Government is Putting AI Before People and the Planet w/ Matt Haugen

2026-08-13 · 52 min · episode 341 · 12 entities

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Governments are prioritizing data centers at the expense of communities and the planet, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Matt Haugen joins Paris Marx to discuss how national strategies are dismantling environmental protections while enriching a handful of megacorporations, and what an alternative agenda could look like. Matt Haugen is Research and Editorial Manager at the Climate and Community Institute . The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation . Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon . Also mentioned in this episode: Check out the new report Matt co-wrote AI First . If you missed it, Molly White recently broke down how the tech industry is spending big on elections . Big tech’s emissions are continuing to rise . Colossus is still being powered by unpermitted gas turbines. Support the show