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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 3d

Occidental Resources is our October #PolluteroftheMonth 😠

Here we see a large plume of uncombusted methane and volatile organic compounds (such as benzene, a carcinogen) being released into the atmosphere at an Oxy subsidiary.

Learn more: bit.ly/Oct-POM-Oxy

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 3d

📣 WEBINAR: How to Tell the Methane Story for COP30: Making the Invisible Visible

Join us to explore tools and insights that help reporters and allies fact-check corporate and government claims about methane at COP30.

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 7d

We want to #shutdown #AlisoCanyon. 10 Years ago TODAY Earthworks used an OGI camera to capture the historic gas blowout. Residents still deal w/ the fallout from toxics & chemicals. bit.ly/Aliso-Canyon

Check out @lastchancealliance.bsky.social & Save Porter Ranch to join the demand for action.

The largest natural gas leak in U.S. history was in Aliso Canyon

Here’s how much prices for natural gas have risen in the last few years.

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Diné C.A.R.E. @dinecare.bsky.social · 12d

📣📣 YOUR COMMENTS ARE NEEDED!!! 📣📣

Right now, the Navajo Nation Air Quality Control Program (NNAQCP) is accepting comments on their Partial Tribal Implementation Plan (TIP) for a Minor New Source Review Program. Provide your comments today or during their in person hearing this month!

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 10d

NEW: The Guatemalan Xinka People are defending their territory, water and health by demanding the closure of the toxic Escobal mine — but its Canada-based owner is ignoring them.

Show solidarity and send a message to Pan American Silver CEO Michael Steinmann now: act.earthworks.org/page/87881/p...

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 10d

Our #PolluterOfTheMonth, by the numbers:

❌ 4+ methane super-emitter plumes since July
❌ Just 1 hour of combined emissions = a year of driving 180 cars
❌ $8.8 million in penalties since 2023
❌ Enough wasted gas to power 5,800 homes

Oxy keeps talking “net zero,” but the math doesn’t lie.

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Moms Clean Air Force - New Mexico @cleanairmoms-nm.bsky.social · 17d

Tell the NM Oil Conservation Commission: Oil and Gas Operators Must Clean Up Their Toxic Pollution! Join New Mexico Moms in calling for an update to our state laws to incentivize oil and gas operators to close and clean up aging wells. actnow.momscleanairforce.org/a/nm-oil-and...

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 17d

PR spin vs. reality.

Oxy claims to be “leading the way to clean energy.”

In reality? Methane pollution so big it’s visible from space, fines piling up, and gas wasted that could have powered thousands of homes.

This isn’t leadership. This is why Oxy is our October #PolluterOfTheMonth.

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 25d

🚨Our October #PolluterOfTheMonth: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)

In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.

See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org

Artwork: Amy Ross

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 30

Here, we see methane emissions escape from an inefficient enclosed flare at a well site in Sandoval County, NM, owned by a subsidiary of Enduring Resources, our September #PolluteroftheMonth.

Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · Sep 23

PRESS RELEASE: Xinka Leaders Call on Canada to Respect Self-determination over Canadian-owned mine

“We are calling on Canadian authorities to publicly express support for our right to self-determination and our decision to deny consent for the Escobal mine”

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Xinka Leaders Call on Canada to Respect their Self-Determination over a Canadian-owned Mine in Guatemala | Mining Watch Canada

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 23

September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.

This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements.

🔗 bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Sep 23

September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.

This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 18

Indigenous Peoples lead the fight for a just energy transition.
Hear frontline voices from Myanmar to the Amazon during #ClimateWeekNYC.
📅 Sept 23 | 10:30 am - noon ET
📍 In-Person, NYC + Online
RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/justtransitioncw
#JustTransition #IndigenousRights

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 17

The Xinka People demand that Pan American Silver permanently close the Escobal mine. It threatens their environment, water, language, culture, and territory. Tell the CEO of Pan American Silver to respect their decision.
🔗 bit.ly/xinkapeoples...

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Sep 16

Why is Enduring Resources our #PolluterOfTheMonth?

