Rei Takver
@rtakver.bsky.social
Probably the only Californian investigative journalist in the history of the North of England. Reporter @desmog.com.
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Whew, what a year. As AI dominated headlines, we dug deep into the climate connections, launching our Tech vs. Climate series. buff.ly/OyTgKR7
Tech vs. Climate
Leaders of the world’s largest tech companies have for years promised that their products, business models, and personal fortunes would solve the mounting climate crisis. But in this series we show…
www.desmog.com
Hi! I'm Rei, a reporter who investigates the intersection of climate and big tech, including AI’s voracious energy demands – as well as radical right-wing climate denial politics, greenwashing, and environmental justice issues.
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
If you'd like to support taking action in Minnesota right now, here's a good resource on where to start:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
If you'd like to support taking action in Minnesota right now, here's a good resource on where to start:
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
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British media owners have made common cause with the fossil fuel industry, to the point where opposition to climate action now outweighs support among UK editorial boards.
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
British media owners have made common cause with the fossil fuel industry, to the point where opposition to climate action now outweighs support among UK editorial boards.
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"A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee"
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules
Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"A US regulator ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee"
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
Not only is Xai designing software that causes massive harm in form of generated abuse, it's hurting communities
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Nigel Farage and Reform want their own ICE. "We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command”
January 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Nigel Farage and Reform want their own ICE. "We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command”
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🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Senior figures in Reform UK have been developing close connections to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an authoritarian, monarchic state with vast fossil fuel resources. New records show that party lea...
www.desmog.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Cosying Up to Authoritarian Petrostate’
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Key members of Nigel Farage’s pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Hi! I'm Rei, a reporter who investigates the intersection of climate and big tech, including AI’s voracious energy demands – as well as radical right-wing climate denial politics, greenwashing, and environmental justice issues.
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
Whew, what a year. As AI dominated headlines, we dug deep into the climate connections, launching our Tech vs. Climate series. buff.ly/OyTgKR7
Tech vs. Climate
Leaders of the world’s largest tech companies have for years promised that their products, business models, and personal fortunes would solve the mounting climate crisis. But in this series we show…
www.desmog.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Hi! I'm Rei, a reporter who investigates the intersection of climate and big tech, including AI’s voracious energy demands – as well as radical right-wing climate denial politics, greenwashing, and environmental justice issues.
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️
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Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
January 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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An absolutely masterful deep dive on the guy who effectively ended offshore wind in the US. The sheer, empty malevolence.
ICYMI Here’s your Friday long read:
My in-depth profile story of David Stevenson, the man who crushed America’s offshore wind industry.
Thanks to @motherjones.com for republishing. 🙏
My in-depth profile story of David Stevenson, the man who crushed America’s offshore wind industry.
Thanks to @motherjones.com for republishing. 🙏
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
An absolutely masterful deep dive on the guy who effectively ended offshore wind in the US. The sheer, empty malevolence.
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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
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An insight into the headspace of Google (from their 2025 sustainability report) relating to energy consumption. To them, rising energy consumption is the cause of 'economic growth' - and so their own worsening inefficiency and energy greed cannot be anything but a good thing
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An insight into the headspace of Google (from their 2025 sustainability report) relating to energy consumption. To them, rising energy consumption is the cause of 'economic growth' - and so their own worsening inefficiency and energy greed cannot be anything but a good thing
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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I am SO late to this but this @emdashsanders.bsky.social piece (edited by @emorwee.bsky.social) is great: a deep dive into Exxon's use of dodgy CCS promises to justify fossil gas fuelled power stations to run data centres
A set of keywords that makes me click so hard my mouse shatters into pieces 💥
A set of keywords that makes me click so hard my mouse shatters into pieces 💥
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
www.exxonknews.org
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I am SO late to this but this @emdashsanders.bsky.social piece (edited by @emorwee.bsky.social) is great: a deep dive into Exxon's use of dodgy CCS promises to justify fossil gas fuelled power stations to run data centres
A set of keywords that makes me click so hard my mouse shatters into pieces 💥
A set of keywords that makes me click so hard my mouse shatters into pieces 💥
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At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel age
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
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People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Please connect the dots.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please connect the dots.
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I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think Asha Rangappa is right — they are lining up the external and internal enemies. Or trying to. This is very risky and will almost certainly blow up in their faces.
Amazon just sponsored an AI energy summit chock full of climate deniers and fossil fuel evangelists, never mind that it promotes itself as a global corporate climate leader....
Just how far did the summit go to promote fossil fuel-powered AI? Find out @desmog.com 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/12/18/a...
Just how far did the summit go to promote fossil fuel-powered AI? Find out @desmog.com 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/12/18/a...
Amazon Sponsors AI Energy Summit Featuring Climate Deniers
Speakers at the event previously said "there is no climate crisis" and there is "lively debate" on climate science.
www.desmog.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Amazon just sponsored an AI energy summit chock full of climate deniers and fossil fuel evangelists, never mind that it promotes itself as a global corporate climate leader....
Just how far did the summit go to promote fossil fuel-powered AI? Find out @desmog.com 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/12/18/a...
Just how far did the summit go to promote fossil fuel-powered AI? Find out @desmog.com 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/12/18/a...
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🔴 NEW 🔴
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🔴 NEW 🔴
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
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“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
A lot of this deal came in the form of corporate pledges to invest from tech giants so the real world impact of this may be far less than it appears at first glance.
The US has suspended the technology deal with the UK that was signed during Donald Trump's state visit
www.ft.com/content/afd4...
www.ft.com/content/afd4...
US suspends technology deal with the UK
Washington pushes for concessions from London on the broader trade relationship
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A lot of this deal came in the form of corporate pledges to invest from tech giants so the real world impact of this may be far less than it appears at first glance.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