Ashley Dawson
@ashdawson.bsky.social
Writer, Filmmaker, Photographer, Public Power Activist, CUNY Professor of Climate Justice. https://ashleydawson.info/
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@ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?"
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@ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?"
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Episode 1863: AI's Environmental Footprint / Ashley Dawson
AI's Environmental Footprint
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October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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@ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?"
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@ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?"
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“The Trump administration’s refusal to mandate reporting of AI’s environmental impact means that we have scant idea about what AI is really doing to the planet.” — @ashdawson.bsky.social
The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a precariously
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October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“The Trump administration’s refusal to mandate reporting of AI’s environmental impact means that we have scant idea about what AI is really doing to the planet.” — @ashdawson.bsky.social
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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social on the energy-guzzling data centers fueling AI
The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a precariously
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October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social on the energy-guzzling data centers fueling AI
Investment in renewable energy is hitting world records, but so is production of fossil fuels. What is to be done? I reviewed 2 new books that explore the current crisis @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @versobooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com
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Toward a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition | Los Angeles Review of Books
Ashley Dawson thinks about the future through Nicholas Beuret’s “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” and Thea Riofrancos’s “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Investment in renewable energy is hitting world records, but so is production of fossil fuels. What is to be done? I reviewed 2 new books that explore the current crisis @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @versobooks.bsky.social @wwnorton.com
lareviewofbooks.org/article/towa...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/towa...
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Zohran fought tooth and nail to pass the Build Public Renewables Act, and has championed our call for NYPA to build 15 gigawatts of public renewables. A truly sustainable NYC is possible, but only if we keep organizing to win.
How could NYC become home for cutting-edge climate justice initiatives? Nancy Romer and I lay out the key climate policies Zohran Mamdani should adopt once he's elected mayor of the big apple. @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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A Green New Deal for NYC Is Ready to Take Root Under a Mamdani administration
More rooftop solar, green schools, better mass transit, new investments in coastal resiliency, and so much more are now possible.
indypendent.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Zohran fought tooth and nail to pass the Build Public Renewables Act, and has championed our call for NYPA to build 15 gigawatts of public renewables. A truly sustainable NYC is possible, but only if we keep organizing to win.
How could NYC become home for cutting-edge climate justice initiatives? Nancy Romer and I lay out the key climate policies Zohran Mamdani should adopt once he's elected mayor of the big apple. @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
indypendent.org/2025/08/what...
indypendent.org/2025/08/what...
A Green New Deal for NYC Is Ready to Take Root Under a Mamdani administration
More rooftop solar, green schools, better mass transit, new investments in coastal resiliency, and so much more are now possible.
indypendent.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How could NYC become home for cutting-edge climate justice initiatives? Nancy Romer and I lay out the key climate policies Zohran Mamdani should adopt once he's elected mayor of the big apple. @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
indypendent.org/2025/08/what...
indypendent.org/2025/08/what...
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ICE's "Operation At Large" is a hyper-militarized police state and an inflection point in the rising authoritarianism of Trump's regime.
Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Operation At Large - Trump’s latest campaign is a hyper-militarized police state, an inflection point in his rising authoritarianism
Washington, DC — With details emerging of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest campaign, “Operation At Large,” Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the...
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June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
ICE's "Operation At Large" is a hyper-militarized police state and an inflection point in the rising authoritarianism of Trump's regime.
Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
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If you missed "What’s Left for the Animals?" it is now available to watch on our website! On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you missed "What’s Left for the Animals?" it is now available to watch on our website! On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance.
centerforthehumanities.org/event/whats-...
@terikehaapoja.bsky.social @ashdawson.bsky.social@lclaberge.bsky.social
centerforthehumanities.org/event/whats-...
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Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social , and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
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Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
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April 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join @ashdawson.bsky.social , @emma-river-roberts.bsky.social , @avansi.bsky.social , and Vijay Kolinjivadi for a discussion on how to reject the “sustainability class” and instead build a working class environmentalism.
