{"id":391356,"date":"2025-07-29T08:34:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391356"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:34:31","slug":"climate-activists-outraged-at-president-trumps-ai-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=391356","title":{"rendered":"Climate Activists Outraged at President Trump\u2019s AI Push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are greens market testing a pivot from climate activism to anti-AI activism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate advocates outraged at Trump administration plans to fast-track AI sector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scheme rolled out Wednesday reveals intent to dismantle some environmental and land-use regulations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dharna Noor<\/a> Thu 24 Jul 2025 06.27 AEST<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape, as the Administration has done since Inauguration Day,\u201d the plan says. \u201cSimply put, we need to \u2018Build, Baby, Build!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAt its core, President Trump\u2019s AI agenda is nothing more than a thinly veiled invitation for the fossil fuel and corporate water industries to ramp up their exploitation of our environment and natural resources \u2013 all at the expense of everyday people,\u201d said Mitch Jones, a managing director Food and Water Watch, an environmental advocacy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cUnder this plan, tech giants get sweetheart deals while everyday Americans will see their electricity bills rise to subsidize discounted power for massive AI datacenters,\u201d said JB Branch, a big-tech accountability advocate with the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen. \u201cStates are held hostage: either stop protecting their residents from dangerous, untested AI products, or lose federal funding.\u201d

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\u201cWe can\u2019t let big tech and big oil lobbyists write the rules for AI and our economy at the expense of our freedom and equality, workers and families\u2019 wellbeing,<\/strong>\u201d the coalition wrote.

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jul\/23\/trump-ai-climate-change<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As the public support base for climate action narrows, greens have long been searching for a replacement for the climate crisis which could re-engage groups which outright reject their climate crisis claims. From 2016;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Claim: Plastic pollution threat 'on par to global warming'<\/a><\/blockquote>