Brad Johnson

No Dirty Data Center Deal!

29m

friendly amendment to #BAAJA: mandatory fast-tracked permits for non-violent protests at the White House and Capitol

Brad Johnson reposted

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

44m

Quick and dirty, but here's a false-colour timelapse view of Finland's forest destruction for a data centre using Copernicus images. Red = vegetation No red = human structure link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/ravk Google's reporting here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brad Johnson reposted

@nodirtydatacenterdeal.com

Albuquerque: Pull the Plug on AI! Join the UNM walkout today and march to Sen. Heinrich's office to stop BAAJA! @unm.edu @heinrich.senate.gov Share on Instagram

luma.comWhat's in the Permitting Deal? Understanding the Impacts and Taking Action · Zoom · LumaCongress is considering major changes to federal permitting laws that could reshape how fossil fuel infrastructure, data centers, and other large projects are…

@cjaourpower.bsky.social, @biologicaldiversity.org, @ainowinstitute.bsky.social has a briefing on #BAAJA on Thursday 3 pm. Via @haltheharm.bsky.social

Hey ABQ! Tell @heinrich.senate.gov to pull the plug on AI and stop #BAAJA! Tuesday: Student rally at @unm.edu and a march down to Heinrich's offices www.instagram.com/p/De7M-pkMxTq/

truthout.orgData Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause “Irreparable Harm,” Native Activist SaysThe Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council voted to ban data centers, but the Apsáalooke have yet to take a position.

Great article about what is already happening to Montana without #BAAJA to grease the skids even further for data centers nodirtydatacenterdeal.com

Ray Beckerman@raybeckerman.bsky.social

Data Center Near Yellowstone River Would Cause “Irreparable Harm,” Activist Says truthout.org/articles/dat...

Brad Johnson reposted

Our Revolution

@our-revolution.bsky.social

📞 Make calls for Randy Villegas! Help flip CA-22 and send a working-class fighter to Congress. Join Our Revolution Tuesday, Oct. 27, 6:30–8:30 PM PT / 9:30–11:30 PM ET. Each shift starts with a briefing. Sign up: www.mobilize.us/ourrevolutio...

cbsnews.comKing tides continue to impact South Florida with strong winds and heavy rains causing floodingStreets look more like rivers throughout coastal areas in South Florida.

12h

"King tides" sure is a funny way to spell "Exxon's pollution"

demclimate.orgChip in!Show your support with a contribution.

12h

Tomorrow!!

DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council@dncclimate.bsky.social

Join Vice President Kamala Harris to support some of the most important climate elections in the country next Tues 10/27! She joins DNC Climate Council & @leadlocally.bsky.social PAC, supporting Dem Public Utility Commission candidates. RSVP: demclimate.org/climate26

12h

"The Court would much prefer not to have to resolve Lorax v. Once‑ler redux." And yet, here we are. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Brad Johnson reposted

Daniel Suarez

@suarezmiami.bsky.social

13h

Replying to @kyledcheney.bsky.social

16h

...or maybe we shouldn't rush to build data centers

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com

In the rush to build data centers, companies are starting to use their own off grid gas generators. This results in much higher emissions – 60% to 80% – compared with using their local electricity grid and risks locking in longer-term fossil dependence. www.theclimatebrink....

14h

"In the rush to build ICE detention centers..."

Brad Johnson reposted

KetAnthropic JoshAI

@ketanjoshi.co

21h

Am I right in thinking this means BAAJA helps stop regulation of off-grid fossil gas power plants for data centres? Also I didn't know there was an off-grid gas turbine lobby and it's called COMET (you know, like the comet metaphor destroying Earth often used for climate) lnkd.in/p/ea8Xw4kQ

Anthropic neeeeeeds #BAAJA "don't let Claude die, sacrifice to us" #anthropic

View full thread

"Grid-tied electrical supply, for instance, is subject to the jurisdiction of federal and state energy regulators, regional grid operators, and public utility commissions..."

"...while behind-the-meter and on-site generation is subject to a distinct set of exclusive service franchise protections, permitting, environmental, air quality, interconnection, and siting requirements."

