Rei Takver
@rtakver.bsky.social
Probably the only Californian investigative journalist in the history of the North of England. Reporter @desmog.com.
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Rei Takver
@rtakver.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Whew, what a year. As AI dominated headlines, we dug deep into the climate connections, launching our Tech vs. Climate series. buff.ly/OyTgKR7
Tech vs. Climate
Leaders of the world’s largest tech companies have for years promised that their products, business models, and personal fortunes would solve the mounting climate crisis. But in this series we show…
www.desmog.com
Hi! I'm Rei, a reporter who investigates the intersection of climate and big tech, including AI’s voracious energy demands – as well as radical right-wing climate denial politics, greenwashing, and environmental justice issues.
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
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In case anyone's wondering how Jeff Bezos feels about climate policy these days, the Washington Post editorial board just heartily endorsed Trump ripping up the EPA's "endangerment finding," which allows the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
In case anyone's wondering how Jeff Bezos feels about climate policy these days, the Washington Post editorial board just heartily endorsed Trump ripping up the EPA's "endangerment finding," which allows the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants.
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OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
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NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
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Apple has quietly dropped environmental metrics for executive pay, reports @benelgin.bsky.social, following similar moves by Salesforce, Starbucks and other big companies. "If something isn't reflected in compensation, it rarely gets sustained attention at the leadership level." Gift link:
Apple Drops ESG Links From Top Executives’ Pay Packages
The company’s retreat follows moves by Starbucks, Salesforce and Mastercard.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Apple has quietly dropped environmental metrics for executive pay, reports @benelgin.bsky.social, following similar moves by Salesforce, Starbucks and other big companies. "If something isn't reflected in compensation, it rarely gets sustained attention at the leadership level." Gift link:
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British far-right figures with close ties to the oil and gas industry see the infinite slop machine as a way of keeping the country hooked on fossil fuels. Read this by the brilliant @rtakver.bsky.social
🔴 AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
As a data centre construction boom sweeps the UK, creating soaring electricity demands that threaten to decimate climate targets, opportunist politicians and commentators are using this new phenomenon...
www.desmog.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
British far-right figures with close ties to the oil and gas industry see the infinite slop machine as a way of keeping the country hooked on fossil fuels. Read this by the brilliant @rtakver.bsky.social
Legions of fossil fuel-powered British AI - the next anti-climate fantasy of the British right.
...Labour still won't comment on whether it will support UK AI data centres that want to power their operations with gas.
Read more about the ongoing battle @desmog.com
...Labour still won't comment on whether it will support UK AI data centres that want to power their operations with gas.
Read more about the ongoing battle @desmog.com
🔴 AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
As a data centre construction boom sweeps the UK, creating soaring electricity demands that threaten to decimate climate targets, opportunist politicians and commentators are using this new phenomenon...
www.desmog.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Legions of fossil fuel-powered British AI - the next anti-climate fantasy of the British right.
...Labour still won't comment on whether it will support UK AI data centres that want to power their operations with gas.
Read more about the ongoing battle @desmog.com
...Labour still won't comment on whether it will support UK AI data centres that want to power their operations with gas.
Read more about the ongoing battle @desmog.com
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Big Tech says AI can solve climate change. The actual data says not so fast. Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
February 17, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Big Tech says AI can solve climate change. The actual data says not so fast. Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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📍 NEW 📍Tech billionaires aren’t denying climate change outright — Instead, they pitch AI miracles and space escape plans to divert attention. Read Rei Takver’s new Q&A revealing this new climate denial playbook. buff.ly/TO4YnoO @rtakver.bsky.social
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic…
www.desmog.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
📍 NEW 📍Tech billionaires aren’t denying climate change outright — Instead, they pitch AI miracles and space escape plans to divert attention. Read Rei Takver’s new Q&A revealing this new climate denial playbook. buff.ly/TO4YnoO @rtakver.bsky.social
Wasn't expecting Jeff Bezos to literally cut the climate team from the Washington Post the day after we published this interview but I guess this makes a point of sorts...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wasn't expecting Jeff Bezos to literally cut the climate team from the Washington Post the day after we published this interview but I guess this makes a point of sorts...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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In addition to decimating the Washington Post Jeff Bezos is also the vanguard of a new 'insidious form of climate denial.'
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technolog...
www.desmog.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
In addition to decimating the Washington Post Jeff Bezos is also the vanguard of a new 'insidious form of climate denial.'
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Read @rtakver.bsky.social's fascinating @desmog.com interview with @adambecker.bsky.social about the sci-fi delusions guiding Big Tech.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Jeff Bezos responds immediately to my suggestion:
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Jeff Bezos responds immediately to my suggestion:
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Just to complete the Epstein -> Lomborg -> Gates -> Triangle...
@rtakver.bsky.social broke this story late last year...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
@rtakver.bsky.social broke this story late last year...
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
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Just to complete the Epstein -> Lomborg -> Gates -> Triangle...
@rtakver.bsky.social broke this story late last year...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
@rtakver.bsky.social broke this story late last year...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Why yes, tech billionaires *are* serving wild new forms of greenwashing and climate denial - featuring space and fusion reactors and AI gods. Time to update the playbooks!
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technolog...
www.desmog.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Why yes, tech billionaires *are* serving wild new forms of greenwashing and climate denial - featuring space and fusion reactors and AI gods. Time to update the playbooks!
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
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NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next
www.thenerve.news
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
NEW: What’s happening in the US is TECHNOFASCISM.
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
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www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
It’s fascism + surveillance technologies. Palantir is playing a central role. And the UK is next in line.
My latest for @thenerve.news
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
If you'd like to support taking action in Minnesota right now, here's a good resource on where to start:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
If you'd like to support taking action in Minnesota right now, here's a good resource on where to start:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
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British media owners have made common cause with the fossil fuel industry, to the point where opposition to climate action now outweighs support among UK editorial boards.
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
British media owners have made common cause with the fossil fuel industry, to the point where opposition to climate action now outweighs support among UK editorial boards.
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"A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee"
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules
Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee"
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
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Nigel Farage and Reform want their own ICE. "We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command”
January 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Nigel Farage and Reform want their own ICE. "We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command”