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The Dirty Alliance Between Tech and the Oil Industry

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, JS Tan on the relationship between Microsoft and Chevron.

Paris Marx

April 3, 2025

The Chevron gas station logo is seen on February 13, 2025, in Austin, Texas.(Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

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The Dirty Alliance Between Tech and the Oil Industry w/ JS Tan | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss his experience seeing first hand how Microsoft deployed its cloud and machine learning services to help Chevron extract more oil and gas, and the state of tech worker organizing around climate change. 

JS Tan is a PhD student at MIT, researching cloud computing in the US and China. He’s a a member of Collective Action in Tech and writes the Value Added newsletter.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we are joined by JS Tan to discuss his experience seeing firsthand how Microsoft deployed its cloud and machine learning services to help Chevron extract more oil and gas, and the state of tech worker organizing around climate change. 

JS Tan is a PhD student at MIT, researching cloud computing in the United States and China. He’s a a member of Collective Action in Tech and writes the Value Added newsletter.

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Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI w/ Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina / Tech Won’t Save Us
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Librarians are working harder than ever to support their neighborhoods—including by teaching and promoting digital literacy. Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina join Paris Marx to discuss the role of library workers in the digital landscape, including how they’re helping patrons navigate privacy basics and artificial intelligence, and how the tech industry is making their jobs harder.

Hannah Cyrus is a digital media librarian at the Bangor public library. Alison Macrina is an activist librarian and the director of Library Freedom Project.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires. He hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and writes the Disconnect newsletter.


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