'Fawning tech bro sycophancy': Big Tech's new climate silence under Trump

Tech billionaires like Musk are staking the future of their businesses on the emergence of AI and are lobbying governments to limit regulations that might stifle innovation and protect their access to energy resources because of AI's massive power demand. — AFP

When President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the global climate Paris Agreement during his first term in 2017, the response from the nation's top tech leaders was swift.

"Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real," Elon Musk said on X. "Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world."