TOMORROW: Last chance to sign up for our #ClimateWeekNYC webinar on holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Featuring scientists, community leaders & legal experts from @ucs.org, @climateintegrity.org, Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub & Lekeh Development Foundation. #MakePollutersPay

California Attorney General Rob Bonta “said the state will keep its focus on major fossil fuel companies and more lawsuits related to plastic recycling.” 👀👀 #ClimateWeekNYC

Antitrust laws exist to prevent collusive schemes that stifle innovation & competition — "the very crux of what oil corporations sought to do by working together to block renewable competitors from challenging their control of the energy market," write @aaronregunberg.bsky.social & Zephyr Teachout.

Last year, more Americans died from wildfire smoke than from traffic crashes. "By 2050, the researchers found, choking wildfire smoke will be the new normal," prematurely killing more than 70,000 Americans annually. These are alarming numbers. Big Oil MUST be held accountable.

Why hasn't there been more climate progress? "The massive, decades-long campaign of denial and obstruction from the fossil fuel industry is the major part of it," Al Gore explains. "It would be a mistake, in my view, to underestimate how significant their role has been."

“Cruz's unsubstantiated claim is part of a yearslong effort by the fossil-fuel industry and its allies to fight lawsuits that state and local governments have filed against oil and gas companies.”

Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era" Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.

“Cruz's unsubstantiated claim is part of a yearslong effort by the fossil-fuel industry and its allies to fight lawsuits that state and local governments have filed against oil and gas companies.”

Charleston, South Carolina, has decided not to appeal a judge’s ruling that dismissed the city’s climate deception lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies, even as other courts across the U.S. have allowed similar lawsuits to proceed toward trial.

There's still time to register for our #ClimateWeekNYC webinar with great speakers from @ucs.org, @climateintegrity.org, Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, and Lekeh Development Foundation. Danger Season & Decades of Deceit: Why We Must Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Thurs 9/25 1-2pm ET

When Big Oil companies claim to support climate solutions, remember: they are lying.

California nonprofits are closer to putting ExxonMobil — the world’s largest producer of polymers used in single-use plastics — on trial for fueling the plastic pollution crisis. A federal court ruled this month that one of their key legal arguments could move forward. 🙌

📖 Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from @cssn.org.

For @thelensnola.bsky.social, @delaneynolan.bsky.social and I dove deep into a CO2 pipeline Exxon wants to build right near communities in St James Parish, La, for carbon capture. A CO2 rupture can be lethal, and federal safety regs have been pulled by Trump thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

A landmark moment in journalism.

Robert Redford didn’t mince words about the fossil fuel industry. 😢

Ten years ago, the world learned that #ExxonKnew as early as the 1970s that its fossil fuel business would fuel a climate crisis — but that they purposefully buried the science to protect their profits.

📰 10 years ago TODAY 📰 @insideclimatenews.org published part 1 of its bombshell "Exxon Knew" investigation. The reporting showed how #ExxonKnew its fossil fuel business could cause "potentially catastrophic events" — but then led efforts to deceive the public and block solutions.

Local governments in Maryland sued Big Oil companies for deceiving the public about climate change — and to make them pay for the associated costs. CCI's @shannonmarcoux.bsky.social explains why the Maryland Supreme Court should give them their day in court to present the evidence to a jury.

Big Oil companies should be held accountable for the tremendous harm they caused to the people of Puerto Rico. This ruling is a setback, but it did not address the merits of the first-of-its-kind racketeering lawsuit that 37 Puerto Rico municipalities brought against major fossil fuel companies.

Why are New Jersey residents paying for climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly fueled? "100-year floods happening every five to ten years...really cause havoc,” explains Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill. “It shouldn’t be up to the average citizen to pay for what they did."

Big Oil's climate deception in four acts, as explained by @whitehouse.senate.gov. 🤥

“This research is an important step towards accountability.”

The science connecting Big Oil companies to lethal climate disasters is getting even stronger. "The research has been hailed as a 'leap forward' in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis."

Dozens of communities across the country believe that they have enough evidence to show that Big Oil broke the law. CCI’s Managing Attorney Corey Riday-White explains why we should all support their right to be heard. 📢

🚨 There's a “brewing effort” to give Big Oil a legal shield against climate lawsuits — and the New York Times reports that it's a priority for the fossil fuel industry in the current Congress. A growing number of voices are calling on Congress to make clear that Big Oil should not be above the law.

