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big oil needs to pay for the damage they caused.
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Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela is all about one thing: oil.
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Itâs always about the oil.
The invasion of Venezuela is not about democracy, national security, or an unavoidable threat.
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2026: The time for us to
#MakePollutersPay
a top priority for lawmakers EVERYWHERE and pass climate superfund bills across the United States. Weâre coming together on January 26 for a national Week of Action to push for climate superfund legislation and other Big Oil accountability efforts.
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Make Polluters Pay National Week of Action
YouTube video by Make Polluters Pay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtpAIeKGtQg
22 days ago
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Our
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balloon goes global đBelĂŠm, Brazil
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about 2 months ago
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The storms, the fires, the floods, and the heat are pounding an electric grid that was mostly built half a century ago, and the costs of patching it back together are being quietly folded into our monthly bills.
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Make Polluters Pay for the Poles and Wires
This piece originally appeared as an op-ed in Common Dreams and has been lightly adapted for Fossil Free Memo.
https://fossilfreememo.substack.com/p/make-polluters-pay-for-the-poles
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Stand.earth
2 months ago
đŁ SAY IT LOUD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK đŁ "Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was âcaused by the climate crisis,â and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." đ Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
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Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
https://truthout.org/video/hurricanes-should-be-named-after-fossil-fuel-executives-climate-activist-says/
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California students see Climate Superfund legislation as one fix to climate change â and walked out of school to fight for the policy.
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Big Oil should help foot the bill for lost school time, students say
Worried about the impact of climate change, students are rallying around âclimate superfundâ legislation that would put oil companies on the hook for disrupted learning and damage to school buildings.
https://hechingerreport.org/students-want-to-send-bill-for-lost-school-time-to-big-oil/
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Nick Young
2 months ago
Who should pay for the damage done by climate change? The big polluters causing it should pay.
#MakePollutersPay
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The fastest way to lower costs isnât to slow down the energy transition, itâs to speed it up.
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Make Polluters Pay for the Poles and Wires | Common Dreams
âThe companies that made billions selling the fuels that destabilized the climate can afford to help fix the grid thatâs collapsing under it.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/polluters-pay-grid-repairs
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SEIU Local 509
3 months ago
Team 509 joined the
#MakePollutersPay
campaign this week to demand urgent climate action across the state! Learn more about the campaign here:
www.polluterspayma.org
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2 months ago
Students at McClatchy High School and Granite Bay High School joined young people and allies across California in a
#YouthWalkout
to demand that our state leaders pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act (AB 1243 / SB 684).
#YouthWalkout2025
#MakePollutersPay
#PollutersPaySuperfund
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Most people already feel the ramifications of climate change...
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Stats we'll keep repeating: ¡ Our economy has suffered $6.6 trillion in economic damages from climate-related disasters in the past 12 years ¡ That's a costlier event than the Great Depression ¡ Workers lost more than $1 trillion in wages because of wildfire smoke alone between 2020 and 2024
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Ignoring a $7 Trillion Financial Disaster Wonât Make It Go Away
Climate change is already twice as painful economically as the Great Depression, and itâs only going to worsen.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-30/ignoring-a-7-trillion-financial-disaster-won-t-make-it-go-away?sref=ZtdQlmKR
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WildEarth Guardians
3 months ago
đHelp us DEFLATE ExxonMobilâs Balloon Fiesta takeover and hold oil and gas companies accountable for cleaning up their toxic waste. đ˘ Tell New Mexicoâs Water Quality Control Commission to keep toxic oil and gas waste out of our rivers, farms, and food. #MakePollutersPay
https://loom.ly/sqSa2CM
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Keep Oil and Gas Waste Out of New Mexicoâs Rivers and Farms
Oil and gas companies generate more than 100 billion gallons of toxic oil and gas waste in New Mexico every year â laced with chemicals, PFAS, and radioactive material. New Mexico's Water Quality Control Commission must reject industry pressure and keep this waste far away from New Mexicoâs farms and waterways. Add your name today to protect clean water and hold polluters accountable.
https://action.wildearthguardians.org/page/89190/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=social-media
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More than 100 House Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to BLOCK climate lawsuits that demand compensation from Exxon Mobil and other fossil fuel behemoths. Seems like our work threatens their industry. Let's keep going.
