Rei Takver

Hi! I'm Rei, a reporter who investigates the intersection of climate and big tech, including AI’s voracious energy demands – as well as radical right-wing climate denial politics, greenwashing, and environmental justice issues. Follow my work @desmog.com, including our Tech vs. Climate series ⤵️

"Decarbonisation-ready" fossil fuel infrastructure to power data centres 🤥 Great article from @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com revealing AI data centres as a "golden goose" for the gas industry, and carbon capture as a "fossil-fuelled delusion". Learn more about the Big Tech-Big Oil bromance ⬇️

This whole piece is an amazing demonstration of how (a) CCS is still a major part of fossil fuel greenwashing and (b) how directly and immediately it works to smooth the approval and growth of fossil fuel projects www.desmog.com/2026/10/14/u...

"AVK told DeSmog that the company has “not yet delivered a carbon capture scheme” of its own but that its “believe[s] in the power of the technology”"" Brilliant @rtakver.bsky.social at @desmog.com digging into the company spruiking CCS for fossil fuelled data centres in the UK!

“Decision makers need to recognise glossy marketing campaigns and slick lobbying efforts for what they are. PR by a gas industry for whom the AI data centre boom is a golden goose.” Ollie Hayes, @globalactionplan.bsky.social Learn more via @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com buff.ly/6KYTJeP

New - A leading UK gas microgrid company is selling gas-powered AI data centre projects, paired with unproven carbon capture, as "net-zero." AVK is behind Ireland's first gas microgrid data centre, and hopes to expand across the UK and Europe. My work @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/10/14/u...

🔴 NEW - UK Data Centre Power Supplier Accused of Giving ‘Lifeline’ to Fossil Fuel Industry Critics say the firm’s deployment of unproven carbon capture technology risks contributing to a gas-powered AI boom. 📝 @rtakver.bsky.social

nyc climate & tech / energy peeps check in! time to make some good vibes happen…

Calling NYC climate people! Let's build some community around Rei 💚 Click through...

Calling all NY Climate peeps for fellowship and camaraderie and support for @rtakver.bsky.social! ❤️‍🩹

New York climate folks - please connect up with Rei who is an absolute gun journalist - eg this total scoop: www.desmog.com/2026/04/29/i...

NYC climate folks and journalists, Rei from DeSmog here - I'd love to meet you! I've just arrived from the UK to start my ovarian cancer treatment - there's lots to hope for. I'm new in NY, and would love to meet people and enjoy this city. Or get recs! Happy to get comments on this :). Cheers!

My dearest friend, one of the strongest women I ever met, wrote one of the most beautiful poems I ever read. Please have a look and share.

Last night, doctors told me I very likely have late stage ovarian cancer. I am 39. In the waiting room at the hospital, as I awaited that moment, I wrote this poem. Whoever you are, wherever you read this - live your life. In all its glory. In all its pain. Live it. It is everything.

Turns out, when you delightedly tell people you're going to force something on them that will take their job, destroy their future, and ruin the environment, they ... don't like it?

Congrats everyone: thanks to the AI boom, the US is now investing more in fossil fuel power than China, a country with four times the population.

The New York Times is hiring another climate policy reporter. Come work with me! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

God, reading about UK politics is depressing. There is a massive, coordinated media attack on Net Zero, led by the RW press (& accelerated by Musk's X). It is *wildly* out of sync with public opinion, but it is slowly working, convincing even labour MPs that the public is more right than it is.

Welsh Reform labelled "a retirement home for failed Conservatives", with two thirds of cabinet being ex-Tories. By @adambarnett.bsky.social for @desmog.com

"fewer people believe it now than when the same question was asked in 2019 and 2022" 🤔 I wonder if this has anything to do with this travesty? ##EndClimateSilence

TikTok may have pledged to tackle climate misinformation on its platform in 2023, but earlier this month the company sponsored the annual meeting of the right-wing Canada Strong and Free Network that featured multiple climate deniers as speakers. By @rtakver.bsky.social at @desmog.com:

🔴 NEW: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’ In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution. 📝By @hajmedd.bsky.social & @tjjordan.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/05/26/e...

The EU must ensure tech companies disclose the ecological footprint of their data centers, the head of the bloc’s environment agency has said.

🔴 New - TikTok says climate denial isn't tolerated on TikTok, but... January: Trump-friendly tech giant Oracle takes over US TikTok algorithms to recommend videos May: TikTok sponsors right-wing Canadian conference full of climate deniers My 📝 for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/22/t...

Climate hushing in the UK? You betcha. Really important work from my colleague @adambarnett.bsky.social

📝 Vital reporting from my colleague Sharon Kelly ⤵️

🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

A powerful climate convergence today, featuring none other than @thierryaaron.bsky.social, @rtakver.bsky.social, myself, and Sarlacc's Pit.

credit to @mississippitoday.org for for breaking the number of turbines w their story (below) - we’re adding details from the emails that appear to show the company doubling the power capacity at the site between late March and last week

I wrote a piece about the need to end climate silence. Don't listen to the "climate hushers" -- people telling us to ignore the crisis & only focus on affordability and "kitchen-table" issues. Instead, connect climate and our fossil fuel addiction to the issues that voters care about most.

We tried to warn you about Anthropic. Now they're using xAI's ultra-polluting community-killing nightmare data centre to power your toxic claude relationship All the new paid subs from @rutgerbregman.com and @quitgpt.bsky.social's campaign, now powered by Musk 🫠 www.anthropic.com/news/higher-...

Watch the recap video on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=yw-GXu0kzl4&feature=youtu.be

📍TODAY📍 Don't miss Covering Climate Now's special conversation on the Trump administration’s embrace of climate denialism, featuring DeSmog reporter Rei Takver. To register, go here: buff.ly/C77yrwf @rtakver.bsky.social

DeSmog’s analysis of Nigel Farage’s £2 million in earnings is featured on the front page of The Guardian today

"Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...

TODAY: Join us at 5pm BT, 12pm ET, and 9am PT to discuss how climate denialism is evolving with Trump in office

If you missed it, read Rei's foray into data centre world, where reps are betting that fossil gas will power the slop machine all across Europe. @rtakver.bsky.social

DeSmog just went to a data centre conference and found gas turbine manufacturers happily and openly talking about how they expect Europe to follow America's completely bonkers fossil gas / data centre boom www.desmog.com/2026/04/29/i...

Join me tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to hearing my co-panelists' perspectives

Heartland Institute climate deniers want to repeal of the 17th Amendment, which would strip away direct elections of U.S. senators and hand that power to state legislatures.

SCOOP: A climate denial group with close ties to the Trump administration is asking whether all Americans 'should have the right to vote.' Read @rtakver.bsky.social in @desmog.com about a Heartland Institute podcast questioning 'universal suffrage.' www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...

“I’m going to say something very controversial: Not every adult over the age of 18 should have the right to vote,” said Jim Lakely of the Heartland Institute. Six days later, EPA chief Lee Zeldin gave the keynote at a Heartland anti-climate event. My 📝 @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/05/h...

How Zia Yusuf made his money...

🔴 NEW - Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social

🚨Out today: 67% percent of Reform’s funding has come from donors with financial interests in fossil fuels, totalling £24m. Crucial reporting from @desmog.com

🔴 NEW - Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r... @desmog.com

What a STUNNING quote: “I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here....it just will take a bit longer and it will be a bit harder because more people will be saying, ‘hang on a minute, we don’t want to be burning greenhouse gasses"

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.