Anthropic neeeeeeds #BAAJA "don't let Claude die, sacrifice to us" #anthropic

View full thread

"In some regions, including certain regions where we have contracted compute commitments, data center development has prompted public controversy and regulatory scrutiny regarding environmental impact, land and water use, and the allocation of limited power resources."

"our access to electrical power is subject to an evolving regulatory framework characterized by complexity, jurisdictional overlap, and rules that were largely designed around service by incumbent utility providers and existing generation arrangements"

Anthropic neeeeeeds #BAAJA "don't let Claude die, sacrifice to us" #anthropic

View full thread

"the construction of the generation and transmission infrastructure on which we depend is itself capital-intensive and exposed to labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, permitting delays, changes in interest rates, tariffs, other cost overruns, and financing constraints"

"certain of our planned data center facilities rely on dedicated on-site natural gas-fired generation...These facilities are also subject to constraints on pipeline capacity and firm fuel transportation necessary to deliver natural gas."

Anthropic neeeeeeds #BAAJA "don't let Claude die, sacrifice to us" #anthropic

"The availability of sufficient electrical power has emerged as a significant constraint on data center development and expansion in many geographies, including the United States."

leadlocally.orgLet’s flip Congress AND PA blue! - Lead LocallyLead Locally is getting out the vote to flip PA blue and win two key swing congressional districts. Come canvass with us! Lead Locally is getting out the vote to win a democratic trifecta in …

Hey folks! Pennsylvania needs you!! leadlocally.org/volunteerpa/

hillheat.newsLame Ducks For The Glory of TrumpHow BAAJA Threatens a Free DC, Part I: Passage of S.5653 will lead to “the next death mask of America.”

22h

#BAAJA is an existential threat to a #FreeDC. @dcpresleague.bsky.social @waba.org @savingplaces.bsky.social @freedcproject.bsky.social

washingtonpost.comTrump shares plan to overhaul East Potomac golf course amid court fight over landThe historic public facility will close for about 15 months, he said. Government attorneys have stressed in court that the president’s broader redevelopment remained conceptual.

23h

paperclip maximizers are going to try to sell the data-center-accleration bill #BAAJA as "reducing emissions". They won't mention what their assumed baseline for carbon pollution is. The plan with BAAJA is to make Elon $1 trillion richer and hope that works

Brad Johnson reposted

Dan Diamond

@ddiamond.bsky.social

View of East Potomac from my flight today — spotted work crews, debris and many fewer trees than before.

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

Breaking: Trump says he'll close East Potomac golf course Nov 15 and begin his overhaul. "The current Course is old, broken, dilapidated, and of no further use or effect," Trump wrote. Officials didn't immediately respond to Qs about cost and other parts of project. More with Rick Maese →

politico.comThe ‘time-consuming’ permits dozens of data centers are skippingA court ruling shrinking the scope of the Clean Water Act has allowed new data centers to speed through the federal permitting process. Communities are feeling the effects.

it's very obvious that the "permit reform" that's needed right now is *less* permission for data centers to pollute our communities, not more. Restore the Clean Water Act! Stop #BAAJA!

nodirtydatacenterdeal.comNo Dirty Data Center DealAI is greedy for energy, water, and land. The BAAJA “permit reform” bill will kill our protections. Tell Congress: No dirty data-center deal in the lame duck!

Tell Congress: nodirtydatacenterdeal.com

dunno why folks are surprised @heinrich.senate.gov & @whitehouse.senate.gov are unnecessarily backing #BAAJA's destruction of our natural and cultural heritage; they unnecessarily voted for Doug Burgum to take over Interior and NPS

senate.govsenate.gov

at the end of the day, they just want to get along with their fellow senators.

saveeastpo.comProtect East Potomac Park. Stop BAAJA.Send a letter to your members of Congress opposing BAAJA and asking them to protect East Potomac Park.

Save East Po! Stop #BAAJA

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

View of East Potomac from my flight today — spotted work crews, debris and many fewer trees than before.

