Big Oil has run the most consequential and harmful climate deception campaign in history, delaying the inevitable transition to cleaner, safer energy by a matter of decades. The public is now paying the price for that deception, and deserves accountability.

“Big Oil is ruining our summer. Extreme heat will make the Fourth of July miserable for hundreds of millions of Americans. This historic heat wave didn’t just happen—it’s the result of climate pollution and climate deception by Big Oil," says @aaronregunberg.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social

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"On this heating planet, climate disasters cause an average of $150 billion in damage every year. Who is going to pay for all that?" asks @robverchick.bsky.social. Big Oil should pay. That's who.

If you're concerned about AI's water usage, just wait until you hear how its reliance on natural gas is "driving a massive surge" in planet-warming methane emissions. Big Oil corporations must be held accountable for the harms they're knowingly fueling.

This is the future Big Oil built for us. Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would drive increasingly severe and frequent heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires, but lied to protect their own profits at the expense of public health and safety. The public deserves accountability.

Attribution science is making it harder for Big Oil companies to deny responsibility for the climate crisis, and they know it. It's no mistake that Big Oil's political allies are now targeting the very research "that can be used to hold polluters accountable," says Dr. Carly Phillips of @ucs.org.

What do Governors JB Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, and Tim Walz have in common? 🤔 They’re all urging Congress to defend states’ rights and reject Big Oil’s bid for sweeping legal immunity.

Big Oil lied for decades about its role in the climate crisis. Local officials and 21 state attorneys general including @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov are now calling on Congress to protect our "right to utilize state laws to hold wrongdoers accountable." 👏

The climate crisis is disrupting every part of our lives. Now is not the time to stay quiet. It's time for accountability. "Climate hushers ignore that this is a fight in which there are real and dangerous villains. Our climate peril didn’t just 'happen.' It was done—through fraud and corruption."

Whether it's Big Pesticide or Big Oil, everyday Americans deserve the ability to hold powerful industries accountable when they lie—especially when those lies cause harm.

NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas. One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

135k+ signatures delivered. 🙌 Yesterday @govjayinslee.bsky.social and representatives from the nationwide "No Immunity for Big Oil" campaign delivered over 135k signatures to congressional leaders urging them to reject proposals to put Big Oil above the law. Thank you for making your voice heard!

A coalition of 10 U.S. governors is urging Congress to reject federal legislation that would put Big Oil above law. 👏 “These proposals would trample on the rights of states and citizens and attempt to hand wealthy fossil fuel corporations a legal shield against accountability,” the governors wrote.

Big Oil knew. Big Oil lied. Now Big Oil wants immunity. Ten governors and more than 135,000 Americans have a message for Congress: Absolutely not. Read the letter: https://bit.ly/4aBXPNt

No industry should receive a blanket exemption from accountability under the law. I'm urging Congress to reject Big Oil's immunity proposal and stand with states, taxpayers, and the rule of law — not special protections for powerful corporations.

This isn’t just a climate fight. It's a fight over whether our legal system exists to protect ordinary people—or to shield the most powerful corporations in the history of the world. If Big Oil is following the law, what does it have to fear in court? subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Governors across the country are calling on Congress to oppose legal immunity for Big Oil. 👏 @govpritzker.illinois.gov is joined by @governorwalz.mn.gov, @governor.ca.gov, @governor.ny.gov and others in opposing recently proposed legislation that would shield Big Oil from climate accountability.

At the Colorado Supreme Court, we stood up for Boulder's right to sue oil and gas companies for the harms of climate change. As the case moves to the U.S. Supreme Court, we will be leading the multistate amicus brief to defend their right to sue. coag.gov/app/uploads/...

It’s officially heatwave season. As temperatures climb to dangerous heights, remember that Big Oil companies have known for DECADES that their products would fuel extreme heat and other “potentially catastrophic events,” including rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and major crop failures. 😡

NEW: States say NO IMMUNITY FOR BIG OIL 👏 The governors of IL, CA, CT, ME, MA, MN, NY, OR and WA are urging Congress to defend states' rights and reject Big Oil's immunity proposal. “No industry should receive a blanket exemption from accountability under the law," said @govpritzker.illinois.gov.

Big Oil is leveraging the rapid growth of AI to further expand fossil fuel production and infrastructure. Meanwhile, everyday Americans are paying more and more to adapt to and recover from the worsening climate damages that Big Oil knowingly caused. Accountability now!

Hey BP, whatever happened to "Beyond Petroleum?" Yet another reminder that when Big Oil companies say they're committed partners in the clean energy transition, don't believe them. 😑

I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change is driving up homeowners’ insurance costs.

Microplastic pollution could be influencing "when and where rain or snow forms." 😑 “Microplastics are often thought of as a passive pollution,” said lead author Carrie Carpenter. “But our research shows they can actually change how natural processes in the atmosphere work.”