- > $600k Clean Air Act violation fines
- ~200k mcf of methane gas lost to venting in NM alone
- At least 3 methane plumes visible from space
- 17 pollution events since Apr 2025, 6 within 1 mile of schools

➡️ & learn more: https://bit.ly/3VEP257

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Philly‼️ IKYMI 📣

Dozens of protesters rallied in Love Park last Tuesday to demand the EPA continue regulating greenhouse gases.

Read more: metrophiladelphia.com/environmenta...

Environmental groups speak out as Trump admin targets climate regulations – Metro Philadelphia

Environmental advocates on Tuesday urged Philadelphians to make their voices heard on a Trump administration proposal to repeal a key ruling underpinning much

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Without the EPA’s Endangerment Finding, the U.S. loses a key method for controlling pollution from vehicles – which has led to more fuel efficiency & a lower cost at the pump.

Don’t let Trump’s “Polluters First Agenda” harm your health and your wallet.

bit.ly/Stop-Climate...

Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan

Trump's Climate Chaos Plan would repeal the Endangerment Finding—the backbone of U.S. climate protections—and erase limits on greenhouse gases. We demand that Trump & EPA's Lee Zeldin protect the End...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 15

Two-thirds of Texans want stronger methane rules—and last week, Texans made their voices heard. Around 2,000 Texans sent a message to TCEQ to release a draft rule to #cutmethane. Because all communities deserve cleaner air.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/cEZ7BRb...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oil & gas operates dangerously close to PA homes, schools, hospitals, and waterways. Science confirms: this activity harms health & environment.

Join Protective Buffers PA on Wed, Sept 24th at 7pm to find out how you can join the movement!

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Safeguard Our Backyards: Join the Campaign for Health-Based Protective Buffers from Fracking · Zoom · Luma

The Marcellus shale industry has been allowed to drill dangerously close to Pennsylvania homes, schools, hospitals, and waterways for years, and dozens of…

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Philly - don’t let Trump’s “Polluters First Agenda” harm your health and your wallet.

Join us for a rally at Love Park TOMORROW, Tues. Sept. 9 at noon to tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and keep polluters in check.

RSVP: bit.ly/Beat-The-Hea...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

“If you make a mess, you clean it up.”

New Mexican ranchers & farmers like Don and Jane Schreiber live by this rule. Oil & gas corporations must too. Stronger bonding rules mean polluters not the public, pay for cleanup.

📰 bit.ly/NMGreenChile...

#Accountability #ProtectNM

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Stand up to Trump’s “Climate Chaos” plan! Join us for a rally at Love Park on Tues. Sept. 9 at noon. Let's tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and protect us from dangerous pollution in Philly and beyond.

Register for the rally: bit.ly/Beat-The-Hea...

Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

You’re invited to join People of Red Mountain, a committee of traditional knowledge keepers and descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock Tribes, in Nevada on September 12 & 13.

Learn more at peopleofredmountain.com.

5th annual commemoration of Peehee Mu'Huh Massacres - camping at Nipple Rock in the McDermitt Caldera - Sept 12 - 13, 2025

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Inequities in environmental exposure are well-documented; the Navajo Nation is no exception.

The Frack Off Greater Chaco Coalition fights to protect the "ancient and cultural landscape" & its communities from the oil & gas industry.

Learn more: www.frackoffchaco.org/our-coaltion

Our Coaltion - Frack Off Greater Chaco

Frack Off Greater Chaco is a collaborative effort between Indigenous community leaders, Native groups, nonprofits, and public lands and water protectors across the southwest and the country working to...

www.frackoffchaco.org

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 3

More air pollution. More heat-related illnesses. More deadly extreme weather. This is our future if the Trump admin carries out its #ClimateChaosPlan.

Tell the EPA: the Endangerment Finding must remain.

bit.ly/Stop-Climate...

Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan

Trump's Climate Chaos Plan would repeal the Endangerment Finding—the backbone of U.S. climate protections—and erase limits on greenhouse gases. We demand that Trump & EPA's Lee Zeldin protect the End...

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