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Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress for a legal shield that could effectively put them above the law. 🚨
"No matter your politics, we should all agree that it’s dangerous and wrong to hand any industry a blanket get-out-of-jail-free card," writes Mayors Guyleen Castriotta and Bryan Kennedy.
"No matter your politics, we should all agree that it’s dangerous and wrong to hand any industry a blanket get-out-of-jail-free card," writes Mayors Guyleen Castriotta and Bryan Kennedy.
Congress, Don't Shield Big Oil From Accountability | Common Dreams
As city leaders from across the US gather this week to discuss our collective priorities, let’s reaffirm our commitment to protect access to the courts for all our communities.
www.commondreams.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress for a legal shield that could effectively put them above the law. 🚨
"No matter your politics, we should all agree that it’s dangerous and wrong to hand any industry a blanket get-out-of-jail-free card," writes Mayors Guyleen Castriotta and Bryan Kennedy.
"No matter your politics, we should all agree that it’s dangerous and wrong to hand any industry a blanket get-out-of-jail-free card," writes Mayors Guyleen Castriotta and Bryan Kennedy.
The health, environmental, and economic impacts of plastic are costing us a fortune.
“Fossil fuel subsidies keep plastics relatively inexpensive in the United States. But as our report reveals, the true economic, environmental and health costs to society are far greater," explains Dr. Nancy Lauer.
“Fossil fuel subsidies keep plastics relatively inexpensive in the United States. But as our report reveals, the true economic, environmental and health costs to society are far greater," explains Dr. Nancy Lauer.
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The health, environmental, and economic impacts of plastic are costing us a fortune.
“Fossil fuel subsidies keep plastics relatively inexpensive in the United States. But as our report reveals, the true economic, environmental and health costs to society are far greater," explains Dr. Nancy Lauer.
“Fossil fuel subsidies keep plastics relatively inexpensive in the United States. But as our report reveals, the true economic, environmental and health costs to society are far greater," explains Dr. Nancy Lauer.
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
Hail stones are expected get up to 75% BIGGER in the next few decades. 🤯
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hail stones are expected get up to 75% BIGGER in the next few decades. 🤯
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
"One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." 😡😡
"This is corporate capture, not climate governance,” said @lienvandamme.bsky.social of @ciel.org.
"This is corporate capture, not climate governance,” said @lienvandamme.bsky.social of @ciel.org.
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." 😡😡
"This is corporate capture, not climate governance,” said @lienvandamme.bsky.social of @ciel.org.
"This is corporate capture, not climate governance,” said @lienvandamme.bsky.social of @ciel.org.
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Attn: WA friends! Big Oil is lobbying Trump hard to help them escape accountability for their decades of deception, sticking the rest of us with the bill for climate change.
Vital that elected like @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov speak out against this power grab.
Vital that elected like @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov speak out against this power grab.
Trump has issued an Executive Order to block state laws and lawsuits that make polluters pay for the climate destruction they've caused. Congress should support those efforts, not blockinh them. Demand Congress oppose Big Oil immunity.
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Urge Your Elected Officials to Oppose Immunity for Big Oil
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November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Attn: WA friends! Big Oil is lobbying Trump hard to help them escape accountability for their decades of deception, sticking the rest of us with the bill for climate change.
Vital that elected like @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov speak out against this power grab.
Vital that elected like @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @jayapal.house.gov speak out against this power grab.
When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
"Officials in Boulder, Colorado, are urging the Supreme Court to reject the oil and gas industry’s latest effort to kill a swath of climate lawsuits, arguing that local governments have the authority to protect their residents."
E&E News: Boulder tells Supreme Court to stay out of its climate fight with Exxon
Colorado communities say local governments have a right to sue on behalf of residents, citing opioid and asbestos litigation.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Officials in Boulder, Colorado, are urging the Supreme Court to reject the oil and gas industry’s latest effort to kill a swath of climate lawsuits, arguing that local governments have the authority to protect their residents."
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REPORT: Supreme Court justices have close financial ties to oil, even as they decide if cases against oil companies for their climate lies can proceed:
💰Justice Alito has stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, and up to $100,000 in a fund heavily invested in ExxonMobil;
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💰Justice Alito has stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, and up to $100,000 in a fund heavily invested in ExxonMobil;
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NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
REPORT: Supreme Court justices have close financial ties to oil, even as they decide if cases against oil companies for their climate lies can proceed:
💰Justice Alito has stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, and up to $100,000 in a fund heavily invested in ExxonMobil;
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💰Justice Alito has stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, and up to $100,000 in a fund heavily invested in ExxonMobil;
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Desperate to avoid facing trials over their climate lies, Exxon and other Big Oil companies are once again begging the Supreme Court to help them escape the courtroom.
They knew. They lied. And communities deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil accountable.
They knew. They lied. And communities deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil accountable.
E&E News: Exxon lawyer vows to crush climate lawsuits
Oil companies are once again pushing the Supreme Court to stop a flood of cases that could force them to pay billions.
subscriber.politicopro.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Desperate to avoid facing trials over their climate lies, Exxon and other Big Oil companies are once again begging the Supreme Court to help them escape the courtroom.
They knew. They lied. And communities deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil accountable.
They knew. They lied. And communities deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil accountable.
