Nathan Taft
@nathantaft.bsky.social
he/him | Senior Campaigner at Stand.earth | Words in The Guardian, Grist, Voice of OC, and Medium | Formerly social media for Katie Porter | Tikkun Olam ✡️
So let me get this straight: Old growth trees in Canada are chopped down, shipped to the UK, and burned for electricity.
And the company responsible, Drax, receives millions in green energy subsidies?
Make it make sense. Brilliant research from @stand.earth
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
And the company responsible, Drax, receives millions in green energy subsidies?
Make it make sense. Brilliant research from @stand.earth
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
So let me get this straight: Old growth trees in Canada are chopped down, shipped to the UK, and burned for electricity.
And the company responsible, Drax, receives millions in green energy subsidies?
Make it make sense. Brilliant research from @stand.earth
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
And the company responsible, Drax, receives millions in green energy subsidies?
Make it make sense. Brilliant research from @stand.earth
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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No, this isn’t a joke. To offset climate pollution being created by its AI data centers, @microsoft.com is buying more than a billion dollars worth of poop 💩 and burying it.
Maybe just ensure your data centers run on 24/7, local renewable energy instead? 🤷♂️
🗞️ www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Maybe just ensure your data centers run on 24/7, local renewable energy instead? 🤷♂️
🗞️ www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Bill Gates defends contentious climate shift
"I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays."
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Why is AI suddenly everywhere? The answer may (not) shock you.
AI companies’ race to the top is an environmental race to the bottom.
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
Why is AI Everywhere?
YouTube video by Stand.earth
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Why is AI suddenly everywhere? The answer may (not) shock you.
Having hyperscalers pay for people's home energy efficiency upgrades sounds like a fantasy – but actually makes a lot of sense.
It would free up energy on the grid significantly faster than building new power plants, lower people's energy bills, and reduce climate pollution.
That's a win-win-win.
It would free up energy on the grid significantly faster than building new power plants, lower people's energy bills, and reduce climate pollution.
That's a win-win-win.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Having hyperscalers pay for people's home energy efficiency upgrades sounds like a fantasy – but actually makes a lot of sense.
It would free up energy on the grid significantly faster than building new power plants, lower people's energy bills, and reduce climate pollution.
That's a win-win-win.
It would free up energy on the grid significantly faster than building new power plants, lower people's energy bills, and reduce climate pollution.
That's a win-win-win.
Is your bank on the list? 👀
Since 2016, big banks have directly financed over $15 billion to oil and gas operations in the Amazon rainforest — fueling human rights violations, environmental destruction, and climate chaos. 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Is your bank on the list? 👀
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1 / Members of Stand's Big Tech campaign kicked off #ClimateWeekNYC over the weekend by rallying as part of a coalition of local and national organizations speaking out against data center pollution as harm. 🧵
Photos c/o Jun-Ting Zhou.
Photos c/o Jun-Ting Zhou.
September 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
1 / Members of Stand's Big Tech campaign kicked off #ClimateWeekNYC over the weekend by rallying as part of a coalition of local and national organizations speaking out against data center pollution as harm. 🧵
Photos c/o Jun-Ting Zhou.
Photos c/o Jun-Ting Zhou.
I'm a co-author on this report – please check it out 🙏
Our research on Microsoft’s data centers is out and it’s 😬
💡Huge energy demand (as much as New England by 2030!)
⛽️ Fossil fuel reliance (most data centers in states with ≥50% FF grids)
🏫Local impacts (data centers used to justify more gas)
Learn more and take action: stand.earth/microsoft-ai
💡Huge energy demand (as much as New England by 2030!)
⛽️ Fossil fuel reliance (most data centers in states with ≥50% FF grids)
🏫Local impacts (data centers used to justify more gas)
Learn more and take action: stand.earth/microsoft-ai
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm a co-author on this report – please check it out 🙏
He's right. What started as a war of self defense in the wake of the atrocities of Oct 7th has turned into a genocide. It must stop.
www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/it-is...
www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/it-is...
It Is Genocide » Senator Bernie Sanders
Hamas, a terrorist organization, began this war with its brutal attack on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages. Israel, as any other country, had a right to defend...
www.sanders.senate.gov
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
He's right. What started as a war of self defense in the wake of the atrocities of Oct 7th has turned into a genocide. It must stop.
www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/it-is...
www.sanders.senate.gov/op-eds/it-is...
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What an image
(J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
(J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What an image
(J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
(J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
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Last week, Trump passed a new executive order debuting his so-called “AI Action Plan” — and it’s just as bad as we expected.
Trump's AI Action Plan Explained
YouTube video by Stand.earth
youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The situation in Gaza is horrific and untenable.
Allow in humanitarian aid.
End the war.
Release the hostages.
And while you're at replace the leadership of both peoples with folks who believe in a future where Palestinians and Israels can live side by side in peace.
Allow in humanitarian aid.
End the war.
Release the hostages.
And while you're at replace the leadership of both peoples with folks who believe in a future where Palestinians and Israels can live side by side in peace.
