my latest: i can confirm there's been a concerted campaign to develop a data center in northern virginia within a historically important national park site relying on help from a senior advisor to the interior department under the first trump admin will the land swap happen? for @heatmap.news

How the National Park Service Wound Up in a Data Center Deal

The agency is reportedly considering a land swap that would allow AI infrastructure in one of northern Virginia’s largest green spaces.

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Artificial intelligence could help oil and gas companies spew as much as 13 times more climate pollution, per a new study — dwarfing the climate impacts of data center energy use. heated.world/p/ais-climat... via @emorwee.bsky.social

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

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Holy hell

Truthout@truthout.org · 6d ago

A new analysis suggests that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained as much as $2.9 million in assets from growth in stocks relating to the oil and gas industry over the course of the past two decades.

AI is not just consuming a lot of fossil fuels. It it also enabling the fossil fuel industry to drill more, faster. These applications create far more climate pollution than data centers — 3.3x to 13.3x more, according to new peer-reviewed research. We *have* to start talking about this.

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

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The whole situation kinda reminds me how teenage smoking was almost eliminated then came roaring back through unregulated vapes. Watching the explosion of growth in solar and renewables in other countries over the last year is a depressing example of the future we could have had.

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 7d ago

AI is not just consuming a lot of fossil fuels. It it also enabling the fossil fuel industry to drill more, faster. These applications create far more climate pollution than data centers — 3.3x to 13.3x more, according to new peer-reviewed research. We *have* to start talking about this.

“There are teams of engineers and salespeople at these tech companies that are explicitly for the fossil fuel industry,” Holly Alpine, a former senior manager at Microsoft, told HEATED. “They are engineers writing code explicitly in partnerships with oil majors to expand production.”

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

heated.world

AI is not just consuming a lot of fossil fuels. It it also enabling the fossil fuel industry to drill more, faster. These applications create far more climate pollution than data centers — 3.3x to 13.3x more, according to new peer-reviewed research. We *have* to start talking about this.

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

heated.world

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought heated.world/p/ais-climat...

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

heated.world

"Big Oil’s use of AI to produce more oil & gas could create 3.3 to 13.3 times more climate pollution than powering AI’s data centers" @emorwee.bsky.social

AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought

A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.

heated.world

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-slop-d...

The Slop Doctrine

Why the right has overwhelmingly embraced terrible AI-generated imagery.

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There's something ironic about the fact that AI slop is the primary method being used to spread misinformation about utility-scale solar projects

In rural communities, fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper solar boom • Tennessee Lookout

Solar panel misinformation, spread by bots and by neighbors, derailed a project in Cajun Country that promised millions in local tax revenue.

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Check out @emorwee.bsky.social covering this emerging phenomenon in the US heated.world/p/the-influe...

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Welsh Conservatives on Instagram this morning, campaigning on behalf of fossil fuels during a record-breaking drought that has parched the country and set the stage for severe wildfires.

The conventional wisdom is the Democrats' big climate law failed to deliver votes and then died. That's wrong. My new study finds its factories moved 2.5 million votes—more than Trump's margin. And the law's still alive. My latest in @theatlantic.com. Gift link! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Bidenomics Was More Successful Than People Think

Conventional wisdom holds that Joe Biden’s bet on climate investment was a bust. The data suggest otherwise.

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Was just searching on Facebook marketplace for rugs and this came up as sponsored content. I am losing it

I'd not encountered Fasulo, and this pattern of coopting progressive language/concerns about environmental impacts was surprising. I went to Insta to see if anyone I know follows her (no shame), and several people do. I think genuine concern is being manipulated here. Appreciate Heated, as usual!

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 3w ago

Fasulo’s anti-solar rhetoric can sound progressive: anti-corporate and pro-environment. But past social media posts reveal fierce loyalty to Trump and right-wing conspiracies. And when HEATED asked whether fossil fuels cause climate change, she would not answer.

Great journalism. Well needed exposure of next gen influencer Merchants of Doubt!

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 3w ago

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

The combination of actual problems, conspiratorial thinking, the lack of transparency in many bureaucratic processes, undue corporate influence, and the powerlessness people often feel to effect change turn into a toxic brew that feeds right into the MAGA movement. heated.world/p/the-influe...

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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Great read.

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 3w ago

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

credit to this lady for constructing the perfect Do Your Own Research sentence heated.world/p/the-influe...

just a nice little cherry on top of the story to learn that the fake farmer-influencer lady doing anti-solar NIMBYism moved to New York because her previous house got flattened by a (likely climate change strengthened) hurricane

boy a whole bunch of classic American Dipshits in this story heated.world/p/the-influe...

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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We're all looking for the guy who did this, etc. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Trump Blasts Big Oil Companies for ‘Making Too Much Money’

The president called out ExxonMobil and Chevron for record profits amid high oil prices.

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Idk who needs to hear this but Trump has not suddenly become a climate activist — he is just making empty threats to try and pressure oil companies to bring down gas prices before the election (they won’t)

Trump Blasts Big Oil Companies for ‘Making Too Much Money’

The president called out ExxonMobil and Chevron for record profits amid high oil prices.

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I've seen this person's posts on my reels algorithm, same comments sections as anti-data center posting. If I were teaching a class on Ellul's "Propaganda," I would use this as a prime example. It's very cunning, in fact. Tapping into an existing current and directing it toward desired ends.

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Great reporting here from @alexhannaford.com on a complex, tragic, & dangerous story. heated.world/p/the-influe...

Great reporting here from @alexhannaford.com on a complex, tragic, & dangerous story. heated.world/p/the-influe...

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

heated.world

Fasulo’s anti-solar rhetoric can sound progressive: anti-corporate and pro-environment. But past social media posts reveal fierce loyalty to Trump and right-wing conspiracies. And when HEATED asked whether fossil fuels cause climate change, she would not answer.

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.

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“But fossil fuels are the primary reason for the renewable buildout she so fiercely opposes, now at the national level. So I pressed her. “Come on,” I said. “Do you believe fossil fuels cause climate change?” “[Alexandra Fasulo] did not answer the question.”

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

heated.world

What a great story by @alexhannaford.com about the new new climate denial: social media influencers claiming that Big Solar is just a conspiracy to destroy the environment. Taking grains of truth and turning them into the clean energy deep state. heated.world/p/the-influe...

This woman is SO ACTIVE in a local Facebook group and I have been desperate for someone to evaluate the things she says! Thank you so much for this @emorwee.bsky.social @alexhannaford.com

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 3w ago

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.

heated.world