Geoff Dembicki
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social
Investigative climate reporter and global managing editor with @desmog.bsky.social. I wrote THE PETROLEUM PAPERS, named a best book of the year by The Washington Post. https://www.geoffdembicki.com/
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‘The Rig’ Creator Adapting Geoff Dembicki’s Bombshell Investigation Into Fossil Fuel Companies & Climate Change For TV
Geoff Dembicki's 'The Petroleum Papers' is being adapted for TV by 'The Rig' creator David MacPherson.
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Hollywood has struggled to come up with a climate movie or TV show that isn't a dystopian thriller or obtuse metaphor.
So I'm thrilled that @macpherzone.bsky.social will be adapting my book about oil companies covering up climate secrets for New Pictures.
deadline.com/2024/12/geof...
So I'm thrilled that @macpherzone.bsky.social will be adapting my book about oil companies covering up climate secrets for New Pictures.
deadline.com/2024/12/geof...
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Some explanations deliver themselves.
Soft denialism on the march.
Soft denialism on the march.
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Some explanations deliver themselves.
Soft denialism on the march.
Soft denialism on the march.
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🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
As world leaders prepared to descend on the small city of Belém in the Brazilian Amazon for the COP30 climate summit, artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturer Nvidia was instead peddling its ene...
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
I got some fan mail for my story about Exxon and Atlas Network!
"You’re a two-digit IQ left-wing quack with fortunately zero influence."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
"You’re a two-digit IQ left-wing quack with fortunately zero influence."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I got some fan mail for my story about Exxon and Atlas Network!
"You’re a two-digit IQ left-wing quack with fortunately zero influence."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
"You’re a two-digit IQ left-wing quack with fortunately zero influence."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I get asked a lot about how climate change denial in USA affected or was exported to the rest of the world. Read this:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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This research provides a critical step in understanding the Atlas Network, and an important example of the scale and influence of disinformation campaigns.
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This research provides a critical step in understanding the Atlas Network, and an important example of the scale and influence of disinformation campaigns.
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This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
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Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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This is incredible, even for Exxon. Exxon found to have funded right-wing think tanks to spread #climate change denial across Latin America in a "coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is incredible, even for Exxon. Exxon found to have funded right-wing think tanks to spread #climate change denial across Latin America in a "coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We obtained hundreds of documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial in Latin America and all across the Global South.
Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social's exclusive story.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social's exclusive story.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We obtained hundreds of documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial in Latin America and all across the Global South.
Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social's exclusive story.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social's exclusive story.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
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An interesting conversation between @volts.wtf and @mliebreich.bsky.social about #ClimateReset, agreeing on many things (renewables are replacing fossils) and disagreeing in good spirits on other (communication strategy & media environment)...
Worth a listen!
www.volts.wtf/p/michael-li...
Worth a listen!
www.volts.wtf/p/michael-li...
Michael Liebreich on a "pragmatic climate reset"
Michael Liebreich joins me to argue that the climate movement is alienating the very people it needs to persuade.
www.volts.wtf
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
An interesting conversation between @volts.wtf and @mliebreich.bsky.social about #ClimateReset, agreeing on many things (renewables are replacing fossils) and disagreeing in good spirits on other (communication strategy & media environment)...
Worth a listen!
www.volts.wtf/p/michael-li...
Worth a listen!
www.volts.wtf/p/michael-li...
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Be sure to catch this screening and panel discussion moderated by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
OCT 30: Join us w/ @desmog.com, former EPA Administrator Bill Reilly, Sharon Lavigne of Rise St. James, & co-director of The White House Effect Bonni Cohen for an early screening & panel discussion about the political impact we can still create in the US.
RSVP 👉 350org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
RSVP 👉 350org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Be sure to catch this screening and panel discussion moderated by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social
One reason why Alberta separatists want the province to leave Canada? Ending Indigenous rights.
@desmog.com reporter @daniparadis.bsky.social went to a rightwing conference in Calgary and heard truly unhinged remarks about what an independent AB would look like.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/a...
@desmog.com reporter @daniparadis.bsky.social went to a rightwing conference in Calgary and heard truly unhinged remarks about what an independent AB would look like.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/a...
Alberta Separatist Pushes for Removal of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference
‘In a free Alberta, Aboriginal rights should not exist,’ argued Fraser Institute fellow and WeUnify panelist Bruce Pardy.
www.desmog.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One reason why Alberta separatists want the province to leave Canada? Ending Indigenous rights.
@desmog.com reporter @daniparadis.bsky.social went to a rightwing conference in Calgary and heard truly unhinged remarks about what an independent AB would look like.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/a...
@desmog.com reporter @daniparadis.bsky.social went to a rightwing conference in Calgary and heard truly unhinged remarks about what an independent AB would look like.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/28/a...
I'll be on this panel talking about a big disinfo scoop DeSmog is preparing to publish :0
🗓️ Join CAAD for a Pre-COP30 Disinformation Roundtable on Thursday October 30th, at 11am ET.
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'll be on this panel talking about a big disinfo scoop DeSmog is preparing to publish :0
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🗓️ Join CAAD for a Pre-COP30 Disinformation Roundtable on Thursday October 30th, at 11am ET.
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
October 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🗓️ Join CAAD for a Pre-COP30 Disinformation Roundtable on Thursday October 30th, at 11am ET.
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
We'll dig into the latest climate misinformation trends with a panel of experts and discuss how to counter false narratives ahead of COP30.