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET
RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance. How do we build a multispecies left politics?
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April 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance. How do we build a multispecies left politics?
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Hey y'all! This is tomorrow (4/10, 6PM EST) with Alyssa Battistoni, @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @materialistjew.bsky.social , @brettchristophers.bsky.social , and @ashdawson.bsky.social .
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NYC! next week April 10 at the People's Forum -- and streaming! Querying "The End of Green Capitalism?" with Brett Christophers, Alyssa Battistoni, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, and Ashley Dawson. Register below!
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The End of Green Capitalism?
Livestreamed from The People's Forum in New York City, this roundtable explores the shifting landscape of carbon markets, green finance, and infrastructure subsidies—and what it means for the global w...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Hey y'all! This is tomorrow (4/10, 6PM EST) with Alyssa Battistoni, @kaibosworth.bsky.social , @materialistjew.bsky.social , @brettchristophers.bsky.social , and @ashdawson.bsky.social .
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Film screening & discussion of neocolonial conservation tomorrow (Thursday, Feb 27) at The New School. Event details + registration here: link to the event www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
February 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Film screening & discussion of neocolonial conservation tomorrow (Thursday, Feb 27) at The New School. Event details + registration here: link to the event www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
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If Gov. Hochul and Driscoll think that these headlines will go away, they are mistaken. 5,300+ New Yorkers went through great inconvenience to demand NYPA build the 15 GW we need for a better future. The anger will grow.
Listen to the people. Build 15 GW. #DumpDriscoll.
Listen to the people. Build 15 GW. #DumpDriscoll.
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If Gov. Hochul and Driscoll think that these headlines will go away, they are mistaken. 5,300+ New Yorkers went through great inconvenience to demand NYPA build the 15 GW we need for a better future. The anger will grow.
Listen to the people. Build 15 GW. #DumpDriscoll.
Listen to the people. Build 15 GW. #DumpDriscoll.
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Our just transition campaigner Rosie discusses Scotland's energy transition with @ashdawson.bsky.social from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
⏰Thurs 23 Jan @ 5pm GMT
👩💻Watch the conversation: partiful.com/e/S14hNZHX9L...
⏰Thurs 23 Jan @ 5pm GMT
👩💻Watch the conversation: partiful.com/e/S14hNZHX9L...
RSVP to Scotland: Petrostate to Renewable Powerhouse? | Partiful
Scotland used to be a petrostate, heavily dependent on revenues from North Sea oil. Yet now it generates over 100% of its overall energy consumption from renewable power. It is home to the world's fir...
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January 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our just transition campaigner Rosie discusses Scotland's energy transition with @ashdawson.bsky.social from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
⏰Thurs 23 Jan @ 5pm GMT
👩💻Watch the conversation: partiful.com/e/S14hNZHX9L...
⏰Thurs 23 Jan @ 5pm GMT
👩💻Watch the conversation: partiful.com/e/S14hNZHX9L...
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In Overshoot Malm and Carton consciously narrow their scope to the fossil fuel industry. In this review, Andrew Ahern usefully extends their analysis to the agricultural sector. spectrejournal.com/overshoot-or... 1/2
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January 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In Overshoot Malm and Carton consciously narrow their scope to the fossil fuel industry. In this review, Andrew Ahern usefully extends their analysis to the agricultural sector. spectrejournal.com/overshoot-or... 1/2
How do we finance energy transition? Check out Scott Aquanno & Steve Maher (authors of "The Fall and Rise of American Finance) on what genuine public finance/power would look like. @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social
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Financing Energy Transition
YouTube video by Ashley Dawson
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January 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
How do we finance energy transition? Check out Scott Aquanno & Steve Maher (authors of "The Fall and Rise of American Finance) on what genuine public finance/power would look like. @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ft...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ft...
