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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · May 19

The Make Polluters Pay campaign is exposing Trump’s oily inner circle, and calling out the billionaires who want to profit while the planet burns.

Learn who they are:

Exposing President Trump's 'Oily' Billionaire Friends

President Trump is surrounding himself with fracking CEOs, oil magnates, and pipeline moguls who’ve spent millions backing his campaigns. And now they’re writing the playbook in his second term.

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · 2d

More than 100 House Republicans are asking
the Supreme Court to BLOCK climate lawsuits that demand compensation from Exxon Mobil and other fossil fuel behemoths.

Seems like our work threatens their industry.

Let's keep going. #MakePollutersPay

House Republicans urge Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits

Lawmakers said the cases threaten to “bankrupt” the energy industry.

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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 9d

"We’re pretty sick and tired of people making bajillions of dollars & then we have to clean up their messes. That’s what this bill does" - state Rep Tricia Farley-Bouvier
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Climate activists and community leaders call on Massachusetts to pass Make Polluters Pay bill - The Berkshire Edge

Speakers at the event highlighted some of the localized impacts of a changing climate—from wildfire smoke to flooding in the Housatonic River Valley—and explained why they are supportive of the legisl...

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · 6d

From the outside, Climate Week can look like a wall of acronyms, closed-door panels, and LinkedIn declarations of progress.

Instead of another roundup of lofty announcements, we’re dropping the quotes we overheard, scribbled down, or couldn’t stop thinking about.

Overheard at Climate Week

While you climate gossiped, we listened

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · 20d

“Billionaires caused the climate chaos, spearheaded the rise of authoritarianism and they continue to profit from our suffering,” @climatedefenders.bsky.social organizer said. “But they forgot one thing: there are more of us than there are of them.”

Climate activists gather in New York for ‘Sun Day’ solar energy and anti-billionaire rallies

Sun Day national action supported renewable energy, day after ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ march ahead of Climate Week

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · Sep 10

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Time to #MakePollutersPay!

#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

www.theguardian.com

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 12

“We can finally put a name and a number on who’s responsible for these disasters. The bill is coming due, and it’s time these polluters pay for the damage they’ve done."

Earth.Org @earthorg.bsky.social · Sep 11

Fossil Fuel Companies Intensified Hundreds of Heatwaves Worldwide This Century: Study

Fossil Fuel Companies Intensified 213 Heatwaves This Century

14 companies alone polluted enough to individually cause over 50 heatwaves, which would have been impossible without climate change.

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 12

🎯 powerful words from our comms director

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · Sep 11

"We're talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered, all because of decisions made in corporate boardrooms," one campaigner said after a new study tied fossil fuel giants' pollution to deadly heatwaves. www.commondreams.org/news/heatwav...

'Time to Make Polluters Pay': Study Ties Fossil Fuel Pollution Directly to Deadly Heatwaves | Common Dreams

A study establishing how carbon majors "contributed substantially to the occurrence of heatwaves" is fueling fresh calls for fossil fuel giants to pay for the deadly impacts of their products.

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 10

“We can now point to specific heatwaves and say, ‘Saudi Aramco did this. ExxonMobil did this.’

When their emissions alone are triggering heatwaves...we’re talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered.”

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

www.theguardian.com

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us:

Make Polluters Pay: Tell Your State Attorney General to Hold Big Oil Accountable for their Climate Crimes

Big Oil has known for decades that their pollution was harming human health and leading to catastrophic climate change. But instead of warning the public, they embarked on a massive disinformation cam...

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our campaign is back, stronger than ever, to demand that polluters pay their fair share for the damage they've caused. We are mobilizing across the country, building momentum in Congress, and pushing for real policies that hold fossil fuel companies accountable.

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 8

For too long, fossil fuel giants have raked in record profits while communities across the country suffer from rising seas, deadly heatwaves, wildfires, and toxic air. These corporations knew their actions would cause climate chaos — and they did it anyway. It’s time for accountability. 💸

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're relaunching the National Make Polluters Pay campaign — and we need you with us. 🔥

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Zanagee Artis @zanageeartis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Will Republicans give more handouts to Big Oil, or compromise with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown?

Here’s the scoop on what’s coming up in DC energy and environmental policy:
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Clean Creatives @cleancreatives.bsky.social · Aug 21

🟢 Agencies like Unearth have the opportunity to do the right thing by saying no to big polluters and supporting @polluterspay.bsky.social, instead.

🔗 Read the full story by @globalwitness.org: globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

Since LA wildfires, California’s fossil fuel industry spending even more on lobbying

Since the LA wildfires, communities are fighting for justice via polluter pays laws. Our research found Big Oil has spent millions lobbying in California to push back

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Aug 20

We can’t let Big Oil escape accountability. Not now. Not ever.

Trump Shields Big Oil from Climate Lawsuits as Communities Demand Justice

As climate lawsuits reach critical mass and states pass 'Make Polluters Pay' laws, the fossil fuel industry is fighting to evade accountability, just like they did with their climate lies.

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Aug 18

ICYMI: Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to spread false and misleading information on social media.

Texas flood misinformation triggered death threats. That was just the beginning.

Experts say conspiracy theories on the Hill Country flood that took out Camp Mystic will compound over time as extreme weather narratives solidify.

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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · Aug 15

A hot summer day didn't deter 200+ climate activists from taking climate action in Hoboken, New Jersey on Thursday, including a strong Jewish young contingent! ✊🔥

We're mobilizing to say Pass the Make Polluters Pay Act!
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #makepolluterspay

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · Aug 13

RSVP here!!
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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Aug 1

Trump asked oil execs for $1 billion.

He got $445 million.

His billion dollar tax breaks gives the oil industry everything it wants. #MakePollutersPay

Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.

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Climate Revolution Action Network @climaterevolution.bsky.social · Jul 31

This is not radical:

If you break, you pay for it.

Taxpayers should not be on the hook for the price of climate change; instead, #makepolluterspay

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Op-Ed: NJ must follow its neighbor, make polluters pay | NJ Spotlight News

New York passed a Climate Superfund Act to hold corporate polluters accountable for billions in climate damage. New Jersey must do the same.

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Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social · Jul 30

🗣️ Last week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a special address that made one thing very clear - clean energy is transforming the world and is unstoppable. 👇 All we need now, is an unstoppable movement to keep powering us into a solar-powered future. 🧵 Here's what he had to say:

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Make Polluters Pay @polluterspay.bsky.social · Jul 30

We should call it the Big Oil heat dome.

Extreme heat dome puts 170 million Americans in danger for hot, humid temperatures

Around 170 million Americans from Nebraska to the Northeast are experiencing extremely warm temperatures due to an ongoing heat wave.

abcnews.go.com

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · Jul 21

Texas flood protest goes to Washington: ‘No more kids lost to climate disasters’
Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: ‘They died as a result of choices – terrible and deadly choices’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas flood protest goes to Washington: ‘No more kids lost to climate disasters’

Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: ‘They died as a result of choices – terrible and deadly choices’

www.theguardian.com

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ECIU @eciu.net · Jul 22

Texas flood protest goes to Washington: ‘No more kids lost to climate disasters’

Protesters attribute fatalities in Texas not to a natural disaster but a “preventable and politically charged crisis” stemming from government defunding of critical agencies.

Texas flood protest goes to Washington: ‘No more kids lost to climate disasters’

Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: ‘They died as a result of choices – terrible and deadly choices’

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