Author

Eric Bonds

Eric Bonds

Eric Bonds lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Mary Washington, where he teaches on the topics of human rights, climate change, and environmental justice. The views expressed here are his own, and are not reflective of UMW.

Commentary

Data centers and Virginia’s special kind of denialism

By: - December 2, 2024

The reelection of Donald Trump shows the continued prevalence of climate denialism, which involves a rejection of the scientific consensus that human activity is changing the climate. As in his first term, Trump will no doubt try to hold our country back in the race to slow climate change by phasing out fossil fuels. Unlike […]