Join me tomorrow (Thurs, Jan 15 @ 2pm ET) for a conversation with Scott Aquanno & Stephen Maher (The Fall and Rise of American Finance) about HOW TO FUND PUBLIC POWER @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social partiful.com/e/GA9b0yBjHB...
RSVP to How Do We Fund Public Power? | Partiful
To avoid intensifying the current climate collapse, we need a massive and rapid buildout of renewable energy. But where will the money for this energy transition come from? Are existing programs like ...
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January 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Join me tomorrow (Thurs, Jan 15 @ 2pm ET) for a conversation with Scott Aquanno & Stephen Maher (The Fall and Rise of American Finance) about HOW TO FUND PUBLIC POWER @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org @publicpowerny.bsky.social partiful.com/e/GA9b0yBjHB...
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One week to the first Resisting Mining Book Club of the year - register today via link in the post below!
You can read an excerpt from Christopher Pollon's book here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
You can read an excerpt from Christopher Pollon's book here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
One week to the first Resisting Mining Book Club of the year - register today via link in the post below!
You can read an excerpt from Christopher Pollon's book here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
You can read an excerpt from Christopher Pollon's book here: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
November 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
An excerpt from my book "Environmentalism from Below" just went live. It's about Climate Debt, the right to stay, and the right to move. Now more than ever, we must abolish the walls & borders! @haymarketbooks.org @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/14/c...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/14/c...
Climate Debt and Border Abolition
The following is an excerpt from Environmentalism from Below. The assertion of a right to move is a central element of movements for environmentalism from
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January 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
An excerpt from my book "Environmentalism from Below" just went live. It's about Climate Debt, the right to stay, and the right to move. Now more than ever, we must abolish the walls & borders! @haymarketbooks.org @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/14/c...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/14/c...
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Walden Bello is spot on.
Trump's approach to foreign policy is to make 'deals' to get thorny international issues off the table so he can focus on 'fortress America'.
And that presents some genuine opportunities for the global South. fpif.org/trump-isolat...
Trump's approach to foreign policy is to make 'deals' to get thorny international issues off the table so he can focus on 'fortress America'.
And that presents some genuine opportunities for the global South. fpif.org/trump-isolat...
Trump: Isolationist in Instinct, Unpredictable in Action - FPIF
Selective engagement will replace liberal internationalism.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Walden Bello is spot on.
Trump's approach to foreign policy is to make 'deals' to get thorny international issues off the table so he can focus on 'fortress America'.
And that presents some genuine opportunities for the global South. fpif.org/trump-isolat...
Trump's approach to foreign policy is to make 'deals' to get thorny international issues off the table so he can focus on 'fortress America'.
And that presents some genuine opportunities for the global South. fpif.org/trump-isolat...
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“We saw this coming. We said this was happening. And we were excluded from the conversation, in many cases killed or imprisoned, because the desperate need to believe that government can save us is even greater than the addiction to fossil fuels.” @petergelderloos.bsky.social @crimethinc.com
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let's Talk about Real Solutions
Why the strategies that mainstream environmental movements are employing to halt climate change are failing—and what we could be doing instead.
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January 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“We saw this coming. We said this was happening. And we were excluded from the conversation, in many cases killed or imprisoned, because the desperate need to believe that government can save us is even greater than the addiction to fossil fuels.” @petergelderloos.bsky.social @crimethinc.com
Join me next Thursday (Jan 16) at 2pm ET for a conversation with Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno, authors of The Fall and Rise of American Finance, about how to fund public power @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org. Register here: partiful.com/e/GA9b0yBjHB...
RSVP to How Do We Fund Public Power? | Partiful
To avoid intensifying the current climate collapse, we need a massive and rapid buildout of renewable energy. But where will the money for this energy transition come from? Are existing programs like ...
partiful.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Join me next Thursday (Jan 16) at 2pm ET for a conversation with Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno, authors of The Fall and Rise of American Finance, about how to fund public power @versobooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org. Register here: partiful.com/e/GA9b0yBjHB...