Fwd: FW: Tell Big Tech CEOs: Stop funding dirty energy for AI data centers

[Richard McCorkle]

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From: Glen Blume <glen...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2026, 7:13 PM
Subject: Fwd: FW: Tell Big Tech CEOs: Stop funding dirty energy for AI data centers
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Climate Care Action Alert Network members,

Below is a request for letters to CEOs of big tech companies requesting that they not seek energy for their data centers from fossil fuel sources. Clicking on "Tell them that they can't have their climate cake and eat it too" takes you to your contact information and the letter.

Glen

From: "Clara, Public Citizen" <climat...@citizen.org>

Subject: Tell Big Tech CEOs: Stop funding dirty energy for AI data centers

Date: May 8, 2026 at 12:08:13 PM EDT

To: glmet...@gmail.com

Big Tech is funding the AI data center explosion that is wrecking communities and the planet. Meanwhile, Big Tech CEOs have the nerve to call themselves climate champions. Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon have all made promises of net-zero emissions before 2050. And Nvidia has established goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. They told us they would help speed up the clean energy revolution. But that’s not what they’re really doing. Meta, for example, is paying for the construction of seven new gas-powered plants to fuel its biggest data center. And data center projects by Amazon, Meta, and Google are even relying on coal, the dirtiest energy source. Big Tech might be saying the right words, but it’s doing all the wrong things. We need to send a message to Big Tech CEOs at companies that pledged to reduce their emissions. Tell them that they can’t have their climate cake and eat it too — Big Tech needs to stop working with Big Oil and building dirty AI data centers. Out of roughly 1,500 data center projects now under construction in the United States, gas projects tied to *just 11 of them* could emit more greenhouse gases every year than the country of Morocco. If that’s not bad enough, Big Tech is selling AI tools to Big Oil to turbocharge *new* oil and gas exploration, discovery, and recovery. Microsoft is the top cloud provider for the oil & gas industry. Amazon follows in second place while Google is third. And chip manufacturer and AI innovator Nvidia is now partnering with an oil company to build an “AI Factory for Energy.” Big Tech is on the wrong side of history. Tell tech CEOs to correct course on climate before things get worse. Send an email to the CEOs of Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia, and Google right away >> Thanks for taking action, Clara Public Citizen Follow Us on Social Media Public Citizen 1600 20th Street NW Washington, District of Columbia 20009 Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser Unsubscribe or Manage Your Preferences