Register here buff.ly/A1Da6WM
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OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist
The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.
www.desmog.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
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Shazam!
Another smashing episode of Season 14 of Drilled.
I love how each conversation goes to places not covered in the chapters--
I'm learning a lot, and I was an editor of the book!
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social
@krekberg.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Another smashing episode of Season 14 of Drilled.
I love how each conversation goes to places not covered in the chapters--
I'm learning a lot, and I was an editor of the book!
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social
@krekberg.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep5 | How the Fossil Fuel Industry Sabotages Climate Action
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Shazam!
Another smashing episode of Season 14 of Drilled.
I love how each conversation goes to places not covered in the chapters--
I'm learning a lot, and I was an editor of the book!
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social
@krekberg.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Another smashing episode of Season 14 of Drilled.
I love how each conversation goes to places not covered in the chapters--
I'm learning a lot, and I was an editor of the book!
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social
@krekberg.bsky.social
@drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
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The strategy does not develop linearly, it is adaptive and multifaceted. A summary of what we know about the fossil fuel industry and climate obstruction. Me, @kertdavies.bsky.social and @geoffdembicki.bsky.social in conversation with the great @amywestervelt.bsky.social
S14, Ep5 | How the Fossil Fuel Industry Sabotages Climate Action
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The strategy does not develop linearly, it is adaptive and multifaceted. A summary of what we know about the fossil fuel industry and climate obstruction. Me, @kertdavies.bsky.social and @geoffdembicki.bsky.social in conversation with the great @amywestervelt.bsky.social
Wild to publish thousands of words about why the world has 'soured on climate politics' and not mention at all a relentless fossil fuel campaign against action or the resurgence of far-right climate denial.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wild to publish thousands of words about why the world has 'soured on climate politics' and not mention at all a relentless fossil fuel campaign against action or the resurgence of far-right climate denial.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
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📰 10 years ago TODAY 📰
@insideclimatenews.org published part 1 of its bombshell "Exxon Knew" investigation.
The reporting showed how #ExxonKnew its fossil fuel business could cause "potentially catastrophic events" — but then led efforts to deceive the public and block solutions.
@insideclimatenews.org published part 1 of its bombshell "Exxon Knew" investigation.
The reporting showed how #ExxonKnew its fossil fuel business could cause "potentially catastrophic events" — but then led efforts to deceive the public and block solutions.
Exxon's Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels' Role in Global Warming Decades Ago - Inside Climate News
At a meeting in Exxon Corporation’s headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slide...
insideclimatenews.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📰 10 years ago TODAY 📰
@insideclimatenews.org published part 1 of its bombshell "Exxon Knew" investigation.
The reporting showed how #ExxonKnew its fossil fuel business could cause "potentially catastrophic events" — but then led efforts to deceive the public and block solutions.
@insideclimatenews.org published part 1 of its bombshell "Exxon Knew" investigation.
The reporting showed how #ExxonKnew its fossil fuel business could cause "potentially catastrophic events" — but then led efforts to deceive the public and block solutions.
I'm speaking at this disinfo conference in Ottawa next month, sharing insights from @desmog.com's deep investigations into climate denial movements.
I'm told in-person tickets are close to selling out, so if you'd like to join irl get your ticket soon!
I'm told in-person tickets are close to selling out, so if you'd like to join irl get your ticket soon!
Worried about climate change and the impact of disinformation of policies and strategies to combat it? Then you can't miss Max Bell School of Public Policy presents Climate at a Crossroads.
Join us on October 9, in Ottawa or online. climateatacrossroads.eventbri...
Join us on October 9, in Ottawa or online. climateatacrossroads.eventbri...
September 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm speaking at this disinfo conference in Ottawa next month, sharing insights from @desmog.com's deep investigations into climate denial movements.
I'm told in-person tickets are close to selling out, so if you'd like to join irl get your ticket soon!
I'm told in-person tickets are close to selling out, so if you'd like to join irl get your ticket soon!
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Newfoundland and Labrador has made it into international news for ridicule it absolutely deserves for using generative AI to “write” a report on the future of education. Great job to those MUN education profs.
Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.
arstechnica.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Newfoundland and Labrador has made it into international news for ridicule it absolutely deserves for using generative AI to “write” a report on the future of education. Great job to those MUN education profs.
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Calls on top prosecutors to investigate Frans Timmermans were widely covered in July, in escalation of NGO funding debate
What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science
✍️ for @desmog.com
What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science
✍️ for @desmog.com
🔴 NEW 🔴
Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/09/11/e...
Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @phoebecooke.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/09/11/e...
Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints
A taxpayers group with close ties to the European People’s Party (EPP) coordinated with Austria’s far-right in the latest escalation of the NGO funding debate, DeSmog can reveal. The Taxpayers Associa...
www.desmog.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Calls on top prosecutors to investigate Frans Timmermans were widely covered in July, in escalation of NGO funding debate
What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science
✍️ for @desmog.com
What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science
✍️ for @desmog.com
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I'm among the clean energy advocates who worked w the tech industry to accelerate renewable energy deployment a few years ago. We can't let that history distract us from what's happening today - a cynical, politically-motivated tech industry pivot toward fossil energy. www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat called his comments "fantastic.”
www.desmog.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm among the clean energy advocates who worked w the tech industry to accelerate renewable energy deployment a few years ago. We can't let that history distract us from what's happening today - a cynical, politically-motivated tech industry pivot toward fossil energy. www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...