#MakePollutersPay
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House Republicans urge Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits
Lawmakers said the cases threaten to âbankruptâ the energy industry.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/house-republicans-urge-supreme-court-to-kill-climate-lawsuits/
3 months ago
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Dana Drugmand
3 months ago
"Weâre pretty sick and tired of people making bajillions of dollars & then we have to clean up their messes. Thatâs what this bill does" - state Rep Tricia Farley-Bouvier
@350ma.bsky.social
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@hvatoday.bsky.social
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Climate activists and community leaders call on Massachusetts to pass Make Polluters Pay bill - The Berkshire Edge
Speakers at the event highlighted some of the localized impacts of a changing climateâfrom wildfire smoke to flooding in the Housatonic River Valleyâand explained why they are supportive of the legisl...
https://theberkshireedge.com/climate-activists-and-community-leaders-call-on-massachusetts-to-pass-make-polluters-pay-bill/
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From the outside, Climate Week can look like a wall of acronyms, closed-door panels, and LinkedIn declarations of progress. Instead of another roundup of lofty announcements, weâre dropping the quotes we overheard, scribbled down, or couldnât stop thinking about.
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Overheard at Climate Week
While you climate gossiped, we listened
https://fossilfreememo.substack.com/p/overheard-at-climate-week
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âBillionaires caused the climate chaos, spearheaded the rise of authoritarianism and they continue to profit from our suffering,â
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organizer said. âBut they forgot one thing: there are more of us than there are of them.â
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Climate activists gather in New York for âSun Dayâ solar energy and anti-billionaire rallies
Sun Day national action supported renewable energy, day after âMake Billionaires Payâ march ahead of Climate Week
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/22/sun-day-climate-new-york
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Nick Young
4 months ago
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time Time to
#MakePollutersPay
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#ClimateLitigation
#ClimateCrisis
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Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/link-oil-giants-heatwaves-research-legal-liability?CMP=share_btn_url
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âWe can finally put a name and a number on whoâs responsible for these disasters. The bill is coming due, and itâs time these polluters pay for the damage theyâve done."
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Common Dreams
4 months ago
"We're talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered, all because of decisions made in corporate boardrooms," one campaigner said after a new study tied fossil fuel giants' pollution to deadly heatwaves.
www.commondreams.org/news/heatwav...
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'Time to Make Polluters Pay': Study Ties Fossil Fuel Pollution Directly to Deadly Heatwaves | Common Dreams
A study establishing how carbon majors "contributed substantially to the occurrence of heatwaves" is fueling fresh calls for fossil fuel giants to pay for the deadly impacts of their products.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/heatwave-deaths
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âWe can now point to specific heatwaves and say, âSaudi Aramco did this. ExxonMobil did this.â When their emissions alone are triggering heatwaves...weâre talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered.â
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Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/link-oil-giants-heatwaves-research-legal-liability
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We're relaunching the National Make Polluters Pay campaign â and we need you with us. đĽ
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Zanagee Artis
4 months ago
Will Republicans give more handouts to Big Oil, or compromise with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown? Hereâs the scoop on whatâs coming up in DC energy and environmental policy:
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Clean Creatives
5 months ago
đ˘ Agencies like Unearth have the opportunity to do the right thing by saying no to big polluters and supporting
@polluterspay.bsky.social
, instead. đ Read the full story by
@globalwitness.org
:
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
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Since LA wildfires, Californiaâs fossil fuel industry spending even more on lobbying
Since the LA wildfires, communities are fighting for justice via polluter pays laws. Our research found Big Oil has spent millions lobbying in California to push back
https://globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/since-la-wildfires-californias-fossil-fuel-industry-spending-even-more-on-lobbying/
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We canât let Big Oil escape accountability. Not now. Not ever.
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Trump Shields Big Oil from Climate Lawsuits as Communities Demand Justice
As climate lawsuits reach critical mass and states pass 'Make Polluters Pay' laws, the fossil fuel industry is fighting to evade accountability, just like they did with their climate lies.
https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/trump-shields-big-oil-from-climate
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ICYMI: Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to spread false and misleading information on social media.
