Climate protesters target OpenAI, Google and Amazon, calling tech firms the real threat
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-24
Climate activists picketed OpenAI's Manhattan office during NYC climate week, followed by protests at Google and Amazon, arguing that tech companies — not AI itself — are the true danger to humankind and the planet, The Guardian reports. Some protesters, including clergy, were arrested disrupting a closed-door AI health summit; others targeted a Brooklyn gas plant saved from closure to power AI datacenters.
The protests follow an Anthropic employee's resignation warning that AI builders earnestly believe the tech could kill humanity by decade's end. Meanwhile, local opposition is having real impact: at least $64bn in proposed datacenter buildout was blocked from 2024–2026, bans have passed in at least 18 states at the local or county level, and New York enacted a statewide moratorium this summer.
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