Exxon knew their products would fuel a climate crisis but chose to "lie to keep making money." @markruffalo.bsky.social gets it. 👏 "At every turn, it’s been deceit for profit—and that mindset has brought us to this dangerous point."

Big Oil lies — a lot. The industry routinely pushes the narrative that individual consumers are personally responsible for causing (and solving) climate change. In reality, Big Oil consistently blocks energy alternatives and fights regulations in order to keep consumers dependent on fossil fuels.

The New York Times has confirmed that a “brewing effort” is underway to shield fossil fuel companies from climate lawsuits. Congress must oppose these efforts and keep the courthouse doors open for communities seeking accountability. Big Oil should not be above the law.

The New York Times has confirmed that a “brewing effort” is underway to shield fossil fuel companies from climate lawsuits. Congress must oppose these efforts and keep the courthouse doors open for communities seeking accountability. Big Oil should not be above the law.

As climate change pushes summer heat into the school year, many schools are struggling to cope with overheated classrooms and inadequate cooling systems. Oil and gas executives turned up the heat in these classrooms — they need to pay their fair share to keep students safe.

Just before federal troops descended on the capital, House Republicans quietly dropped language in a must-pass spending bill to "stop the District from implementing its own laws" against Big Oil. www.exxonknews.org/p/can-dc-pol...

Big Oil is turning to its political allies in a desperate bid to escape accountability. “It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles. They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.

Big Oil is turning to its political allies in a desperate bid to escape accountability. “It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles. They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.

Discussion around advanced recycling is "driven less by the merits or feasibility" of the technology, and more by Big Oil's need to offer a solution "that doesn’t restrict the exponential growth in plastics production," said CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social during a recent panel w/ @eliorg.bsky.social.

Big Oil is fueling the global plastics waste crisis — and relies on the fraud of plastic recycling to keep doing business as usual. “I don’t think anyone was quite aware of the level of fraud the industry was perpetrating on the public,” explained CCI's Richard Wiles. Check out the full story: 👇

Dozens of state and local governments across the country are suing Big Oil for lying about the safety of their products. These polluting corporations are now asking our elected officials to shield them from accountability. No industry — especially Big Oil — should be above the law!

Spoiler: It's Big Oil.

Sounds about right. 😓

Misti Leon lost her mom, Juliana, to climate-driven extreme heat in 2021. “Unfortunately, I was affected in a very deep way. But I'm not the only one, and that's what keeps my focus on accountability.” Big Oil knew their products would kill people, but lied to protect their $$$. Accountability now.

Big Oil is setting up some complicated plays to escape accountability, but communities are playing offense. 🏀 CCI’s Managing Attorney Corey Riday-White breaks down where the lawsuits against Big Oil currently stand — and why the industry's defense is starting to fall apart.

“This is information that these companies had and they knew, and they had an opportunity to share and to potentially mitigate, and because of the choices that they made of not being open and honest about it, there's been deaths, and that includes my mom." time.com/7312123/big-...

Plastic is in our brains, and recycling won't fix that. “Where the industry is most vulnerable is on the human exposure to microplastics,” said CCI's Richard Wiles. They’re going to have to try to say that daily microplastics exposure is fine, and "I just don’t think they can win that argument."

As climate change pushes summer heat into the school year, many schools are facing massive costs to install, upgrade, operate, and maintain HVAC systems. Big Oil knew extreme heat was coming, but lied to protect their profits — they need to pay their fair share to keep students safe.

Summer is awesome, and we won’t let Big Oil steal it from us.

THIS is why communities across the country are suing Big Oil. We can't afford more billion-dollar disasters. Big Oil has known for decades that burning fossil fuels could lead to "catastrophic" climate change — but instead of warning us, they lied to delay climate action and protect their $$.

"All this heat doesn’t just melt glaciers in faraway places. It has a direct human toll: Heat-related deaths in the United States have doubled in recent decades," writes @jeffgoodell.bsky.social. Big Oil is causing and accelerating climate conditions that kill people, and must be held accountable.

Big Oil is fueling the climate crisis and we're paying the price. Before insurers raise rates, they should stand up for their policyholders and fight to recover damages from the fossil fuel corporations whose climate pollution, obstruction, and disinformation are driving up costs for Californians.

What are you ordering? 🥹 ☕️

We’re drowning in plastics, and Big Oil is to blame. CCI’s Richard Wiles sat down with @cnbc.com to explain how the plastics industry “sold” us the myth of plastic recycling to address growing calls for regulation — and ultimately, protect their social license to make even more plastic. 😭