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New: I took a closer look at the Supreme Court justices’ financial and familial ties to the oil industry for @prospect.org as Exxon and Suncor are once again asking the Court to shut down state climate liability cases. I found more than I was expecting.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New: I took a closer look at the Supreme Court justices’ financial and familial ties to the oil industry for @prospect.org as Exxon and Suncor are once again asking the Court to shut down state climate liability cases. I found more than I was expecting.
Plastic is costing Americans $1.1 trillion a year — and that's likely a "significant underestimate," according to a new report by researchers at Duke University. 😩
Plastic’s Hidden Price Tag | Duke Today
today.duke.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Plastic is costing Americans $1.1 trillion a year — and that's likely a "significant underestimate," according to a new report by researchers at Duke University. 😩
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NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.
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It is nuts that recusal policies for the Supreme Court are so weak and self-determined that justices with oil industry holdings & even familial oil industry ties could participate in cases involving the oil industry. Our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social explain:
prospect.org/2025/11/07/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/07/e...
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It is nuts that recusal policies for the Supreme Court are so weak and self-determined that justices with oil industry holdings & even familial oil industry ties could participate in cases involving the oil industry. Our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social explain:
prospect.org/2025/11/07/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/07/e...
Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
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Hear me out: instead of letting climate change slowly but surely destroy the American home insurance and housing markets, we make the fossil fuel companies that knowingly caused the problem pay for the consequences. climateintegrity.org/news/view/ne...
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hear me out: instead of letting climate change slowly but surely destroy the American home insurance and housing markets, we make the fossil fuel companies that knowingly caused the problem pay for the consequences. climateintegrity.org/news/view/ne...
"ExxonMobil will go to nearly any length to avoid accountability for its role in the climate crisis."
@ucs.org @ucsclimate.bsky.social
@ucs.org @ucsclimate.bsky.social
WTH, XOM? ExxonMobil Again Sues to Dodge Accountability
Large fossil fuel and cement companies are responsible for the vast majority of the emissions that science shows are driving changes in the earth’s climate.
blog.ucs.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"ExxonMobil will go to nearly any length to avoid accountability for its role in the climate crisis."
@ucs.org @ucsclimate.bsky.social
@ucs.org @ucsclimate.bsky.social
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws aim to hold plastic producers responsible for managing the waste they’ve created. But the success of EPR laws depends on, and reinforces, the idea that plastic is recyclable… when in reality, it's not. 😐
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws aim to hold plastic producers responsible for managing the waste they’ve created. But the success of EPR laws depends on, and reinforces, the idea that plastic is recyclable… when in reality, it's not. 😐
The first-ever lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster can proceed in Washington State court, a judge ruled.
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
First-ever wrongful death case against Big Oil to proceed in state court | Center for Climate Integrity
Misti Leon is seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for fueling the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave that killed her mother.
climateintegrity.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The first-ever lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster can proceed in Washington State court, a judge ruled.
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
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Exxon's lies are global.
NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Exxon's lies are global.
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A Supreme Court justice with oil money is deciding whether oil companies can escape climate lawsuits.
Our investigation reveals how Justice Samuel Alito’s financial ties could shape a ruling that affects every state’s power to hold polluters accountable.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Our investigation reveals how Justice Samuel Alito’s financial ties could shape a ruling that affects every state’s power to hold polluters accountable.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A Supreme Court justice with oil money is deciding whether oil companies can escape climate lawsuits.
Our investigation reveals how Justice Samuel Alito’s financial ties could shape a ruling that affects every state’s power to hold polluters accountable.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Our investigation reveals how Justice Samuel Alito’s financial ties could shape a ruling that affects every state’s power to hold polluters accountable.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress for legal immunity to escape accountability for their climate lies and the damage those lies have caused.
Honestly, we can’t think of anything scarier than that.
Honestly, we can’t think of anything scarier than that.
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress for legal immunity to escape accountability for their climate lies and the damage those lies have caused.
Honestly, we can’t think of anything scarier than that.
Honestly, we can’t think of anything scarier than that.
Exxon thinks that disclosing their greenhouse gas emissions violates their right to free speech. 🥴
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks how Big Oil is weaponizing the constitution in attempt to shield themselves from scrutiny and regulation.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks how Big Oil is weaponizing the constitution in attempt to shield themselves from scrutiny and regulation.
Exxon uses free speech argument to fight climate laws
It’s not the first time the oil giant has tried to ward off accountability using the First Amendment.
www.exxonknews.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Exxon thinks that disclosing their greenhouse gas emissions violates their right to free speech. 🥴
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks how Big Oil is weaponizing the constitution in attempt to shield themselves from scrutiny and regulation.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks how Big Oil is weaponizing the constitution in attempt to shield themselves from scrutiny and regulation.
The U.S. was primed to develop “clean energy economies of scale more than three decades ago,” writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
Instead, it “doubled down as a petrostate after its fossil fuel industry fraudulently polarized a substantial portion of its population against climate action.”
Instead, it “doubled down as a petrostate after its fossil fuel industry fraudulently polarized a substantial portion of its population against climate action.”
Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution
In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The U.S. was primed to develop “clean energy economies of scale more than three decades ago,” writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
Instead, it “doubled down as a petrostate after its fossil fuel industry fraudulently polarized a substantial portion of its population against climate action.”
Instead, it “doubled down as a petrostate after its fossil fuel industry fraudulently polarized a substantial portion of its population against climate action.”