Hundreds march in protest of Trump visit and energy summit at CMU

Hundreds march in protest of Trump visit and energy summit at CMU

Hundreds of protesters marched through Oakland Tuesday, voicing opposition to President Trump’s visit and the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit being held at Carnegie Mellon University.

Hundreds gather to protest Trump, fossil fuel dependence during energy summit

The summit aimed to position Pennsylvania as a leader in energy production for new technologies such as artificial intelligence. Protesters argued that the fossil fuels required to power those tools will increase pollutants and drive climate change.

Energy and Innovation Summit at CMU draws leaders and protesters

On Tuesday, July 15, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick’s inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit gathered at Carnegie Mellon University. The summit gathered leaders in technology, energy and AI, investors and government officials, including President Donald Trump. The summit was met with local resistance, gathering over 300 protesters outside CMU and its surrounding neighborhoods.  A number of different community organizations gathered around CMU on Tuesd…

“They’re Voting to Kill Us”: Queer Pittsburgh Mourns and Mobilizes During Trump Visit

As Donald Trump arrived in Pittsburgh to headline an AI Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, ACT UP Pittsburgh and a coalition of local activists staged a visceral, unapologetic funeral procession […] The post “They’re Voting to Kill Us”: Queer Pittsburgh Mourns and Mobilizes During Trump Visit appeared first on QBurgh.

PATCO Strikers & “The Fence” Painters Protest Trump at CMU’s AI Summit

PITTSBURGH, PA - For the past two weeks, members of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Democrats have been sleeping next to "The Fence" preparing for Donald Trump's "Artificial Intelligence" Summit today. "The Fence" is a 100-year-old, 20-yard-long wooden fence located in the middle of CMU, which the Guinness Book of World Records has labeled the "most painted fence" in the world. CMU's students routinely paint it with various political and cu…