Working on a just energy transition
Formerly: NREL, University of Wyoming
Currently: Facilitator and policy strategist
Enviro Humanities PhD
Book on water justice
Based in the rural West
Matt Henry
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Why is every single person with political aspirations in this country such an enormous piece of shit
Academic editors emailing my (non-academic) org’s info@ address to request a peer review two years after leaving higher ed, there is no escape ahhhhhh 😱
Institutional capture by the tech right has meant capitulation by the climate elite in really disappoint ways.
I feel like lots of smart people in climate who should otherwise know better are hedging on AI and remaining publicly agnostic about data centers out of fear of offending those with funds and power and/or until they can figure out which way the wind is blowing. That sucks.
I’ve gradually withdrawn from social media and especially academic social media over the last two years and while I’ve no doubt missed out on some opportunities that come with having a big online footprint, my life has tangibly improved.
The semantics of "de-risking" are firmly in service of developer goals rather than good community and environmental outcomes and we shouldn't pretend otherwise.
I so feel this. It's weird being a politics-oriented researcher who pro-actively moved into policy when the environment for it seemed favorable (IRA/BIL, etc.) and then realizing that it had been politics all along. It feels like whiplash and wasted time.
I feel like lots of smart people in climate who should otherwise know better are hedging on AI and remaining publicly agnostic about data centers out of fear of offending those with funds and power and/or until they can figure out which way the wind is blowing. That sucks.
The premise that early community engagement from infrastructure developers is important to "de-risk" projects is based on the assumed inevitability of said projects.
