He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.
Mon 21 Jul 2025
A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
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Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels
Fri 25 Jul 2025
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
Climate denial is tearing our nation apart — we can’t wait much longer to act
Wed 23 Jul 2025
OPINION: The United States currently tolerates a national government whose climate and energy policies are diametrically opposed to what most Americans say they want.
US: Environmental Protection Authority slashes science division
Tue 22 Jul 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on Friday afternoon to shut down its research arm and fire hundreds of biologists, chemists, toxicologists, and other scientists whose work helps determine safe pollution levels for regulations.
Why the hurricane season hasn’t heated up — even though the Atlantic has
Mon 21 Jul 2025
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, yet we've seen remarkably little activity compared to the hyperactive seasons of recent years.
Why flash floods like those in Texas and New York are becoming more common
18 Jul 2025
Storms sweeping through the U.S. this summer have dumped intense rain on cities across the country, left towns flood-ravaged and forced water rescues.
US: Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
16 Jul 2025
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
Biofuel demand to soak up more than half of US soyoil production next year
16 Jul 2025
Biofuel demand to soak up more than half of US soyoil production next year, USDA says.
How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor
11 Jul 2025
Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice.
Clean energy's political test looms now that Trump bill is law
10 Jul 2025
The US 2026 midterms will test clean energy's uncertain political salience as advocates attempt to tether it to economic matters that voters prioritise.
