NEW! FREE! HELL! @ashdawson.bsky.social on his writing at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?" thisishell.com/episodes/1863 Keep us free and completely listener supported. Become a member and get daily bonus content at patreon.com/thisishell

“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

Ashley Dawson @ashdawson.bsky.social on the energy-guzzling data centers fueling AI

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 lareviewofbooks.org/article/towa...

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.

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 indypendent.org/2025/08/what...

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...

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. centerforthehumanities.org/event/whats-... @terikehaapoja.bsky.social @ashdawson.bsky.social@lclaberge.bsky.social

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 RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

On animal liberation and multispecies politics in the framework of anticapitalist resistance. How do we build a multispecies left politics? Register! centerforthehumanities.org/event/whats-... @terikehaapoja.bsky.social @ashdawson.bsky.social @lclaberge.bsky.social

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 . Click for link to RSVP 👇🏽

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...

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.

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...

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

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 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ft...

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...

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...

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.

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 www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/14/c...

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...

“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

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...

Some great panels on agro-ecology at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in the UK. Wish I could be there orfc.org.uk

Just a reminder that Greenland is indigenous land and Trump is having a Custer-Crook-Sherman moment here.

A Brooklyn port complex could see thousands of new apartments — but some members of the task force weighing the future of the Brooklyn Marine Terminal are asking whether scaling back one of the borough’s last remaining industrial areas is wise.

Fire season here in LA does't usually drag into November, and here we are in January, with Santa Ana winds howling over 100mph. It's extremely dry. Shit ain't good.

Carrying out “the largest deportation operation in American history,” as Trump has explicitly pledged to do, will wreck the US economy. Mass deportations are a costly luxury indulgence that Trump’s supporters regard as worth the expense because they experience the need for violence so intensely. 🧵⬇️

Woody Guthrie’s New Years Resolutions from 1943.

Thanks to @joshuafrank.bsky.social @ Erik Wallenberg for interviewing me about my book Environmentalism from Below for Counterpunch radio. We discussed much but some of my favorite moments had to do with food & farming @haymarketbooks.org www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/29/a...

Richer nations must lower energy demands so others can build a brighter future. Decolonising energy means solidarity, equity, and ending colonial fossil fuel ties. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

As of this past week, Hochul is discussing a carbon price ceiling of $14 or less in NY’s cap & invest program. The state’s own modeling found that would lead to 2030 emissions >15% higher than the legal cap, without other major policies to close the gap nysfocus.com/2024/12/23/g...

@fadhelkaboub.bsky.social explains how the global financial, trade, and tax systems were designed for colonial extraction. Debt eats up resources for education & climate adaptation. To achieve justice, we must transform—not reform—these systems. www.tni.org/en/article/c...

I'm delighted that my book "Environmentalism from Below" was picked as one of the best publications of 2024 by the editors of @publicbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org www.publicbooks.org/public-picks...

I'm so honored that my book Environmentalism from Below was selected among the favorite books of 2024 by @publicbooks.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

NEW YORKERS! Please submit a comment supporting the building of clean public power in our state. It takes less than two minutes and it will help! Thank you 💚

@janetgornick.bsky.social @serenekhader.bsky.social @ashdawson.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social

In 2023, we passed the Build Public Renewables Act in coalition with AOC’s office, mandating publicly owned renewables & union jobs. Its the most ambitious Green New Deal law in the country. Join us & @aoc.bsky.social to organize for even bigger wins. Mon, 8 PM ET: bit.ly/aoc-dsa-call

This Heritage-linked think tank's playbook encourages the targeting of specific left & progressive orgs, depicting them as “pro-terrorist." @neginowl.bsky.social & I wrote about it. It's clear the authors of these types of playbooks are aiming to take down entire ecosystems of the left.

Against Settler-Colonialism: A Reading List

In case you missed my conversation with M.V. Ramana about nuclear power in the age of climate crisis ("Fix or Boondoggle?"), you can find a recording here: publicpowerobservatory.org/public-events/ @publicpowerny.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social

“The public narrative is that electric cars are a miracle cure for the climate problem, but that’s not true. What we need is more investment in public transport and infrastructure.” TNI fellow Aleksandar Matković in an interview with @jacobinnl.bsky.social 🔽 www.tni.org/en/article/i...

This afternoon at 2pm ET, turn out for a discussion of the new nuke hype with M.V. Ramana, author of a recent book on the topic from @versobooks.bsky.social

About 100 Public Power NY supporters rallying outside John Jay college ahead of a NYPA hearing on its plan to build public renewables. Plan is for 3.5GW — PPNY wants 15GW

Join me tomorrow at 2pm ET for a conversation with M.V. Ramana about the recent hype around nuclear power. partiful.com/e/u1gaPeM1Iu...?