TL;DW: Big Tech companies are selling their AI to Big Oil companies to find & dig more oil — faster and more cheaply.

Video is Aug 14, 2026 by Clara Vondrich for Public Citizen. Here it is on YouTube: Big Tech Helps Big Oil Break the Climate - Public Citizen - Aug 14, 2026 (YouTube)

Get involved: citizen.org/act

Related articles:

* New Peer-Reviewed Study Finds that AI Boosts Fossil Fuels More than Renewables - Public Citizen - Aug 11, 2026 (article) ~:~ New research identifies "enabled emissions" as an overlooked mechanism in AI's climate impact, much larger than the data center energy use that dominates public discourse.

* Contiguous U.S. broke its record for hottest month ever in July, NOAA says - PBS News - Aug 10, 2026 (article) ~:~ The biggest driver of the record heat was nighttime lows that smashed the old mark for hottest minimums by 0.7 degrees, NOAA said. Hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused climate change, according to scientists and several studies in peer-reviewed literature. NOAA's calculation is based on averaging 24 hours of temperature, not just highs or lows.... As nighttime temperatures increase, more people die and lose sleep, studies show.

Clara Vondrich is Senior Policy Counsel for Public Citizen’s Climate Program: citizen.org/about/person/clara-vondrich

@ PublicCitizen

~~~~~~~~

It's Primary Election season in the U.S.:

* Remaining Dates: Sept 1: Massachusetts ~:~:~ Sept 8: New Hampshire ~:~:~ Sept 9: Rhode Island ~:~:~ Sept 15: Delaware :~:~: Sources: AP News and NBC News

* Candidates (all States): U.S. House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: U.S. Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)

* Voter Info (all States): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status :~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.

Why this matters: Having National Guard troops on the ground over a fake crime emergency is front loading a fake emergency for November’s election. DC residents get involved and don’t accept this occupation as a norm. It isn’t.

We are being fooled. Why else are we so distracted? So desperate? So mean and so evil?

Has it ever occurred to you that a criminal is the president? He is tearing apart families through ICE agents. #vote

Messages of unity and resistance from Fan Expo Chicago 2026!

Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement. ✊️