Collin Rees
@collinrees.bsky.social
Campaigning for human rights + climate justice. Mischief w/ @oilchange.bsky.social + @oilchangeus.bsky.social, SustainUS, @demsocialists.bsky.social. Working for a better world 🍉🍉
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When you run for office, some of the pledges and promises you’re asked about take some analysis.
Others are pretty simple.
I committed to the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge early on, and am excited to actually post the photo and add my name to the list at nofossilfuelmoney.org.
Others are pretty simple.
I committed to the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge early on, and am excited to actually post the photo and add my name to the list at nofossilfuelmoney.org.
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When you run for office, some of the pledges and promises you’re asked about take some analysis.
Others are pretty simple.
I committed to the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge early on, and am excited to actually post the photo and add my name to the list at nofossilfuelmoney.org.
Others are pretty simple.
I committed to the #NoFossilFuelMoney pledge early on, and am excited to actually post the photo and add my name to the list at nofossilfuelmoney.org.
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NEW In @prospect.org: @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social details the implications of the Republican's plan to dismantle education research.
prospect.org/education/20...
prospect.org/education/20...
The Republican Plot to Destroy Education Research
Elon Musk and the Trump administration have gutted the Institute of Education Science.
prospect.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW In @prospect.org: @coldchrisfiles.bsky.social details the implications of the Republican's plan to dismantle education research.
prospect.org/education/20...
prospect.org/education/20...
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I'm going on maternity leave in Jan 🤰 and I am looking for a cover!
If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus.
oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
Please share!
If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus.
oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
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Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026)
Job Opening: Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026) at Oil Change International in Oil Change International.
oilchange.pinpointhq.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I'm going on maternity leave in Jan 🤰 and I am looking for a cover!
If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus.
oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
Please share!
If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus.
oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
Please share!
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🔥🔥🔥MAGA Mike Johnson is refusing to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social after she won her seat in a landslide last week. Is he afraid she's the 218th vote on the Epstein files? Or just afraid of a powerful progressive Latina? Sign our petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Tell Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson - Seat Adelita Grijalva NOW
Climate hawk Adelita Grijalva won a landslide victory in September, beating her nearest challenger by roughly 40 points. So why is House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson refusing to allow her to take her sea...
actionnetwork.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔥🔥🔥MAGA Mike Johnson is refusing to seat @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social after she won her seat in a landslide last week. Is he afraid she's the 218th vote on the Epstein files? Or just afraid of a powerful progressive Latina? Sign our petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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I pledge to take #NoFossilFuelMoney!
I refuse to be compromised in the fight against climate change and corporate greed!
I refuse to be compromised in the fight against climate change and corporate greed!
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I pledge to take #NoFossilFuelMoney!
I refuse to be compromised in the fight against climate change and corporate greed!
I refuse to be compromised in the fight against climate change and corporate greed!
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Oil And Gas Industry To Get $40 Billion In New Subsidies From Republicans Because They Love The Free Market So Much
Oil And Gas Industry To Get $40 Billion In New Subsidies From Republicans Because They Love The Free Market So Much
As we all know, if there's one thing Republicans care about, it's protecting the Free Market.
www.jalopnik.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Oil And Gas Industry To Get $40 Billion In New Subsidies From Republicans Because They Love The Free Market So Much
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Go @hynotnw.bsky.social! The grassroots group are campaigning against the UK's dangerous, unproven, and expensive carbon capture and blue hydrogen plans. They describe it as "fossil fuel light" - comparable to the tobacco industry’s promotion of low-tar cigarettes.
inews.co.uk/news/ellesme...
inews.co.uk/news/ellesme...
Inside Ellesmere Port, the town fighting Miliband's hydrogen plans
The Cheshire town is at the heart of the UK's plans to transition from fossil fuels to hydrogen, but many locals aren't convinced
inews.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Go @hynotnw.bsky.social! The grassroots group are campaigning against the UK's dangerous, unproven, and expensive carbon capture and blue hydrogen plans. They describe it as "fossil fuel light" - comparable to the tobacco industry’s promotion of low-tar cigarettes.
inews.co.uk/news/ellesme...
inews.co.uk/news/ellesme...
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With @emdashsanders.bsky.social at ExxonKnews:
Exxon is pushing through a CO2 pipeline in Cancer Alley that will run as close as 160 yards from the nearest home.
Exxon is pushing through a CO2 pipeline in Cancer Alley that will run as close as 160 yards from the nearest home.
#TheLensNola🔍 Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency
✍️ Delaney Nolan
Full Story 🔗: thelensnola.org?p=605378
✍️ Delaney Nolan
Full Story 🔗: thelensnola.org?p=605378
September 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
With @emdashsanders.bsky.social at ExxonKnews:
Exxon is pushing through a CO2 pipeline in Cancer Alley that will run as close as 160 yards from the nearest home.
Exxon is pushing through a CO2 pipeline in Cancer Alley that will run as close as 160 yards from the nearest home.
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Invaluable to have a number to put on this abject squandering of public resources, courtesy of @oilchange.bsky.social: "fossil fuel companies, which spend millions every year to rig our political system in their favor, receive a 30,000% return on investment as subsidies."
Fossil Fuel Industry Receives $35 Billion Each Year in Government Handouts, New Report Finds - Oil Change International
$4 billion added by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act A new report from Oil Change International reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production.
oilchange.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Invaluable to have a number to put on this abject squandering of public resources, courtesy of @oilchange.bsky.social: "fossil fuel companies, which spend millions every year to rig our political system in their favor, receive a 30,000% return on investment as subsidies."
