{"id":2648731,"date":"2026-08-23T20:27:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-green-new-deal-is-back-its-next-target-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T20:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T00:40:52","slug":"the-green-new-deal-is-back-its-next-target-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-green-new-deal-is-back-its-next-target-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green New Deal Is Back: Its Next Target &#8211; AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-green-new-deal-is-back-its-next-target-ai%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2648731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses recent Democratic primary results in Michigan, highlighting the success of candidates advocating for restricting or nationalizing AI industries and opposing data centers. It suggests that these victories are part of a broader strategy influenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-pitches-cooling-earth-with-man-made-clouds-above-the-arctic\/\" title=\"Soros Pitches Cooling Earth With Man Made Clouds Above the Arctic\">left-wing climate groups<\/a> that are leveraging bipartisan opposition to AI to promote policies aligned wiht the Green New Deal. Key candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, William Lawrence, and Donavan McKinney, who oppose fossil fuels and data center growth, are identified as part of this movement. The piece argues that the anti-AI sentiment echoes past environmental campaigns that have blocked or slowed technological advances such as fracking, nuclear power, and GMOs, which ultimately benefited the U.S. economy and environment. The author warns conservatives not to adopt fear-driven policies or support restrictions that hinder AI progress, emphasizing that such opposition may serve environmentalist agendas rather than genuine economic or technological concerns.Instead, rational policies like ensuring data centers use renewable energy responsibly and avoiding excessive tax breaks are recommended. the article concludes by asserting that fears surrounding AI are similar to past environmental scare campaigns that falsely claimed industry innovations would cause harm, and warns against allowing the green movement to use AI as a trojan horse for destructive policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Michigan, three candidates running on a platform of blocking, restricting, or seizing control of artificial intelligence companies swept their Democratic primaries. In Wisconsin, another data center opponent came within just a few thousand votes. Depending on who you ask, it\u2019s a victory for either socialists who hate capitalism or left-wing populists eager to disrupt the broken status quo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But neither description is quite true. In politics as in life, there is nothing new under the sun. The far-left, anti-AI triumph in Michigan is really just the resurgence of the radical climate left. The only difference is that this time, conservatives are helping them win.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">No, conservatives didn\u2019t cross party lines to vote for radicals in a Democratic primary. But many support the increasingly NIMBY-driven opposition to AI. Seeing the opportunity, left-wing climate groups are leveraging bipartisan resistance to AI to smuggle otherwise toxic candidates and unpopular policies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Just look at who won in Michigan. Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens for the Democratic Senate nomination despite a nearly $65 million establishment spending onslaught \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2026\/08\/05\/michigan-missouri-primary-results-el-sayed\/\">most expensive<\/a> Democratic primary ever. A primary plank of his platform:<a href=\"https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/2026\/06\/dr-abdul-el-sayed-announces-ai-policy-platform-ai-under-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/2026\/06\/dr-abdul-el-sayed-announces-ai-policy-platform-ai-under-democracy\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164073000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1XVQaFqb_CZFUoq-vtC5dr\"> government ownership of the AI industry<\/a>. But that\u2019s not all. He also opposes fossil fuels, an odd position for someone seeking to represent the beating heart of the American auto industry, and racked up endorsements from hardcore environmental groups like Oil Change Action and<a href=\"https:\/\/foeaction.org\/news\/endorse-abdul-el-sayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/foeaction.org\/news\/endorse-abdul-el-sayed\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164073000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2N-7BXU0xRdvR72rAJ0yZT\"> Friends of the Earth<\/a>, two of the<a href=\"https:\/\/secondwavemedia.com\/voices-of-youth-us-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-sees-politics-as-public-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/secondwavemedia.com\/voices-of-youth-us-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-sees-politics-as-public-service\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164073000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2WG6xQ0RlGpsamnAyUyGhN\"> most anti-oil and gas groups in the country<\/a>. Policies that would have normally been radioactive in Michigan snuck in behind El-Sayed\u2019s anti-AI bluster.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Then there\u2019s William Lawrence, who won the Democratic nomination in a genuine toss-up House seat by running explicitly on a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/sunrise-co-founder-bets-on-data-centers-in-house-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/sunrise-co-founder-bets-on-data-centers-in-house-bid\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164073000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Y_DlQuZ0iuYgsPQ-IQ_fu\"> federal moratorium on data center construction<\/a>. Like El-Sayed, Lawrence is also a creature of environmentalism, the co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, a far-left climate activist group.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And Donavan McKinney, who unseated an incumbent congressman in Detroit while opposing data centers, spent his entire career before running for office as a political director for<a href=\"https:\/\/climatepower.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/climatepower.us\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164074000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2xNv87fsAmCNDw2OogaMVx\"> Climate Power<\/a>, an environmentalist messaging group.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even the tactics being used by anti-AI activists are a copy-paste of the climate movement\u2019s previous campaigns: local protests, permitting fights, state-level bans, and endless litigation. That should be no surprise, because it\u2019s the same people trying to achieve the same goals.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yet otherwise reasonable people are unwittingly lending their support to a discredited left-wing climate movement. Americans love cheap energy. But tell them the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4533960\/earth-day-planet-does-best-when-america-does-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/4533960\/earth-day-planet-does-best-when-america-does-more\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164074000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2zJ8fN4AVGJ1JbydzJcPRA\"> biggest private sector buildout of renewable energy<\/a> in history is happening to support data centers, and they\u2019ll support building moratoriums. Americans love growth and prosperity, but tie it to AI, and you\u2019ve just won a mandate for development restrictions and limits on innovation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By and large, Americans have always rejected climate doomers and their message of demonization, fear, shame, and inevitable decline. But with AI maybe, just maybe, the covert climate left can finally convince everyone, like Jimmy Carter tried before, that it\u2019s time to turn down the heat and put on a sweater.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Conservatives shouldn\u2019t take the bait. The AI boom is not without challenges, including heavy energy and water usage, unseemly tax breaks for data centers, and failures to generate local support before building. In response, we should support rational policies like using AI windfalls to benefit the communities that opened their doors to data centers, limiting tax carveouts for the most highly valued industry in history, and fully implementing the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/16\/ai-boom-could-lower-electric-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/16\/ai-boom-could-lower-electric-bill\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1787341164074000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1F6gWFLKmqL84ct0uIq_Cq\"> Ratepayer Protection Pledge<\/a> for AI companies to build, bring, or buy their own power rather than burdening ratepayers. Such policies shape development for the common good without preventing growth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But what we should not do is unwittingly make peace with America\u2019s resurgent green party. Even more importantly, we shouldn\u2019t accept the message of fear that has always been at the core of the climate left\u2019s crusade.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">AI may seem scary now, but look back at all the other times climate activists have tried to destroy nascent industries that ultimately benefited the American people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We were told fracking would cause earthquakes and poison water. In reality, it made America the number one producer of oil and gas in the world, driving energy prices lower for consumers and manufacturers alike. For decades, the environmental left successfully painted nuclear as dangerous and evil. Only recently did we break through the lies to restore the American nuclear energy industry, bringing emissions-free, baseload power to the grid. There\u2019s not a single agricultural development of the past century that environmental activists haven\u2019t clutched their pearls over \u2014 synthetic fertilizer, GMOs, Golden Rice\u2014even as American ingenuity overcame the worldwide scourge of famine.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s sad the Democratic Party is being taken over by the anti-abundance far left. But at least the Michigan Democratic primary results provide clarity. With radicals like El-Sayed, Lawrence, and McKinney on the ballot, we can see organized AI opposition for what it truly is: a Trojan horse for the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><i>Chris Johnson is the founder and president of the American Energy Leadership Institute.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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