Gaby Sarri-Tobar
@gabysarritobar.bsky.social
Graduate student in urban planning. Working to achieve a just, equitable renewable energy future. Free 🇵🇸.
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Small North Carolina town sues energy ‘Goliath’ in historic climate action
Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
BREAKING: For decades @dukeenergy.bsky.social knew that fossil fuels are warming the planet. Instead of taking action they deceived the public about these harms, denied climate science & blocked solutions.
Today the Town of Carborro, NC takes them to court!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Today the Town of Carborro, NC takes them to court!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Out today, our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social explores the political and personal consequences of the "age of AI" in a first-ever visual newsletter.
"Taking back democracy is about so much more than systems—it means insisting on a politics that actually values people," she writes.
"Taking back democracy is about so much more than systems—it means insisting on a politics that actually values people," she writes.
Inside the Age of AI Anxiety
Thinking, feeling, and creating our way towards a politics that values life.
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Out today, our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social explores the political and personal consequences of the "age of AI" in a first-ever visual newsletter.
"Taking back democracy is about so much more than systems—it means insisting on a politics that actually values people," she writes.
"Taking back democracy is about so much more than systems—it means insisting on a politics that actually values people," she writes.
BREAKING: 60+ scientists urge @ncgovernor.bsky.social to rein in mega-polluter Duke Energy's fossil gas buildout, which is burdening working families with higher costs and dirtier air & water. It's time for a swift transition to a renewable energy future!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
April 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
BREAKING: 60+ scientists urge @ncgovernor.bsky.social to rein in mega-polluter Duke Energy's fossil gas buildout, which is burdening working families with higher costs and dirtier air & water. It's time for a swift transition to a renewable energy future!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
SCOTUS ended the youth-led constitutional climate case Juliana v US. Still blown away by the courageous 21 @youthvgov.bsky.social leaders who persevered for ~10 yrs fighting for children’s climate rights and a livable future.
Read more at bit.ly/juliana-pr✊💚
Read more at bit.ly/juliana-pr✊💚
bit.ly
March 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
SCOTUS ended the youth-led constitutional climate case Juliana v US. Still blown away by the courageous 21 @youthvgov.bsky.social leaders who persevered for ~10 yrs fighting for children’s climate rights and a livable future.
Read more at bit.ly/juliana-pr✊💚
Read more at bit.ly/juliana-pr✊💚
Energy is a human right, yet profit-driven monopoly utilities are shutting off life-saving power to millions of families every year. Utilities could easily prevent this injustice. Instead, they are lining the pockets of shareholders & top execs.
grist.org/climate-ener...
grist.org/climate-ener...
Utilities are shutting off power to a growing number of households
Electricity is getting more expensive. Here’s how states can prevent people from losing power during a freeze or a heat wave.
grist.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Energy is a human right, yet profit-driven monopoly utilities are shutting off life-saving power to millions of families every year. Utilities could easily prevent this injustice. Instead, they are lining the pockets of shareholders & top execs.
grist.org/climate-ener...
grist.org/climate-ener...
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Today 150 organizations & businesses urge @ncgovernor.bsky.social to stop Duke Energy's reckless fossil fuel buildout and suppression of solar.
Learn more: biodiv.us/3F9pIzk
Learn more: biodiv.us/3F9pIzk
March 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today 150 organizations & businesses urge @ncgovernor.bsky.social to stop Duke Energy's reckless fossil fuel buildout and suppression of solar.
Learn more: biodiv.us/3F9pIzk
Learn more: biodiv.us/3F9pIzk
As Trump brings us to the brink of climate catastrophe, states must step up to protect communities & hold polluters accountable. Today we join 150 orgs & businesses to urge @ncgov.bsky.social to stop Duke Energy's reckless gas buildout & suppression of solar!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
150 Businesses, Groups Urge N.C. Governor to Rein in Fossil Fuel-Friendly Duke Energy
Center for Biological Diversity: Climate Lawsuit, Soaring Global Heat Spur Call to End Decades of Deception
biologicaldiversity.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As Trump brings us to the brink of climate catastrophe, states must step up to protect communities & hold polluters accountable. Today we join 150 orgs & businesses to urge @ncgov.bsky.social to stop Duke Energy's reckless gas buildout & suppression of solar!
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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📍Day 4: Utility greed is forcing customers to choose between putting food on the table and keeping their homes warm.
💡Find our report at bit.ly/4gDGHaf
🔌 Join our webinar from 2:30-4pm EST on Wed Feb 19. Registration link at bit.ly/4hztm3T
#EnergyIsAHumanRight | #NoShutoffs | #EndFossilFuels
💡Find our report at bit.ly/4gDGHaf
🔌 Join our webinar from 2:30-4pm EST on Wed Feb 19. Registration link at bit.ly/4hztm3T
#EnergyIsAHumanRight | #NoShutoffs | #EndFossilFuels
Feb. 19 Webinar on the Struggle Against Corporate Utility Greed
Join the Center for Biological Diversity and other utility justice advocates to learn about the latest reports on U.S. shutoffs, discuss strategies to counter the utility industry’s extractive practic...
bit.ly
February 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
📍Day 4: Utility greed is forcing customers to choose between putting food on the table and keeping their homes warm.
