Members of Congress are crafting legislation to put Big Oil above the law. But "should politicians be allowed to wipe away the rights" of those seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for lying about how fossil fuels would alter earth’s climate? "The answer is, unequivocally, no."

If they want to blow up permitting reform, making this nonsense national would be the way to do it. Rule of Law must fall before Fossil Fuel? What has fossil fuel pollution done to Great Salt Lake, “Greatest Snow On Earth”?

Yet another reminder that when Big Oil companies say they're partners in the fight against climate change, they're lying. 🙄

This is why fossil fuel companies always presented their "targets" linked to the caveat that they can only act as fast as society moves: so that when they successfully lobby for fossil lock-in, they can pretend they're just passively going along with trends www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose...focus on holding Big Oil accountable for knowingly altering Earth's climate to such an extent that “civilization could prove a fragile thing.” 😑

Big Oil companies are lobbying Congress to put them above the law. @govjayinslee.bsky.social joined @waytooearly.bsky.social to sound the alarm on why the public’s ability to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its climate lies must be protected.

Yes!

Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and other Big Soda companies launched the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign just as they were massively scaling up plastic production. Big Soda continues to avoid accountability for the plastic pollution crisis—but now with help from Big Oil, their plastic supplier. 🙄

"It might sound like a stretch to ask oil companies to pay for someone else’s property insurance costs — but insurance experts say it comes from a principle that’s well-established in the law: When you cause harm, you have to pay for the damage." @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/03/24/c...

It's now nearly impossible to hold polluters accountable in Utah after Governor Spencer Cox signed new legislation that gives sweeping legal immunity to corporations that cause climate harms. Utahns deserve better. They deserve accountability.

A divided Maryland Supreme Court ruled against three local climate deception cases. Dissenting justices said the majority relied on a “false premise” put forward by Big Oil. “BP and the other Defendants were not sued because of what they emitted. They were sued over what they concealed.”

Gas lobbyists are using energy shortages from the war on Iran as leverage to attack the EU's methane law. If they succeed in blocking the law, it could unleash a massive expansion of U.S. LNG infrastructure at the cost of residents' health, pocketbooks across continents, and the global climate

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Big Oil companies' arguments for why they shouldn't stand trial for their climate lies. First, the big question: ➡️ Is there any reason to think the justices won’t simply side with Big Oil? @janecoaston.bsky.social and @mikemeno.bsky.social discuss.

Big Oil's climate lies are upending lives, and states are seeking accountability. "We deserve real recovery — and we deserve to be able to return to our home and not be pushed out by the untenable rising costs of insurance," says Rossana Valverde, a survivor of last year's deadly Eaton Fire.

🚨Utah's shameful law is part of a coordinated lobbying effort to strip states and communities of their right to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

The average U.S. home insurance policy rose 12% last year, reaching $2,948 per year. As escalating climate disasters drive up the cost and lower the availability of home insurance, some are forecasting "a broader market failure in disaster-prone states, or even a housing market collapse."

"Any scheme to let Big Oil mega-corporations off the hook would be an insult to the American people" said @whitehouse.senate.gov And as @govjayinslee.bsky.social told me, "it’s an un-American effort to deny Americans the traditional right of access to a jury" insideclimatenews.org/news/1403202...

Big Oil companies really don’t want the evidence of their climate deception to go before a jury. In fact, the industry's "dogged campaign for immunity can seem like an implicit admission of guilt," writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social.

Extreme heat continues to grip the West, and Big Oil is to blame. "The climate crisis, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, has made this kind of heatwave four times more likely to occur over the last decade," according to a new analysis by scientists at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.

A Louisiana lawmaker wants to put Big Oil above the law. "This bill will do more to limit the rights of the people and the state of Louisiana to vigorously protect their interests, as well as public health and property, than to protect industry,” says Jackson Voss of Alliance for Affordable Energy.

Big Soda and Big Oil want us hooked on plastic. Together, they're working in lockstep to stop "any cap on plastics production," and make sure that efforts to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis fail. @joshvoorhees.bsky.social of @fieldnotes.co and @davisallen.bsky.social explain.

Big Oil companies "hire the best PR agencies in the world to try to basically dupe you into believing that they’re socially responsible." How different would the world be today if the fossil fuel industry hadn't deceived the public for decades?

Oh look, a Supreme Court justice enjoying the outdoors with [checks notes] ... a billionaire investor of an oil company that's asking SCOTUS to help it escape a climate deception lawsuit in Colorado. Alito, who owns stock in Big Oil companies facing similar suits, has not recused.

More than half of Americans are currently experiencing extreme weather. Let that sink in. Big Oil's decades-long campaign to deceive the public about the climate impacts of fossil fuels makes the industry uniquely responsible for the increasingly chaotic weather we're facing. Accountability now!

New for @slate.com: our @hannahstoryb.bsky.social writes that Justice Alito's conflicts of interest go deeper than we knew in an upcoming case. Alito recently broke from precedent and failed to recuse when granting oil companies' petition against Boulder in a long-running climate liability suit...