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Texas flood misinformation triggered death threats. That was just the beginning.
Experts say conspiracy theories on the Hill Country flood that took out Camp Mystic will compound over time as extreme weather narratives solidify.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/conspiracy-flood-camp-mystic-texas-hill-country-20809054.php
5 months ago
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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
5 months ago
A hot summer day didn't deter 200+ climate activists from taking climate action in Hoboken, New Jersey on Thursday, including a strong Jewish young contingent! âđĽ We're mobilizing to say Pass the Make Polluters Pay Act!
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JoJoFromJerz
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RSVP here!!
@polluterspay.bsky.social
www.climaterevolutionnj.org/climatestrik...
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Trump asked oil execs for $1 billion. He got $445 million. His billion dollar tax breaks gives the oil industry everything it wants.
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Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, Theyâre Getting It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/climate/trumnp-campaign-funding-oil-industry-tax-breaks.html
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Climate Revolution Action Network
5 months ago
This is not radical: If you break, you pay for it. Taxpayers should not be on the hook for the price of climate change; instead,
#makepolluterspay
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/op-e...
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Op-Ed: NJ must follow its neighbor, make polluters pay | NJ Spotlight News
New York passed a Climate Superfund Act to hold corporate polluters accountable for billions in climate damage. New Jersey must do the same.
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/op-ed-nj-urgently-needs-a-climate-superfund-act-like-new-york/
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Sun Day
5 months ago
đŁď¸ Last week, UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres delivered a special address that made one thing very clear - clean energy is transforming the world and is unstoppable. đ All we need now, is an unstoppable movement to keep powering us into a solar-powered future. đ§ľ Here's what he had to say:
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We should call it the Big Oil heat dome.
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Extreme heat dome puts 170 million Americans in danger for hot, humid temperatures
Around 170 million Americans from Nebraska to the Northeast are experiencing extremely warm temperatures due to an ongoing heat wave.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/destructive-thunderstorms-hit-midwest-extreme-heat-dome-puts/story?id=124165297
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Peter Gardner
6 months ago
Texas flood protest goes to Washington: âNo more kids lost to climate disastersâ Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: âThey died as a result of choices â terrible and deadly choicesâ
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Texas flood protest goes to Washington: âNo more kids lost to climate disastersâ
Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: âThey died as a result of choices â terrible and deadly choicesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/texas-flood-protest-washington-climate-crisis
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ECIU
6 months ago
Texas flood protest goes to Washington: âNo more kids lost to climate disastersâ Protesters attribute fatalities in Texas not to a natural disaster but a âpreventable and politically charged crisisâ stemming from government defunding of critical agencies.
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Texas flood protest goes to Washington: âNo more kids lost to climate disastersâ
Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: âThey died as a result of choices â terrible and deadly choicesâ
https://buff.ly/UqvzCsh
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"I wonât get flood warnings in time to save my family because our government defunded our National Weather Service and NOAA. This is insanity. This is so dangerous. This is not leadership. Itâs a combination of cowardice and corruption.â
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Texas flood protest goes to Washington: âNo more kids lost to climate disastersâ
Twenty-seven trunks symbolise child flood victims: âThey died as a result of choices â terrible and deadly choicesâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/texas-flood-protest-washington-climate-crisis
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27 children at summer camp died in catastrophic flooding in Texas. This is every parent's nightmare. We won't stand by while our leaders support the fossil fuel industry responsible for climate disasters. RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/texas...
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Stand.earth
7 months ago
According to former federal prosecutor Cindy Cho, when people die in climate-related disasters like extreme heat death,
#BigOil
could be held liable. This is BIG news for the fight to
#MakePollutersPay
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Contributor: When an unnatural heat wave kills, has Big Oil committed murder?
A wrongful-death lawsuit in Seattle may provide a template for homicide charges against the fossil fuel industry.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-11/heatwave-homicide-wrongful-death-big-oil
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Extreme heat is killing Americans. Big Oil knew it would. They should pay for the damage.
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Extreme Heat. Brought to You by Big Oil.
