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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.
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.
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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us/No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China
How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Using Gen-Z Science and Climate Influencers to Green Up Its Image
Danielle Smith’s Pipeline Without a Proponent Is All Dollars and No Sense
Meta Put a Climate Change Denier in Charge of Fighting AI Bias
us/Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025

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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
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Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.

Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election
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The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank that spearheaded Project 2025 following Donald Trump’s second win.

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank that spearheaded Project 2025 following Donald Trump’s second win.
Danielle Smith stands in front of Canada and Alberta flags
uk/Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference
BySam Bright
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Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.

Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
uk/Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre
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It is “outrageous” that the richest companies in the world are being allowed to use fossil fuels to power AI, campaigners say.

It is “outrageous” that the richest companies in the world are being allowed to use fossil fuels to power AI, campaigners say.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
uk/‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn
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The ex-Conservative previously called climate change “one of the greatest challenges we face” and backed net zero.

The ex-Conservative previously called climate change “one of the greatest challenges we face” and backed net zero.
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uk/Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda
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Nigel Farage’s party was told by Offshore Energies UK to rethink its plan to thwart clean energy.
Nigel Farage’s party was told by Offshore Energies UK to rethink its plan to thwart clean energy.
How Farmed Fish in Dutch Supermarkets Undermines Food Security in West Africa
ByRemy Käller and Hans Wetzels
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European consumers are “taking food out of our mouths”, say Senegal’s fishing communities.
European consumers are “taking food out of our mouths”, say Senegal’s fishing communities.
Two construction workers install solar panels.
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Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat
ByMitch Anderson
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Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
ByEoghan Gilmartin, Simon Guichard, Silvia Lazzaris, Meriem Mahdhi, Franziska Schwarz, Hélène Servel and Jonas Seufert
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“Toothless” reforms to CAP funds are failing to protect vulnerable workforce, experts say.
“Toothless” reforms to CAP funds are failing to protect vulnerable workforce, experts say.
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OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist
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On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election
uk/Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
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Q & A: Jared Yates Sexton on the ‘Weaponized Abuse’ of Authoritarianism
Understanding how autocrats and oligarchs capture and consolidate state power.
Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network
Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

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