Members of Congress are speaking out against a bill to put Big Oil above the law. "This isn’t complicated: if your company caused the damage, you should pay for it," said @repdangoldman.bsky.social. "GOP wants to protect corporate profits. I’m fighting to protect NY taxpayers." 👏

Just as the world was starting to take climate change seriously, Exxon took notice—and launched the biggest climate deception campaign the world has ever seen. 🫨 #ExxonKnew

Nearly five years ago, the Pacific Northwest endured a deadly heat dome that scientists say would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change. As dangerous heat returns, Multnomah County's fight to hold Big Oil accountable is as urgent as ever.

Big Oil’s allies in Congress are trying to pass an "immunity waiver" bill to hand polluters a get-out-of-jail-free card. While communities face rising costs from extreme weather, Big Oil wants to be above the law. Tell Congress to vote NO! act.ccanactionfund.org/page/97263/p... #climatejustice

Thank you Senator @markey.senate.gov for condemning efforts to put Big Oil above the law. 👏👏 “No one is above the law. Not Trump, not Big Oil, not me, not you. This bill should be dead on arrival.”

Big Oil gets hundreds of billions per year in "pollute-for-free subsidies," says @whitehouse.senate.gov. Now the fossil fuel industry is asking for an even bigger handout: "to operate outside the civil law, free of consequences."

Insurers are taking record losses from worsening climate disasters. Why are they helping Big Oil escape accountability for fueling them? It's "a perplexing choice — until you think about why Big Insurance and Big Oil might be on the same team," writes @markgongloff.bsky.social. Accountability now!

Insurers are some of the world’s biggest complainers about climate damages. So why are they defending Big Oil from accountability for those same climate damages? Follow the money Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

El Niño is here. Big Oil saw it coming decades ago. Exxon, Shell, and other fossil fuel companies knew as early as the 1960s that their products would fuel "catastrophic" climate effects, but lied. Now millions of people are bracing for climate impacts "never seen in modern history before."

Former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond was "a true villain," writes @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social. "It was Raymond who turned ExxonMobil into one of the world’s most important funders of falsehood and denial about fundamental climate science research." #ExxonKnew

Lee Raymond was "known for being an outspoken skeptic of global warming," but "searches of Exxon Mobil's archives showed company leaders knew of the risks and downplayed them." #ExxonKnew

Big Oil's front groups and allies are attacking climate science that could help hold fossil fuel companies accountable. “The goal is to keep attribution science out of court. We see a pattern of that. And what is the ultimate reason for that? To shield the fossil fuel companies from liability.”

Big Oil's political allies are attempting to discredit the dozens of climate lawsuits facing the industry. "If judges are led to believe that the cases are somehow too political, or that climate science is sketchy," they'll be less likely to rule against Big Oil, said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.

🚨Fossil fuel-backed groups are trying to influence judges who could preside over climate lawsuits against Big Oil. As a fracking executive, Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke to private audiences of judges at least 3 times at events whose sponsors have funding ties to Exxon, Koch, and Leonard Leo.

Big Oil should not be above the law. "Granting immunity to oil and gas companies is immoral and would further harm people across the country who are already burdened by surging electricity bills, higher property insurance, and unaffordable health care costs," said @repbonamici.bsky.social.

“The American people deserve a Department of Justice that fights for us, and it’s a tremendous shame that Trump’s DOJ would rather sell us out to Big Oil," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us

Giant hailstones are on the rise, and Big Oil is to blame. A new study finds that "global hail damage potential could rise by 36.5% to 42.1%" by the end of the century. 😑 Big Oil has known for decades that its products would fuel worsening climate disasters, but lied. It's time for accountability.

DOJ just sued Hawaii & Michigan to block climate lawsuits against oil companies. Exxon knew for decades. Now the feds are running interference for them. This is what captured government looks like. @climateintegrity.org #ClimateJustice #BigOil jimhightower.substack.com/p/shouldnt-p...

The Trump administration is suing Minnesota in an attempt to block the state's case against Big Oil from moving toward trial. Their legal arguments are "vague,” “unripe,” and “flimsy,” and should be dismissed, argues Minnesota's @ag.state.mn.us. Minnesota deserves its day in court. ✊

Big Oil is stealing our summers. More deadly heat, storms, droughts, and fires "are exactly the kind of catastrophes that Big Oil companies predicted their fossil fuel products would cause—at the same time that they were orchestrating fraudulent campaigns of climate denial to block solutions."

Big Oil is buying up podcast ad space to greenwash its image, following Big Tobacco's playbook. “Just as Big Tobacco spent decades muddying the science about the harms of their products, fossil‑fuel interests now push the line that they’re part of the solution.” via @desmog.com buff.ly/kfbqH1u

They say that time spent fishing is time well spent. We’re pretty sure that billionaire Big Oil investor Paul Singer, who flew out his friend Justice Samuel Alito to go fishing in Alaska, would agree with that. 🙄

Ever wonder where we'd be today if Big Oil hadn't spent decades misleading the public about the "globally catastrophic" climate effects of burning fossil fuels? 😑

This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s arguments to escape trial in one of the dozens of state and local lawsuits seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate deception. Here's what you need to know 👇