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When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Home Insurance as You Know It Is Doomed. You’re Not Ready.
The remedies for homeowners so far aren’t preparing them for a financially stable existence as the risk of disaster increases.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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1️⃣ Congratulations to @oilchange.bsky.social, and particularly @collinrees.bsky.social, for its new study on U.S. federal subsidies for fossil fuel production, which they estimate at $34.8 billion ($4 bln of which were added by Congress this year).
This is who people should be citing, not the IMF.
This is who people should be citing, not the IMF.
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
1️⃣ Congratulations to @oilchange.bsky.social, and particularly @collinrees.bsky.social, for its new study on U.S. federal subsidies for fossil fuel production, which they estimate at $34.8 billion ($4 bln of which were added by Congress this year).
This is who people should be citing, not the IMF.
This is who people should be citing, not the IMF.
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Is this where we want our tax money going?
The fossil fuel industry is set to receive $34.8 billion in handouts every year – over $4 billion of which were added by Trump and Republicans this year. @oilchange.bsky.social
The fossil fuel industry is set to receive $34.8 billion in handouts every year – over $4 billion of which were added by Trump and Republicans this year. @oilchange.bsky.social
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Is this where we want our tax money going?
The fossil fuel industry is set to receive $34.8 billion in handouts every year – over $4 billion of which were added by Trump and Republicans this year. @oilchange.bsky.social
The fossil fuel industry is set to receive $34.8 billion in handouts every year – over $4 billion of which were added by Trump and Republicans this year. @oilchange.bsky.social
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NEW REPORT: Each year, as working families struggle, the federal gov’t subsidizes the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $35 BILLION.
Ridiculous. We need to invest in our communities, not give handouts to the Big Oil Billionaires destroying our planet.
oilchange.org/publications...
Ridiculous. We need to invest in our communities, not give handouts to the Big Oil Billionaires destroying our planet.
oilchange.org/publications...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW REPORT: Each year, as working families struggle, the federal gov’t subsidizes the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $35 BILLION.
Ridiculous. We need to invest in our communities, not give handouts to the Big Oil Billionaires destroying our planet.
oilchange.org/publications...
Ridiculous. We need to invest in our communities, not give handouts to the Big Oil Billionaires destroying our planet.
oilchange.org/publications...
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Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now.
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet
Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now.
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Important research highlighting real fraud, waste, and abuse in our federal government.
🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Important research highlighting real fraud, waste, and abuse in our federal government.
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New from @collinrees.bsky.social and @oilchange.bsky.social : The US government gives the profitable, polluting fossil-fuel industry *at least* $34.8 billion in subsidies every year. Think how much housing, health care and/or cheap, clean energy that money could buy
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New from @collinrees.bsky.social and @oilchange.bsky.social : The US government gives the profitable, polluting fossil-fuel industry *at least* $34.8 billion in subsidies every year. Think how much housing, health care and/or cheap, clean energy that money could buy
oilchange.org/publications...
oilchange.org/publications...
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I don’t give a shit if JD Vance doesn’t give a shit about the Constitution. Striking civilian boats in international waters is both unconstitutional and a war crime. The party of “law and order” clearly doesn’t care about respecting it.
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don’t give a shit if JD Vance doesn’t give a shit about the Constitution. Striking civilian boats in international waters is both unconstitutional and a war crime. The party of “law and order” clearly doesn’t care about respecting it.
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Talk about propping up a dying industry.
They're killing off solar and wind power projects.
While giving handouts to Big Oil & Gas.
1/10 - Would not recommend this federal government configuration.
They're killing off solar and wind power projects.
While giving handouts to Big Oil & Gas.
1/10 - Would not recommend this federal government configuration.
🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Talk about propping up a dying industry.
They're killing off solar and wind power projects.
While giving handouts to Big Oil & Gas.
1/10 - Would not recommend this federal government configuration.
They're killing off solar and wind power projects.
While giving handouts to Big Oil & Gas.
1/10 - Would not recommend this federal government configuration.
Reposted by Collin Rees
🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
oilchange.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities.
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
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Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...
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We can’t trust fossil fuel megacorporations to voluntarily reduce their climate pollution. A liveable climate + safe and healthy communities require a just transition away from fossil fuels. Read more in the new blog from our Research Director, @lornestockman.bsky.social:
bit.ly/47YXaVt
bit.ly/47YXaVt
The Oil & Gas Industry is Gaslighting the IEA on Methane Emissions - Oil Change International
For eight years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented research indicating that oil and gas companies can reduce their prolific methane emissions cost-effectively. For eight years…
bit.ly
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We can’t trust fossil fuel megacorporations to voluntarily reduce their climate pollution. A liveable climate + safe and healthy communities require a just transition away from fossil fuels. Read more in the new blog from our Research Director, @lornestockman.bsky.social:
bit.ly/47YXaVt
bit.ly/47YXaVt
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Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt
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wondering who to support in the #CAGov race? The No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has 4 candidates who've signed. 3 and a half who haven't, including one notorious pledge breaker.
August 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
wondering who to support in the #CAGov race? The No Fossil Fuel Money pledge has 4 candidates who've signed. 3 and a half who haven't, including one notorious pledge breaker.
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Scenes from a rally happening right now in Camarillo, home of that devastating ICE raid last month. ICE out of 805!
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Scenes from a rally happening right now in Camarillo, home of that devastating ICE raid last month. ICE out of 805!