UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns
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Climate & Accountability Campaigns at the Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org. Your place for rigorous, independent, intersectional climate science. #EnvironmentalJustice always.
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"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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🛢️ Big Oil ramped up Google Ads in Brazil by 2,900% in just one month ahead of #COP30, according to new research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social @climainfo.org.br & @c3ds.bsky.social.The surge reflects the industry’s push to protect its social license to pollute.
Climate Action Against Disinformation | A 2,900% Increase in Greenwash: Big Oil Targeted Brazil With Google Ads To Undermine COP30
In the 10 months leading up to COP30, in Belém, Brazil, Big Oil increased its use of Google Ads targeting the country, with the number of adverts spiking by 2,900% between September and October…
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🛢️ Big Oil ramped up Google Ads in Brazil by 2,900% in just one month ahead of #COP30, according to new research from @caadcoalition.bsky.social @climainfo.org.br & @c3ds.bsky.social.The surge reflects the industry’s push to protect its social license to pollute.
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Our mission is simple: we provide free legal advice and assistance to researchers being targeted by bad actors trying to censor, misinterpret, or otherwise silence them. If you or someone you know needs help: csldf.org/contact
Contact - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our mission is simple: we provide free legal advice and assistance to researchers being targeted by bad actors trying to censor, misinterpret, or otherwise silence them. If you or someone you know needs help: csldf.org/contact
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A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
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🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
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Today, the COP Presidency released new negotiation text, including an updated Mutirão package, which is much weaker than the earlier version, dropping mention of a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, "a glaring omission of an urgent call championed here by more than 80 countries.”
Adaptation Finance Low-Balled, Glaring Omission of Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in New COP30 Text
Glaring omission of fossil fuel phaseout, just transition, adaptation finance in new COP30 draft negotiating text, Mutirao
www.ucs.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today, the COP Presidency released new negotiation text, including an updated Mutirão package, which is much weaker than the earlier version, dropping mention of a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, "a glaring omission of an urgent call championed here by more than 80 countries.”
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Who’s surprised? #DHS Sec. #KristiNoem changes draft FEMA review council report. Former #FEMA head Cameron Hamilton asks blunt Q. “What degree of confidence do you have that the report that you submit to DHS will be what is submitted to the president?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA
Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Who’s surprised? #DHS Sec. #KristiNoem changes draft FEMA review council report. Former #FEMA head Cameron Hamilton asks blunt Q. “What degree of confidence do you have that the report that you submit to DHS will be what is submitted to the president?”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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“This is the first time the United States has not send an official federal government delegation here to COP, and that is a very sobering, shameful moment,” said UCS’s Rachel Cleetus to Deutsche Welle from #COP30.
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“This is the first time the United States has not send an official federal government delegation here to COP, and that is a very sobering, shameful moment,” said UCS’s Rachel Cleetus to Deutsche Welle from #COP30.
Happening today! 11:30am BRT / 9:30am EST. Learn about the importance of science-informed policy to protect the health and safety of people and democracies, live from Dr. Caldas at #COP30!
TOMORROW at #COP30: UCS’s Dr. Astrid Caldas will deliver a keynote on the growing attacks on science and their impact on our democracy.
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Happening today! 11:30am BRT / 9:30am EST. Learn about the importance of science-informed policy to protect the health and safety of people and democracies, live from Dr. Caldas at #COP30!
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TOMORROW at #COP30: UCS’s Dr. Astrid Caldas will deliver a keynote on the growing attacks on science and their impact on our democracy.
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
TOMORROW at #COP30: UCS’s Dr. Astrid Caldas will deliver a keynote on the growing attacks on science and their impact on our democracy.
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
Join the live discussion hosted by @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
📅 November 20
⏰ 11:30–12:30 p.m. BRT / UTC -3
🔴 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIA...
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Today at #COP30: advocates from the US Gulf South, Latin America & Africa protested the unchecked expansion of massive new gas projects, which harm communities & undermine climate goals.
This is part of a global call for a fossil fuel phaseout, which has set the tone for COP30: dont-gas-africa.org
This is part of a global call for a fossil fuel phaseout, which has set the tone for COP30: dont-gas-africa.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today at #COP30: advocates from the US Gulf South, Latin America & Africa protested the unchecked expansion of massive new gas projects, which harm communities & undermine climate goals.
This is part of a global call for a fossil fuel phaseout, which has set the tone for COP30: dont-gas-africa.org
This is part of a global call for a fossil fuel phaseout, which has set the tone for COP30: dont-gas-africa.org
UCS' Dr. Rachel Cleetus will soon be joining @news.dw.com live from #COP30 in Belém to discuss the clean energy transition, climate science and global politics on climate action! Tune in here: www.youtube.com/live/CjbDUZk...
The global rivalries of the energy transition | DW News Desk
YouTube video by DW News
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
UCS' Dr. Rachel Cleetus will soon be joining @news.dw.com live from #COP30 in Belém to discuss the clean energy transition, climate science and global politics on climate action! Tune in here: www.youtube.com/live/CjbDUZk...
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A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A powerful call echoed by over 80 countries rang through the halls of #COP30 during an afternoon press conference today, demanding a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels!
