There has been no pushback on this,” Morano said – and he may have a point, according to some experts who research the climate denial movement. Microsoft and Amazon, which had donated large sums to Trump’s inauguration fund, have both recently embraced fossil-fuel powered AI data centers alongside Trump energy officials and fossil fuel industry players. At Davos in January, world leaders across business and government talked noticeably less about addressing climate change than in previous years. “In this time of ‘climate hushing,’ having conversations about climate change is more important than ever,” Katherine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and climate communications expert, advised in her influential blog. “I think [the Trump administration] is whistling past the graveyard of their fossil-fueled dreams,” he said in an email.

Source: The Guardian March 04, 2026 19:12 UTC