, he's been making his case for local action with presentations to groups small and large.  Deceleration had a chance to sit down and hear from him recently about the situation in San Antonio. But the lessons here are relevant to communities the world over. Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    41: Bill Barker on Extreme Heat, City Planning, and Policies to Save Lives

  8. Feb 5

    40: Liam Ramos, Gaige Davila on Gulf Coast Fights, Defeating Climate Behemoth, More

    Send us Fan Mail Liam Ramos and father freed from Dilley Detention, but Federal Judge Biery's words need to be heard by those who snatched him. Plus: Extended dialogue with Gaige Davila about his years chronicling Texas Gulf fights over colonial extraction and plans for a new Deceleration newsletter, 'Coastlines & Faultlines.' Plus words from Syris Valentine on defeating Climate Behemoth and Sulma Franco on the crimes of immigration detention. Enjoy! Support the show Deceleration.news: 'For the Earth. And all Her families.'

    40: Liam Ramos, Gaige Davila on Gulf Coast Fights, Defeating Climate Behemoth, More
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Deceleration is an online journal of environmental justice and human rights growing solutions for an overheating world. Find us talking about struggles over land and water and searching out alternative futures stirring in the global grassroots. Based in South Texas, serving the world. "For the Earth. And all Her families."

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