Catastrophic chemical accidents that kill workers and endanger communities will be the norm if Trump's EPA rolls back critical safety rules. 180M Americans live near one of the country’s 12K facilities likely to produce a worst-case scenario chemical disaster. insideclimatenews.org/news/1404202...

Indonesian government plans to vet human rights defenders, proposing new human rights law whose revisions might undermine protections www.hrw.org/news/2026/05...

Every year now, the pre-monsoon heat (the hottest time of year in South Asia with temperatures well over 40°C) starts earlier & lasts longer - due to human-induced climate change - exposing 1billion people to deadly heat. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

Thomas Edsall asked me how much Trump's fossil fuel handouts, attacks on cheap-clean-power, and reckless wars are costing the American people. So I sat down and did the math. This year alone, it's on pace to be $1508 per household. That's not going to be popular. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...

This is truly outrageous! According to an investigation by @table.media (@caspardohmen.bsky.social & Leonie Düngefeld) mining projects were added more or less randomly to the list of strategic projects after (!) the experts’ assessment. table.media/esg/talk-of-...

According to Jim Worthington of @hrw.org and @kristashennum.bsky.social of @climaterights.bsky.social, these are the top 3 steps automakers must take to respect human rights and source more responsibly. 1/4 Read the whole article at Automotive News: www.autonews.com/opinion/gues...

Twelve years after California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, farmers in the state's most water-stressed areas finally have to reveal how much water they're pumping: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

Nearly two-thirds of all proposed lithium projects in the U.S. are located in vulnerable counties, home to a disproportionate number of people living in poverty and people of color. ~1 in 10 proposed mines sits <10 miles from a tribal reservation, even though reservations comprise 2% of US land.

New guidance from the American Apparel and Footwear Association offers practical steps to prevent and respond to workplace heat risks. While these voluntary standards represent an important step, binding protections will be critical to safeguarding garment workers worldwide. cri.org/extreme-heat...

According to a report by the Environmental Defense Fund, the E.P.A.’s recent policy changes will send some 1.5 billion extra tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by 2030 and some twelve billion extra tons by 2040. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TMnTWh

Sourcing the raw materials needed for a modern-day car is risky. Yet it is possible for automakers to tackle human rights risks in their supply chains. I partnered with Jim Wormington @hrw.org to share steps car companies can take to mitigate abuses, based on work by @climaterights.bsky.social 🧵

DR Congo will invest $100 million to create a paramilitary force to provide security at its mines, with funding provided by the US and United Arab Emirates. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

Join @bradams99.bsky.social and me tomorrow to discuss the impacts of the global mineral race on communities and the climate. 📅 Friday, April 24 ⏰ 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 📍 235 Montgomery St., Suite 1300, San Francisco Register here: luma.com/uxh9kl7o

No reason we should be tolerating this level of sickness and death at a time when clean and cheap alternatives to fossil fuels are readily available.

Wildfires that don't sleep We have the tools to get off this path apnews.com/article/wild...

“In the past, even after flooding, the water would clear up within a day. Now, the floods bring heavy mud. And lately, it’s getting deeper—and redder.” - Asis Bakir, Maba Sangaji community member

What’s the real cost of “green” tech? Join CRI's @kristashennum.bsky.social, Leslie Quintanilla & #SFSU students for an Earth Week panel on critical minerals, extraction & climate justice, moderated by Logan Hennessy. 🗓 April 23 | ⏰ 3–4:45 PM 📍 SF State, Library 121 No registration needed.

“‘I am trying to make you understand how choices made in your offices, thousands of kilometers away, turned into Kalashnikov bullets, into blood,’ the judge said.” A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o...

Authorities in #Mexico should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the killing of Roberto Chávez, an environmental defender in Michoacán state, and bring those responsible to justice: cri.org/mexico-ensur... (1/3)

🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)

Deforestation in Indonesia surged 66% from 2024 to 2025, when more than 433,000 hectares were lost, according to the NGO Auriga Nusantara. The country reached historic low deforestation in 2021, when around 230,000 hectares were cleared. By Hans Nicholas Jong for @mongabay.com:

UCS just released a very nice and concise guide for how to stay safe in the public eye -- for scholars and researchers, but also for anyone else concerned about safety during autocratization: www.ucs.org/sites/de...

Which corporations will have to comply with the CSDDD following Omnibus I? 📢 The updated SOMO CSDDD Datahub is out today and reveals: - the 1,450 corporate groups covered by the CSDDD - the companies meeting the thresholds - their sectors - their HQ countries (1/2)

Fifteen months after the Los Angeles wildfires, rebuilding is lagging behind other disasters. "There’s certainly no chance of them being this outlier of fast recovery. It’s not physically possible at this point." www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

President Prabowo's forest task force has been seizing areas controlled by companies, ordering them to pay fines for illegal business operations. A total of 5.88 million hectares of plantations and 10,257ha of mining concessions have been seized share.google/8cLjbltVWkBv...

