The Tech Policy Press Podcast Setting a 'Tech Agenda' for Climate Week
Sep 21, 2025
Join Alix Dunn, Founder and CEO of The Maybe, Holly Alpine, Co-founder of the Enabled Emissions Campaign, and Tamara Kneese, Director at Data & Society, as they tackle the intersection of technology and climate for Climate Week. They delve into how AI and data centers exacerbate fossil fuel dependency while evaluating the narrative around tech's environmental impact. The conversation highlights the urgent need for accountability from tech firms and offers actionable steps for listeners to engage in the climate tech dialogue.
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Amplify Underheard Tech Voices
- The Maybe supports underheard experts to communicate tech-politics narratives on global stages like Climate Week.
- Alix Dunn says bringing community voices into elite forums reframes AI and infrastructure debates and exposes harms.
From Microsoft Employee To Campaign Founder
- Holly Alpine left Microsoft after internal campaigns failed to curb its tech sales to oil and gas firms.
- She co-founded Enabled Emissions to expose how tech enables increased fossil fuel production.
Tech Fuels Fossil Production
- Advanced technologies including AI have materially increased oil and gas production and kept shale viable.
- Holly Alpine warns these emissions are unaccounted for in tech companies' current carbon reporting.