Brad Johnson reposted

MeteorBlades

@meteorblades.bsky.social

EPA wants to ax its online archive, which would wipe 10s of 1000s of publicly available environmental resources from the web forever. All part of the Trumpian assault of data. www.dailyclimate.org/the-epa-is-q...

dailyclimate.orgThe EPA is quietly killing its web archiveTens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump's climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.

Brad Johnson reposted

Sandy Horne

@sandyhorne.bsky.social

Galahs fighting over pole position. Amyton, South Australia.

from @nytdiff.bsky.social

stop burning fossil fuels

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Two storms slam northern Europe, cut power to 150,000 homes https://aje.news/wkvphd

aaronregunberg.substack.comNew documents show just how much Exxon knew—and how hard Exxon liedSo how much more damning evidence is out there?

Big Oil is literally sponsoring Whitehouse's "climate solution" bill #BAAJA nodirtydatacenterdeal.com

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov

Big Oil used to pretend climate change wasn’t real – then they pretended they were part of the solution. 🧵

the Trump Arch is gank stop #BAAJA

earthjustice.orgEarthjustice and Prutehi Guåhan File Supreme Court Brief Defending Guam Community’s Right to Meaningful Environmental ReviewEarthjustice filed its merits brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court in Department of the Air Force v. Prutehi Guåhan, a case about whether the U.S. military can destroy its expired munitions on a beac...

Another fun environmental disaster that #BAAJA will help blow up

Brad Johnson reposted

Democracy Now!

@democracynow.org

If the AI bubble bursts, "we need a people-first bailout," says writer @astra.bsky.social.

democracynow.org“When the Bubble Bursts”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Reclaiming Democracy from AI OligarchsWe’re joined by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, co-authors of the book End Times Fascism, for a wide-ranging conversation on the multitrillion-dollar global investment in artificial intelligence and its...

Brad Johnson reposted

Food & Water Watch

@foodandwater.bsky.social

If there’s one thing uniting people across the country right now, it’s coming together to say STOP 🤚 DATA 🤚 CENTERS 🤚 Want to join the movement for a nationwide moratorium and help pass local legislation that will rein in the out-of-control AI industry? Text FWW to 23321.

elpasotimes.comEl Paso emergency center activated, homes evacuated due to floodingSeveral houses were evacuated as a thunderstorm and flash flooding hit the El Paso Borderland.

Another fossil-fueled disaster, this time in El Paso, Texas

tornadotitans.comDon’t Look Now, but Severe Weather Is Likely Again TomorrowThis is one of the more persistent severe weather patterns over the Desert Southwest I can remember. We've had quite a bit of flash flooding, hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoes in the region -- and tomorrow brings yet another

Santa Fe is being hit hard by fossil-fueled weather right now

Tornado Titans@tornadotitans.com

This is one of the more persistent severe weather patterns over the Desert Southwest I can remember. We've had quite a bit of flash flooding, hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoes in the region -- and tomorrow brings yet another day to the region.

apollo.comNo Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector | The Daily SparkDespite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. Subscribe for daily updates.

Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. nodirtydatacenterdeal.com

Brad Johnson reposted

Dan Vergano

@danvergano.bsky.social

All I can add: Very good people are still at the magazine, working hard to do great work. The editors who tried to save the place, David and Jeanna, did their best at a really loaded, uncertain time. Imho, the union-busting owners bear the blame for this sad mess.

Emmet Fraizer@woolsox.bsky.social

Last summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.comThe Fall of “Scientific American”When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain.

@riogranderift.bsky.social

Stop #BAAJA's AI accelerationism!

The Lever@levernews.com

You asked AI for the cheapest flight. It dug through your emails, decided you could afford more, and suggested a ticket costing $100–$200 extra. Lindsay Owens explains ⬇️

Brad Johnson reposted

Erik Schlenker-Goodrich

Frank Macchiarola, before working at American Clean Power, was, per his LinkedIn, a fossil fuel hack, including at the American Petroleum Institute. Two main players driving the Senate's permitting deal are American Clean Power and the American Petroleum Institute. Connect the dots, people.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

"'The foundation of clean energy remains firmly bipartisan, despite the appearance of division in recent reconciliation efforts,' Frank Macchiarola, chief advocacy officer at the ACP, told me in a statement."