💡Find our report at bit.ly/4gDGHaf
🔌 Join our webinar from 2:30-4pm EST on Wed Feb 19. Registration link at bit.ly/4hztm3T
#EnergyIsAHumanRight | #NoShutoffs | #EndFossilFuels
💡Find our report at bit.ly/4gDGHaf
🔌 Join our webinar from 2:30-4pm EST on Wed Feb 19. Registration link at bit.ly/4hztm3T
#EnergyIsAHumanRight | #NoShutoffs | #EndFossilFuels
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Duke Energy's adjustment to the language of its latest earnings release more accurately reflects the polluting reality of its generation plans.
Duke Energy Removes Climate Language as It Builds More Gas Plants
(Bloomberg) -- Duke Energy Corp., one of the biggest US power providers, removed a mention of climate targets in its latest earnings release as the company builds more natural gas plants and reconside...
finance.yahoo.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Duke Energy's adjustment to the language of its latest earnings release more accurately reflects the polluting reality of its generation plans.
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DTE Energy's emphasis on rate increases and natural gas investments, despite growing profits and frequent outages, raises questions about energy affordability and reliability. The utility also opposes community solar projects for low-income customers. https://buff.ly/4jGinXV
February 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
DTE Energy's emphasis on rate increases and natural gas investments, despite growing profits and frequent outages, raises questions about energy affordability and reliability. The utility also opposes community solar projects for low-income customers. https://buff.ly/4jGinXV
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Corporate electric utilities are at the frontlines of driving the country’s dual crises of energy unaffordability and climate change.
Read our latest report to learn more ➡️ biodiv.us/3WKjdck
Read our latest report to learn more ➡️ biodiv.us/3WKjdck
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Corporate electric utilities are at the frontlines of driving the country’s dual crises of energy unaffordability and climate change.
Read our latest report to learn more ➡️ biodiv.us/3WKjdck
Read our latest report to learn more ➡️ biodiv.us/3WKjdck
Fossil-fueled utilities shamelessly thrust customers onto the frontlines of the climate catastrophe and into the depths of energy poverty to make a quick buck. Check out some of the worst offenders in this new report by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/ene...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/ene...
February 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fossil-fueled utilities shamelessly thrust customers onto the frontlines of the climate catastrophe and into the depths of energy poverty to make a quick buck. Check out some of the worst offenders in this new report by @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/ene...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/ene...
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🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has DENIED Big Oil's requests to review Honolulu's climate deception lawsuit.
The decision keeps Honolulu and other communities on track to put Big Oil companies on trial for their climate lies.
It's time to hold Big Oil accountable and make polluters pay.
The decision keeps Honolulu and other communities on track to put Big Oil companies on trial for their climate lies.
It's time to hold Big Oil accountable and make polluters pay.
January 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court has DENIED Big Oil's requests to review Honolulu's climate deception lawsuit.
The decision keeps Honolulu and other communities on track to put Big Oil companies on trial for their climate lies.
It's time to hold Big Oil accountable and make polluters pay.
The decision keeps Honolulu and other communities on track to put Big Oil companies on trial for their climate lies.
It's time to hold Big Oil accountable and make polluters pay.
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“They’re all engaging in greenwashing in an attempt to clean up their dirty image and deceive the public about the harms of fossil fuels,” said @gabysarritobar.bsky.social, an energy justice campaigner with the Center.
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'At the heart of the lawsuit is deception': Inside Carrboro's case for reparations from Duke Energy
Though Carrboro's lawsuit is the first of its kind, utilities and fossil fuel companies are all pulling from the same playbook, Gabriela Sarri-Tobar, an energy justice campaigner with the Center for B...
www.dailytarheel.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“They’re all engaging in greenwashing in an attempt to clean up their dirty image and deceive the public about the harms of fossil fuels,” said @gabysarritobar.bsky.social, an energy justice campaigner with the Center.
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Rep.Cohen, Sen.Markey & more call out our country’s largest utility for planning to build tons of new gas, which will burden communities with higher costs and dirtier air and water. @tvanews.bsky.social needs to get out of the fossil fuel past and go 100% renewable!
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Congressman Cohen and Senator Markey Lead Letter Urging TVA to Reconsider Plans for Increased Use of Natural Gas
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Senator Edward J.
cohen.house.gov
December 10, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Rep.Cohen, Sen.Markey & more call out our country’s largest utility for planning to build tons of new gas, which will burden communities with higher costs and dirtier air and water. @tvanews.bsky.social needs to get out of the fossil fuel past and go 100% renewable!
cohen.house.gov/media-center...
cohen.house.gov/media-center...