Today at #COP30! Tune in at 11:30 am ET to hear from US experts like UCS' Rachel Cleetus on what's needed in the final week of negotiations to ensure a successful outcome + demands of Afrodescendants & how COP30 connects with power building back home.
Livestream: unfccc.int/event/us-cli...
Livestream: unfccc.int/event/us-cli...
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today at #COP30! Tune in at 11:30 am ET to hear from US experts like UCS' Rachel Cleetus on what's needed in the final week of negotiations to ensure a successful outcome + demands of Afrodescendants & how COP30 connects with power building back home.
Livestream: unfccc.int/event/us-cli...
Livestream: unfccc.int/event/us-cli...
New analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut shows that 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 climate talks, proportionally a 12% increase from last year😖Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every country delegation, with 1/25 registrants repping the fossil fuel industry 😦
RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out
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November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut shows that 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 climate talks, proportionally a 12% increase from last year😖Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every country delegation, with 1/25 registrants repping the fossil fuel industry 😦
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Global climate negotiations are complex. #COP30 brings together nearly 200 countries to address a shared crisis. That level of coordination is extraordinary, and disagreement is plentiful. Some reflect genuine differences, but others are deliberate efforts to stall, dilute, or redirect ambition.
Recognizing and Resisting Obstruction at COP30
As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil, for the annual UN climate summit COP30, both expectations and stakes are high. This conference marks thirty years of global climate negotiations, and ten years s...
blog.ucs.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Global climate negotiations are complex. #COP30 brings together nearly 200 countries to address a shared crisis. That level of coordination is extraordinary, and disagreement is plentiful. Some reflect genuine differences, but others are deliberate efforts to stall, dilute, or redirect ambition.
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The Trump admin pressed for the IEA to include a scenario w/ rising oil & gas demand for decades. UCS’s Rachel Cleetus: “At 2.9C of warming under the Current Policies Scenario, it is not a world in which anyone can be safe or an economy can thrive”...Investors should treat CPS w/ "zero credibility."
Gavin Newsom Brings Defiant Note to COP30 Talks
Leave it to California’s governor to bring a little Hollywood energy to the Amazon. Gavin Newsom arrived in Belém as a pointed rebuke to US President Donald Trump’s decision not to send an official US...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Trump admin pressed for the IEA to include a scenario w/ rising oil & gas demand for decades. UCS’s Rachel Cleetus: “At 2.9C of warming under the Current Policies Scenario, it is not a world in which anyone can be safe or an economy can thrive”...Investors should treat CPS w/ "zero credibility."
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UCS’s Rachel Cleetus says “The IEA’s latest report underscores the daunting challenge ahead for rapidly decarbonizing the world’s economy but also highlights the opportunity for tremendous wins for consumers’ pocketbooks, public health and addressing energy poverty that pathway provides.”
World Energy Outlook Underscores Inevitable Clean Energy Growth, Urgency of Rapid Fossil Fuel Phaseout
World Energy Outlook 2025 underscores inevitable clean energy growth and the urgency of rapid fossil fuel phaseout
www.ucs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UCS’s Rachel Cleetus says “The IEA’s latest report underscores the daunting challenge ahead for rapidly decarbonizing the world’s economy but also highlights the opportunity for tremendous wins for consumers’ pocketbooks, public health and addressing energy poverty that pathway provides.”
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This morning, the IEA released its 2025 World Energy Outlook, underscoring the rapid growth in renewables globally, but the urgent need to accelerate that momentum to meet climate goals.
World Energy Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This morning, the IEA released its 2025 World Energy Outlook, underscoring the rapid growth in renewables globally, but the urgent need to accelerate that momentum to meet climate goals.
"Requiring delegates to disclose affiliations and funding is a vital step in exposing fossil fuel influence. Yet with the 1.5°C target slipping away, disclosure alone is insufficient. World leaders must advance to disqualification, barring fossil fuel companies from shaping COP negotiations."
#COP30
#COP30
Blocking fossil fuel disinformation in Belém and beyond
Fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions, and their disinformation must be tackled
www.climatechangenews.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Requiring delegates to disclose affiliations and funding is a vital step in exposing fossil fuel influence. Yet with the 1.5°C target slipping away, disclosure alone is insufficient. World leaders must advance to disqualification, barring fossil fuel companies from shaping COP negotiations."
#COP30
#COP30
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🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
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🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond
@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
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@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
buff.ly/Il1bnfM
Blocking fossil fuel disinformation in Belém and beyond
Fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions, and their disinformation must be tackled
www.climatechangenews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond
@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
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@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
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As COP30 begins today, Clean Creatives is releasing an open letter from influencers and creators with a combined audience of over 24 million, urging the UN and COP30 to pause new work with Edelman due to conflicts of interest. What’s the conflict?
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As COP30 begins today, Clean Creatives is releasing an open letter from influencers and creators with a combined audience of over 24 million, urging the UN and COP30 to pause new work with Edelman due to conflicts of interest. What’s the conflict?
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Sign this open letter if you agree: caad.info/analysis/rep...
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
Climate Action Requires Truth: COP30 Must Codify Information Integrity
caad.info
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sign this open letter if you agree: caad.info/analysis/rep...