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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2026 · 52 MIN

Government Is Putting AI Before People and the Planet w/ Matt Haugen / Tech Won't Save Us

from The Nation Podcasts · host The Nation Magazine

Governments are prioritizing data centers and AI at the expense of communities and the planet, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Matt Haugen joins Paris Marx to discuss the AI First report, which examines how national strategies are dismantling environmental protections and enacting market policies that allow a handful of megacorporations to abscond with billions of dollars, and what an alternative policy agenda focused on people and the planet could achieve instead.Matt Haugen is Research and Editorial Manager at the Climate and Community Institute.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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