Bay Area folks! Join us during SF Climate Week for a conversation about minerals, human rights, and climate justice.

Real resilience isn’t about securing more, but needing less 🔥 As more sectors compete for the same critical minerals, the EU's focus is on securing greater supply. But, what's a better path for the EU? - Reduce demand - use fewer materials - rethink key sectors Read more: bit.ly/3PY7K8l

The Government of #Indonesia must hold the perpetrators and authors of this horrific crime accountable, end its public attacks against human rights and environmental defenders, and halt efforts to adopt legislation that would restrict or criminalize the peaceful activities of independent NGOs.

#Indonesian environmental defender Muhammad Rosidi was attacked with acid in February by unidentified individuals. He believes the attack was linked to his activism against illegal #mining in Bangka Island: www.tempo.co/hukum/aktivi... #Indonesia #HumanRights #Mining

“The New Mexico State Land Office has denied a request by a Texas energy company to build a segment of a 17-mile pipeline to fuel the Project Jupiter data center in Southern New Mexico.” People really don’t like data centers. Especially when powered by fossil fuels.

The biggest risks to your home aren’t always the most obvious – and they’re already showing up in your insurance bill. A scholar of sustainable impacts and environmental law explains that it’s not just wildfires, hurricanes, and tornadoes. #climatechange #environment

In Jan, Black residents in TX reached out to me w/ a new fear: the invasion in Venezuela would lead to an oil disaster in their backyard Their fears became reality. As oil prices spike from the Iran war, this facility refining Venezuela oil exploded capitalbnews.org/port-arthur-...

#SriLanka declared Wednesdays a holiday to conserve #fuel following #oil shortages amid the ongoing war. But this signals a deeper energy crisis of #Fossilfuel dependency & structural inefficiencies in a #climate vulnerable island. Our latest by Sakeena Razick: open.substack.com/pub/climater... #lka

The Indonesia-US trade deal risks weakening Indonesia’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. Agreeing to import $15 billion in fossil fuels from the US may continue to prop up fossil fuel usage in Indonesia at a time where comm's are already experiencing serious climate impacts.

1.3 million Zambians receive HIV treatment and other medical aid from the United States. Threatening these lifesaving programs to pressure Zambia into signing a critical minerals agreement is ethically indefensible. tradejusticeedfund.org/secretary-of...

Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed. Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga

President Prabowo should immediately issue a presidential decree setting up a fact-finding team independent of the Indonesian military to fully investigate the acid attack against a prominent human rights activist who has criticized the military www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

*more than 84 countries combined* www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

CRI's @kristashennum.bsky.social talks with @heidiheidilim.bsky.social about rights abuses in the nickel industry in #Indonesia and the #Philippines, the role of #EV companies, and what we can do to change this! Watch the full talk here! youtu.be/OIpT8cxEBLs?...

$200B, the Pentagon's insane ask for the illegal Iran war, is comparable to all planned spending on energy and climate over *10 years* in Biden's signature bill, which Trumpists almost completely repealed last summer.

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

Transition minerals used in EVs and renewables are often from exploitative mines with human rights abuses, powered by fossil fuels. I talked to @kristashennum.bsky.social from @climaterights.bsky.social on her work in Indonesia and the Philippines and how we can help. youtu.be/OIpT8cxEBLs

Heat exposure is a major cause of workplace illness and death in the #US, but the risks are preventable. The #Trump administration should stand behind a proposed federal rule that could protect workers, and ignore pressure from 16 Republican Senators trying to kill it: cri.org/united-state...

Absolutely shameful. A draft memo from the US State Dept suggests withholding H.I.V. aid to people in Zambia as a negotiating tactic to force the government to sign a deal giving the United States more access to its minerals.

In a massive loss for resistance efforts against offshore oil drilling and supporters of states' rights: Exxon-backed Sable Resumes Pumping and Transporting Oil in California after a 15 year fight to keep these operations shut down. www.independent.com/2026/03/16/s...

Good news! Another west coast #LNG plant cancelled. Because solar is WAY less expensive. "Demand growth for LNG in Asia slowed down dramatically [because #solar] and a long-anticipated global supply surplus appeared imminent [because solar, and wind and heat pumps and . . .]. #bcpoli

The #Indonesian govt should ensure an independent, impartial, transparent, and thorough investigation into the recent acid attack against #HumanRights activist Andrie Yunus and hold the perpetrators accountable: cri.org/indonesia-ar...

The Indonesian government should ensure an independent, impartial, transparent, and thorough investigation into the March 12 acid attack against the prominent human rights activist Andrie Yunus, says @climaterights.bsky.social.

#Indonesia I’m hearing extremely concerning news that Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared & Victims of Violence (KontraS) suffered an acid attack carried out by unidentified individuals, resulting in serious injuries across his body. [1/2]