#TheLensNola🔍 Oil giants knew that their practices were devastating coastal land, water, and habitats. That history is worth revisiting now, as the Supreme Court prepares a decision... ✍ By Emily Sanders, Desmog and ExxonKnews Read story: buff.ly/pmE5eNp

As skyrocketing gas prices threaten the global economy, remember that it didn’t have to be this way. As Michigan's lawsuit argues, Big Oil's "conspiracy to delay the transition" to renewable energy has led us to lag behind in "the race to pioneer cheaper and cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels." 😡

Big Oil is no longer trying to convince us they want to preserve a safe & stable climate Now, they're focused on convincing us that the world is only safe & stable if they're in charge That's the thesis of a new @cleancreatives.bsky.social report analyzing 2000 oil ads, exclusively in HEATED today

"Internal company documents show oil giants knew that their practices were devastating coastal land, water, and habitats, and would eventually incur legal action — yet worked to delay cleanup and accountability for as long as possible."

“If you haven’t done anything wrong, you don’t need immunity.” — @climateintegrity.org

New from me and @desmog.com Documents show oil giants knew their practices were wrecking Louisiana's coast nearly a century ago, but continued them and fought regulation and accountability. Now a case in front of the Supreme Court could determine whether they'll have to help repair the damage.

I talked to @janecoaston.bsky.social at @crooked.com about Big Oil's desperate efforts at SCOTUS and in Congress to escape facing trials over their climate deception.

An informed public threatens Big Oil's business model. It's time for these lying, polluting corporations to be held accountable.

Big Oil is lobbying "for legislation that would absolve them of any accountability for their role in endangering people’s health and safety. We rejected these efforts in 2020 and will continue to defeat them if they are proposed in the future," said Rep @raskin.house.gov & House Judiciary Democrats.

"What do oil companies fear even more than cheaper and cleaner competition to their dirty fossil fuel business? A jury of American citizens," writes @govjayinslee.bsky.social.

What do Big Oil companies fear even more than cleaner, cheaper energy competition? “A jury of American citizens," says @govjayinslee.bsky.social.

🚨 Big Oil is lobbying "to rig the system" to escape legal accountability for their climate lies and keep sticking the public with the bill for the damages. @govjayinslee.bsky.social is sounding the alarm. "If the fossil fuel industry is following the law, what does it have to fear in court?"

Trying to use less plastic? Big Oil and the plastics industry are spending billions to make sure everyone else uses more. “I think what stood out most is the deliberateness and intentionality over the years of pushing plastic into our lives,” said @bethgardiner.bsky.social. “It was such a shock."

@chasecain.bsky.social, saying what we're all thinking

Big Oil did imagine this — and the risk to industry profits scared them so badly that they launched a decades-long deception campaign to block the energy transition and keep us hooked on fossil fuels. Imagine how different the world might be without Big Oil's climate lies.

Now feels like a good time to remember that Big Oil is the reason why we're still hooked on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels. The industry's lies have essentially stolen a generation’s worth of time that we could have used to transition to cleaner, safer energy sources. It’s time for accountability.

Colorado courts ruled that Boulder's climate deception lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy should move into discovery and proceed toward trial. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has granted Big Oil's plea to take up the case. Here's what you need to know 👇

Just imagine where we’d be today if it weren’t for Big Oil’s decades-long campaign to deceive the public about the climate harms of its fossil fuel products and delay the transition to cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy sources.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear oil companies’ arguments that they shouldn’t have to stand trial in a climate accountability lawsuit. For years, the Supreme Court rejected Big Oil’s requests to review similar cases... so what’s changed? @emdashsanders.bsky.social explains.

👉79% of homeowners report rising home insurance premiums. 👉66% of voters see a connection between Big Oil, extreme weather, and rising insurance costs. 👉61% of voters support legislation that would empower states to sue Big Oil companies to recover insurance-related costs from climate disasters.

More lawmakers want to shield Big Oil companies from accountability over their role in the climate crisis. 📣 Big Oil should not be above the law! 📣

👉27 Republican AGs pushed to delete the climate chapter in a scientific reference manual for judges. 👉16 Republican AGs urged the DOJ to “recommend legislation” to stop climate lawsuits. What do these Attorneys General have in common? They're all members of RAGA, a group that's funded by Big Oil.

🚨A lawmaker in Louisiana just intro'd a bill that would shield oil companies from climate lawsuits. Similar bills have moved forward in OK and UT. A member of Congress said she's drafting a bill. API said this was a top priority. www.eenews.net/articles/lou... track.govhawk.com/public/bills...

Rhode Islanders have a lot to lose from the rising seas and coastal flooding that come with fossil fuel-driven climate change. HB 7752 would empower insurance companies to take Big Oil companies to court to recover climate change-driven losses, rather than passing those costs on to policyholders. 👏

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Exxon and Suncor’s arguments for why they should not stand trial in one of a growing number of lawsuits that seek to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate lies and make them pay for the resulting damages. Here’s what you need to know. 👇