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The situation in Gaza is horrific and untenable.
Allow in humanitarian aid.
End the war.
Release the hostages.
And while you're at replace the leadership of both peoples with folks who believe in a future where Palestinians and Israels can live side by side in peace.
Allow in humanitarian aid.
End the war.
Release the hostages.
And while you're at replace the leadership of both peoples with folks who believe in a future where Palestinians and Israels can live side by side in peace.
That big tech companies aren't prioritizing solar+storage for data center buildout is such a big miss on future-proofing that it borders on malpractice
...they know gas, & they're not keeping up; they're using numbers from last year (or earlier) for solar/storage; the LCOE has come down 22% IN ONE YEAR and is still falling that fast.
Also they're not being pushed! It's past time to push, hard.
Also they're not being pushed! It's past time to push, hard.
July 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
That big tech companies aren't prioritizing solar+storage for data center buildout is such a big miss on future-proofing that it borders on malpractice
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🚨🚨BREAKING: A new Morning Consult poll finds an overwhelming 80% of Prime members want Amazon to take stronger action to cut emissions from its delivery and transportation operations. 🧵
July 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨🚨BREAKING: A new Morning Consult poll finds an overwhelming 80% of Prime members want Amazon to take stronger action to cut emissions from its delivery and transportation operations. 🧵
Several hundred people have turned out (in the heat on the middle of a Tuesday!) at Rep. Young Kim's office in Anaheim to urge her to vote no on this dangerous budget bill.
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Several hundred people have turned out (in the heat on the middle of a Tuesday!) at Rep. Young Kim's office in Anaheim to urge her to vote no on this dangerous budget bill.
There's lots to be concerned about with AI and how it's going to impact our society and lots of schools of thought on how to address those problem.
One issue that where there's a straightforward solution though? Making sure AI data centers run on renewable energy.
One issue that where there's a straightforward solution though? Making sure AI data centers run on renewable energy.
Join the movement to push tech giants run their AI data centers on renewable energy by signing the petition here: act.stand.earth/page/84847/p...
AI data centers must run on 100% renewable energy
Tech giants must invest in cheaper and cleaner renewable energy options for AI data centers
act.stand.earth
June 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There's lots to be concerned about with AI and how it's going to impact our society and lots of schools of thought on how to address those problem.
One issue that where there's a straightforward solution though? Making sure AI data centers run on renewable energy.
One issue that where there's a straightforward solution though? Making sure AI data centers run on renewable energy.
Reposted by Nathan Taft
Tech giants set ambitious climate goals. The growth of the AI industry is making those pledges look less and less achievable. Something has to change.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/06/29/2003839409
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/06/29/2003839409
Tech giants’ net zero goals verging on fantasy: researchers - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tech giants set ambitious climate goals. The growth of the AI industry is making those pledges look less and less achievable. Something has to change.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/06/29/2003839409
www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2025/06/29/2003839409
Nothing to see here, just the world's richest man adding dozens of unregulated fossil fuel generators to a Black community that already suffers extreme rates of pollution in order to power an AI supercomputer that spreads white supremacist conspiracy theories 🙃
Elon Musk’s xAI is flooding a low-income, primarily Black community in Memphis, TN with fossil fuel pollution.
The methane gas turbines he’s using to run his AI data center have no pollution controls and no clean air permits.
The methane gas turbines he’s using to run his AI data center have no pollution controls and no clean air permits.
June 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Nothing to see here, just the world's richest man adding dozens of unregulated fossil fuel generators to a Black community that already suffers extreme rates of pollution in order to power an AI supercomputer that spreads white supremacist conspiracy theories 🙃
Amidst the firestorm of terrible news flying around, something deeply nefarious is slipping under the radar.
Specifically, a provision in the #BigBeautifulBill 🙄 that would *prohibit states from regulating AI.*
It's hard to overstate how dangerous this is.
Specifically, a provision in the #BigBeautifulBill 🙄 that would *prohibit states from regulating AI.*
It's hard to overstate how dangerous this is.
June 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Amidst the firestorm of terrible news flying around, something deeply nefarious is slipping under the radar.
Specifically, a provision in the #BigBeautifulBill 🙄 that would *prohibit states from regulating AI.*
It's hard to overstate how dangerous this is.
Specifically, a provision in the #BigBeautifulBill 🙄 that would *prohibit states from regulating AI.*
It's hard to overstate how dangerous this is.
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They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
Just unconscionable that anyone, let alone a sitting Senator, would make jokes and spread misinformation about a cold-blooded murder
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Just unconscionable that anyone, let alone a sitting Senator, would make jokes and spread misinformation about a cold-blooded murder
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There were more people at the No Kings protest in Boise, Idaho
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There were more people at the No Kings protest in Boise, Idaho
Great turnout at the #NoKings rally in South Orange County today. People are pissed, but also full of hope and joy. Our community won't tolerate attacks on immigrants or democracy.
June 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Great turnout at the #NoKings rally in South Orange County today. People are pissed, but also full of hope and joy. Our community won't tolerate attacks on immigrants or democracy.