{"id":4851,"date":"2026-01-13T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=4851"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:37:41","slug":"february-12-ai-and-climate-deception","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/february-12-ai-and-climate-deception\/","title":{"rendered":"February 12: AI and Climate Deception"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/february-12-ai-and-climate-deception\/02-12-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4860\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4860\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26.png 1728w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-240x320.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-160x213.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-360x480.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/wp-content\/uploads\/02.12.26-200x267.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Join us for a conversation with Dr.\u00a0Mary\u00a0Finley-Brook\u00a0on AI and Climate Deception, exploring how big tech is obscuring environmental harms, manipulating public understanding, and reinforcing extractive power structures.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mary\u00a0Finley-Brook\u00a0is a Professor of Geography and Global Studies at the University of Richmond, where she has taught since 2006.\u00a0Finley-Brook\u00a0has decades of experience conducting participatory action research and collaborates regularly with community-based organizations and frontline populations to advance climate justice in energy sector transformation. Her interests include environmental policy, climate justice, public health, energy transition, affordable access to renewable energy technologies, and equity in environmental, climate and energy governance. She has served on review panels for the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.\u00a0Finley-Brook\u00a0is co-author of the textbook Climate Crisis, Energy Violence with Academic Press\u00a0(2024)&#8221; (Mary\u00a0Finley-Brook, University of Richmond,\u00a0<a id=\"OWA768e79e3-7257-7a2b-b6e8-f70659c11935\" title=\"https:\/\/geography.richmond.edu\/faculty\/mbrook\/\" href=\"https:\/\/geography.richmond.edu\/faculty\/mbrook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/geography.richmond.edu\/faculty\/mbrook\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Actions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not support or use generative AI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/17iy_YhlF4EwlkLKBsLbx7W_WFOexwVoWxedZfjO5Alc\/edit?slide=id.g3c786c99b5b_0_394&amp;pli=1#slide=id.g3c786c99b5b_0_394\">Mary Finley-Brook&#8217;s Slides from the presentation<\/a>, which includes actions like:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you name the components of your energy and technology infrastructure?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are the people and where are the places that have made your virtual computing possible?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opt out of companies and policies with harmful practices; find or create alternatives to platforms like X, Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Microsoft, Google, Workday, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate with policymakers and leaders (expressing concern or thanking for actions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vote wisely; hold politicians accountable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spend less time online<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create digital materials only when necessary and important; be selective about what you store<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delete unnecessary data and files as regular digital \u2018housekeeping\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use appropriate search engines for the question at hand<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make digital privacy and security top priorities; learn about ethical data and internet use<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using different softwares:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linux for my operating system, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">liber office as a word alternative<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">cryptpad for online document editing &amp; sharing<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">duckduckgo with ai features turned off for search engine (or searxng)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">zen browser for browser<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">thunderbird for email management<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">signal for messaging<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">pipeline for youtube watching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resource List<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Mary Finley-Brook&#8217;s Book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finley-Brook, M. and S. Metts. (2024).\u00a0<i><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sHhd7LDqNEao2Itkv43IrvkAKawMN36g\/view?usp=sharing. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sHhd7LDqNEao2Itkv43IrvkAKawMN36g\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Climate Crisis, Energy Violence: Mapping fossil energy\u2019s enduring grasp on our precarious future<\/a><\/i>. Academic Press. 570 pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Degrowth: Technology in the Age of Survival<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Michael Kwet<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Degrowth: Radically Rethinking Our Digital Futures<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Neil Selwyn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Dan McQuillan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Crisis, Energy Violence: Mapping Fossil Energy&#8217;s Enduring Grasp on Our Precarious Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mary Finley-Brook (Author) and Stephen Metts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can&#8217;t, and How to Tell the Difference<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Arvind Narayanan &amp; Sayash Kapoor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman&#8217;s OpenAI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Karen Hao<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Websites:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/savethe.ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save the AI<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cowbell-accordion-lgjw.squarespace.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Center Watch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pecva.org\/region\/regional-state-national-region\/general-assembly\/virginia-data-center-reform-coalition\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/permacomputing.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">permacomputing.net<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articles:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaup.org\/reports-publications\/aaup-policies-reports\/topical-reports\/artificial-intelligence-and-academic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions (AAUP 2025)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openletter.earth\/an-open-letter-from-educators-who-refuse-the-call-to-adopt-genai-in-education-cb4aee75\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An open letter from educators who refuse the call to adopt GenAI in education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-12-13\/ai-wants-more-data-more-chips-more-power-more-water-more-everything\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Wants More Data. More Chips. More Real Estate. More Power. More Water. More Everything.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/interactive\/2024\/data-centers-internet-power-source-coal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2024\/09\/microsoft-ai-oil-contracts\/679804\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft&#8217;s hypocrisy on AI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/big-tech-helps-big-oil-140043310.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Tech Helps Big Oil Pump More, Belying Climate Pledges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/ai-turbocharges-us-hunt-for-minerals-fossil-fuels\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI turbocharges US hunt for minerals, fossil fuels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/globalwitness.org\/en\/campaigns\/digital-threats\/greenwashing-and-bothsidesism-in-ai-chatbot-answers-about-fossil-fuels-role-in-climate-change\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenwashing and bothsidesism in AI chatbot answers about fossil fuels&#8217; role in climate change<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-byte\/microsoft-secret-oil-company-pitches\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft Secretly Selling AI to Fossil Fuel Companies While Bragging About Environmental Progress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2025\/09\/08\/news\/whistleblower-ai-big-oil\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whistleblower exposes how AI fuels Big Oil growth<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heated.world\/p\/he-helped-microsoft-build-ai-to-help\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/03\/families-could-get-see-higher-electric-bills-if-ai-data-boom-goes-bust.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How families could get stuck with higher electric bills if the AI data center boom goes bust<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/news\/marketwatch\/20251003175\/the-ai-bubble-is-17-times-the-size-of-the-dot-com-frenzy-and-four-times-subprime-this-analyst-argues\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy &#8211; and four times subprime, this analyst argues <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-business-oregon-water-use-the-dalles-1820c8eed742b45402e1cef2f9a9a1dd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon city sues to keep Google\u2019s water use secret<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/local-news\/charles-city-county\/data-center-scrapped-proposal-withdrawal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massive data center plan scrapped after residents voice frustrations in Charles City County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fauquiernow.com\/news\/developer-withdraws-plans-for-catlett-station-data-center-project\/article_29d5165e-4385-11ef-ad9e-db32dab80435.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developer withdraws plans for Catlett Station data center project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandmatters.org\/2025\/09\/17\/prince-georges-county-moves-to-put-data-center-development-on-pause\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prince George\u2019s County moves to put data center development on pause<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenarwhal.ca\/ai-data-centres-canada\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AI data centre boom is here. What will it mean for land, water and power in Canada?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science journals:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good, K. D., &amp; Ciccone, M. (2025). Media quiteracy: Why digital disconnection belongs in the media literacy curriculum. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Media Literacy Education, 17<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1), 150-165.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23860\/JMLE-2025-17-1-10\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23860\/JMLE-2025-17-1-10<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youtube:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VanessaWing%C3%A5rdh\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanessa Wing\u00e5rdh Youtube Channel<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a conversation with Dr.\u00a0Mary\u00a0Finley-Brook\u00a0on AI and Climate Deception, exploring how big tech is obscuring environmental harms, manipulating public understanding, and reinforcing extractive power structures. 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