The Town of Carrboro takes mega-polluting utility giant @dukeenergy.bsky.social to court for decades of climate deception about the harms of fossil fuels. As Mayor Barbara Foushee says, this is all about speaking truth to power! #StopClimateDeception
vimeo.com/1036183891
vimeo.com/1036183891
Sue Duke Energy - The Town of Carrboro's Lawsuit Press Highlights
Duke Energy – one of the largest climate polluters in the world – has known for decades that burning fossil fuels is driving the climate crisis and ever…
vimeo.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The Town of Carrboro takes mega-polluting utility giant @dukeenergy.bsky.social to court for decades of climate deception about the harms of fossil fuels. As Mayor Barbara Foushee says, this is all about speaking truth to power! #StopClimateDeception
vimeo.com/1036183891
vimeo.com/1036183891
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🚨 BREAKING: Duke Energy is now facing a lawsuit from Carrboro, North Carolina, for waging a "deception campaign" about the dangers of fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Duke Energy is now facing a lawsuit from Carrboro, North Carolina, for waging a "deception campaign" about the dangers of fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The small town of Carrboro N.C. is suing one of the country's largest electric utilities, Duke Energy, over climate change.
"Somebody has to speak truth to power about this issue with Duke Energy Corporation and so it is us," says the mayor
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
"Somebody has to speak truth to power about this issue with Duke Energy Corporation and so it is us," says the mayor
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
A North Carolina town is suing utility Duke Energy over climate change
A small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy for costs from climate change, claiming the utility knew its fossil fuel power plants were heating the planet and deceived the public.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The small town of Carrboro N.C. is suing one of the country's largest electric utilities, Duke Energy, over climate change.
"Somebody has to speak truth to power about this issue with Duke Energy Corporation and so it is us," says the mayor
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
"Somebody has to speak truth to power about this issue with Duke Energy Corporation and so it is us," says the mayor
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
Breaking News: A North Carolina town sued Duke Energy, accusing the company of deceiving the public and contributing to climate change.
North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Change
Carrboro accused Duke, one of the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Breaking News: A North Carolina town sued Duke Energy, accusing the company of deceiving the public and contributing to climate change.
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
“They tried to sow confusion about #ClimateChange and the fact that there’s a threat that we face in the future,” said @howardmc.bsky.social, legal director of our Energy Justice Program. ⬇️
Small North Carolina town sues energy ‘Goliath’ in historic climate action
Carrboro officials say Duke Energy broke state laws waging decades-long ‘deception campaign’ about fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:06 PM
“They tried to sow confusion about #ClimateChange and the fact that there’s a threat that we face in the future,” said @howardmc.bsky.social, legal director of our Energy Justice Program. ⬇️
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
#FossilFuels are wreaking havoc on people, wildlife, and the planet.
Fueled by coal and gas, catastrophic storms and heat waves are devastating human communities and the habitats animals and plants need to survive.
Utility companies must phase out fossil fuels, for all our sakes. Take Action ⬇️
Fueled by coal and gas, catastrophic storms and heat waves are devastating human communities and the habitats animals and plants need to survive.
Utility companies must phase out fossil fuels, for all our sakes. Take Action ⬇️
Duke Energy: Ditch Fossil Fuels Now
Fossil fuels are wreaking havoc on people, wildlife, and the planet. Electric utilities in the U.S. could lead the way to a clean energy future — but many are doubling down on climate-killing coal and...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
December 4, 2024 at 4:06 PM
#FossilFuels are wreaking havoc on people, wildlife, and the planet.
Fueled by coal and gas, catastrophic storms and heat waves are devastating human communities and the habitats animals and plants need to survive.
Utility companies must phase out fossil fuels, for all our sakes. Take Action ⬇️
Fueled by coal and gas, catastrophic storms and heat waves are devastating human communities and the habitats animals and plants need to survive.
Utility companies must phase out fossil fuels, for all our sakes. Take Action ⬇️
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
BREAKING: The Town of Carrboro, NC is taking Duke Energy to court in the first-ever lawsuit challenging an electric utility for knowingly deceiving the public about the dangers from burning fossil fuels. It’s time Duke Energy be held accountable for the harm they’ve caused. Info: biodiv.us/4fXPSm2
December 4, 2024 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING: The Town of Carrboro, NC is taking Duke Energy to court in the first-ever lawsuit challenging an electric utility for knowingly deceiving the public about the dangers from burning fossil fuels. It’s time Duke Energy be held accountable for the harm they’ve caused. Info: biodiv.us/4fXPSm2
Reposted by Gaby Sarri-Tobar
The small town of Carrboro, North Carolina is suing one of the country's largest electric utilities, Duke Energy, over climate change -- here's my story for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
A North Carolina town is suing utility Duke Energy over climate change
A small North Carolina town is suing Duke Energy for costs from climate change, claiming the utility knew its fossil fuel power plants were heating the planet and deceived the public.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
The small town of Carrboro, North Carolina is suing one of the country's largest electric utilities, Duke Energy, over climate change -- here's my story for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...