Climate Unf*cked
Climate Unf*cked
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She quit Microsoft to expose their insane AI cover-up
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Sep 8, 2026 at 2:34 pm.
AI’s Climate Impact Isn’t What You Think
What Holly saw Inside Microsoft
The Emissions Nobody Is Counting
Why AI Helps Fossil Fuels Far More Than Renewables
Winning Sustainability Awards While Helping Exxon Drill More
What AI Actually Does Inside an Oil Well
The Undrillable Wells AI Made Viable
Why Fiduciary Duty Is Corporate Folklore
The Promises Microsoft Made and Didn't Keep
How Data Centers Became the Entire Climate Story
You're Only Looking at One Team's Points
The Biggest Loophole in Climate Accounting
The Climate Blind Spot Nobody Noticed for a Decade
Why Pension Funds Are Starting to Listen
The Coalition Forming Against AI Expansion
What Keeps Holly Going and What You Can Do
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Holly Alpine spent a decade at Microsoft, co-founding the company's 10,000-strong employee sustainability group and running programs for data center communities. Then she discovered something that made her leave: the company was signing contracts explicitly designed to help fossil fuel companies extract more oil and gas, faster and cheaper, using AI. Now she's leading one of the only campaigns in the world working to expose what she calls the most underestimated climate threat of the AI era.
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The peer reviewed journal article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-026-00411-0
Enabled Emissions campaign website: https://www.enabledemissions.com/
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