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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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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 7d

“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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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 9d

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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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · 14d

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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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · Aug 26

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.

Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · Jun 10

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...

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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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · May 12

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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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Apr 18

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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The Sustainability Class vs Working Class Environmentalism

Thursday, April 24 at 2pm ET

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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · Apr 21

On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance. How do we build a multispecies left politics?

Register!
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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · Apr 9

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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Kai Bosworth @kaibosworth.bsky.social · Mar 31

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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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Feb 26

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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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · Jan 30

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.

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Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social · Jan 22

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...

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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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Jan 21

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A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump's Big Anti-Trans Executive Order

Trump released over 70 executive orders on Monday. While orders on immigration and climate got a lot of attention, his anti-transgender order could have sweeping impacts as well.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Jan 18

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Capitalist Housing Markets Make Natural Disasters Worse

From price gouging to risky developing to insurance dysfunction, the dynamics of private housing markets are making the Los Angeles fire disaster considerably worse. We don’t need to prioritize real e...

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · Jan 18

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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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Jan 17

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

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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Jan 15

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

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London Mining Network @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social · Jan 15

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...

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Nov 19

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.

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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Jan 14

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
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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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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Jan 14

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: Isolationist in Instinct, Unpredictable in Action - FPIF

Selective engagement will replace liberal internationalism.

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Non Serviam Media Collective @nonserviammedia.bsky.social · Jan 9

“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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Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social · Jan 9

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

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