Episode 39: Adrian Shelly and Dallas LWV - Is AI Right for Texas
On Episode 39, Tonya is sharing the Dallas League of Women Voters discussion with Adrian Shelly, Director of Public Citizen’s office in Texas. Adrian will lead us through important questions concerning AI Projects Proposed throughout Texas, such as:
—What are the Financial, Water and Energy Impacts?
—Why are some communities fighting hard against them?
—How much nuclear energy is proposed to support AI projects and how would it affect Texans’ air, water, health, and safety?
Adrian Shelly is a native Texan from the City of Houston. He is the Director of Public Citizen’s Texas Office. He attended Trinity University in San Antonio, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and Philosophy. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law.
Adrian has worked in Clean Air Act litigation, in the Texas legislature, and as the Executive Director for Air Alliance Houston. While working in Houston, he oversaw passage of diesel truck engine idling ordinances in Houston, Galena Park, and Jacinto City. Adrian joined Public Citizen in 2017 as the Director of the Texas Office. He works on issues including clean energy, public health and environmental enforcement, environmental justice, and ethics reform. At Public Citizen he has celebrated victories including the passage of climate plans in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio and the planned closure of coal plants including the J.K. Spruce plant in San Antonio.
Adrian enjoys spending time with his family, reading, playing music, growing food and other plants, and being outdoors. Let’s listen now to “Is AI Right for Texas?” on the Lone Star Deep Dive podcast. Thanks for listening!
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