Extreme heat is killing Americans. Big Oil knew it would. They should pay for the damage.
https://fossilfreememo.substack.com/p/extreme-heat-brought-to-you-by-big
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Cathy Cowan Becker
6 months ago
This makes me furious. From
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Thanks to
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for bringing this to light.
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"This was a preventable tragedy. Not because we can control the rain, but because we could have had stronger systems in place...politicians like Ted Cruz & Donald Trump chose to defund those systems. They chose to take money out of public protection and shovel it into the pockets of oil executives."
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The Forecast Was Clear. The Cuts Were Deadly.
At least 95 people are dead after flash floods ripped through Kerr County, Texas over the Fourth of July weekend.
https://fossilfreememo.substack.com/p/the-forecast-was-clear-the-cuts-were
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Instead of tax cuts for billionaires, everyday Texans and working people across the country should have systems in place to help them weather these extreme disasters safely.
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Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/texas-flood-warnings-sirens.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Greenpeace International đ
7 months ago
đ¨BREAKING: 8 out of 10 surveyed around the world think that polluters - not the people - should pay for climate damages. Thatâs an OVERWHELMING majority saying - itâs time to make polluters pay. Sign the Polluters Pay Pact today đ
act-int.greenpeace.org/polluters-pa...
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Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
https://act-int.greenpeace.org/polluters-pay-pact
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âWhen we organize, we can rewrite the rules and build something more fair, more honest and more prepared for the future we deserve" đ
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Youth-led Sunrise Movement to launch campaign to âvillainize big oilâ and force climate action
With climate policies under siege by the Trump, young climate activists are intensifying their campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/sunrise-movement-big-oil-climate-bills
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yessenia funes
7 months ago
my latest for
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is a collaboration with
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's HEATED newsletter â all about the fossil fuel billionaire assholes funding groups on the right pushing anti-trans rhetoric
atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-...
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Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
https://atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-billionaires-are-bankrolling-the-anti-trans-movement/
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Let's go, California đ
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Food & Water Watch
7 months ago
âThe largest emitters of carbon pollution, companies like Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron are raking in record breaking profits, while the average NJ resident is forced to pay for these increasing climate costs which they simply cannot afford.â - Matt Smith, our NJ State Director
#MakePollutersPay
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Environmentalists rally for the Climate Superfund Act | Video | NJ Spotlight News
Matt Smith, state director of the Food & Water Watch, is interviewed about the proposed Climate Superfund Act in New Jersey.
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/environmentalists-rally-for-the-climate-superfund-act/
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Theyâre calling it the "Big Beautiful Bill." Weâre calling it what it really is: the Big Ugly Bill, because itâs one of the most dangerous, climate-wrecking proposals ever to come out of Congress. Stand up for climate & join our movement call on Monday đť
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Stand Up For Climate: Say NO to Dirty Bill
Join us on June 9th, 2025 at 5:00pm PT / 8:00pm ET for a movement wide call to rally against the dirty budget bill in Congress. The budget bill recently passed by House Republicans is the worst atta...
https://actionnetwork.org/events/stand-up-for-climate-say-no-to-dirty-bill/
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Daksh đ
7 months ago
We are coming together on Monday, June 9th with climate leaders like Jay Inslee,
@leahstokes.bsky.social
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@billmckibben.bsky.social
, and others to get fired up to stop the worst environmental bill in US history.đ¨
#EnergySky
cc:
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The Make Polluters Pay campaign is exposing Trumpâs oily inner circle, and calling out the billionaires who want to profit while the planet burns. Learn who they are:
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Exposing President Trump's 'Oily' Billionaire Friends
President Trump is surrounding himself with fracking CEOs, oil magnates, and pipeline moguls whoâve spent millions backing his campaigns. And now theyâre writing the playbook in his second term.
https://makepolluterspay.net/exposing-president-trumps-oily-billionaire-friends/
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Our campaign is gaining steam too đ
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An Effort to Kill Off Lawsuits Against Oil Giants Is Gaining Steam
The Trump administration has declared litigation to hold oil companies responsible for climate change a threat to the American economy and has taken aggressive steps to fight it.
https://nytimes.com/2025/05/14/climate/state-climate-lawsuits.html
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