The second largest oil refinery in California is currently on fire. Nearly 15,000 people live on the urban refinery's fence-line.

Two sad news about EVs today: 1. The federal tax credit for EVs expires. 2. The federal code that allows states to exempt EVs from HOV lane occupancy requirements also expires.

Ridiculous! Banning words won’t change reality US EnergyDept adds “climate change” “green” “decarbonization” to list of forbidden terms Censorship can't erase facts: the #ClimateCrisis is real, it’s human-made & deadly Silencing science=endangering lives subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos. It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry. heated.world/p/fossil-fue...

Today a new global coalition of organizations including Solutions for Our Climate, @mightyearth.org, @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social, @publiccitizen.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org & @steelwatch.bsky.social launched a campaign calling on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

Los Angeles County primed for the biggest increased in climate-fueled wildfire smoke deaths, new study finds: www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

SEC allows Exxon plan to limit shareholder activism on.ft.com/4n4ck0z

🚨 ONLINE EVENT Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social 📅 16 Oct 6PM BST 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

"Of the extreme heat events the researchers focused on, as many as a quarter of them would have been “virtually impossible” without the climate pollution from any of the 14 biggest “carbon majors”' www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/c...

The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025, a report released Tuesday finds, sending an additional $4 billion out the door each year for fossil fuels over the next decade. And guess what, taxpayers are going to pay for it.

Efficiently using already mined minerals is key to reducing the need for new mines and impacts on frontline communities. A new study finds that the US could meet much of its demand for #criticalminerals used in renewables, electronics and defense by recovering materials discarded in mining waste.

Millions of Britons face higher risk of heart failure due to dirty air, study suggests

Environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

😡 😡 😡 😡 House Votes to Advance a Mining Road Through the Alaskan Wilderness www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

📣 New report by the #UN SR on #ClimateChange that deals with the importance of a #HumanRights approach to a just energy transition, focusing on renewables and transitional minerals, is out 👇 www.ohchr.org/en/documents... 📅 Stay tuned for the debate in the UN GA on October 17‼️

NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...

Antarctica is in extreme peril. "Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds. grist.org/climate/anta... #Antarctica #Climate #Heat #Sea #Ocean #Ice

On Obi Island in Indonesia, residents in Kawasi Village, the ancestral land of the Tobelo Galela Indigenous People, are calling for action from Harita Nickel. 🔗➡️ bit.ly/kawasirights

One of Los Angeles’ most polluted stretches of land will soon be cleared for new development, and a full accounting of the ground’s degradation will be left largely to an oil company. In some areas, the contaminated underground layer is 16+ feet thick. capitalandmain.com/theres-a-lak...

A recent study has found “forever chemicals” contamination in 98% of the waterways it tested in the United States. The findings come at a time when representatives are gathered for the United Nations plastics treaty negotiations to hammer out a plan to address the growing plastic crisis.

A shocking press conference in Anchorage ending the summit. No agreement on peace or #Ukraine. The war will go on. But we learned that Trump and Putin are best buddies and their economic and trade relationship will go on. Overall a big day for Putin. And a terrible one for peace and democracy.

Climate change reshapes reproductive health — from conception to birth. Now, in a new collab with our friends at @grist.org, new data show how heat, poor air and floods are rewriting the earliest stages of life. @zteirstein.bsky.social at @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4578...

LIVE: #INC52 #PlasticsTreaty plenary is happening now in Geneva. The new text from INC Chair @LuisVayasEc (released only 1 hour ago) does not mention "life cycle" or "chemicals" at all. It is a betrayal of the original mandate. #BreakFreeFromPlastic unep.org/inc-plastic-... (1/🧵

The world's highest court declared greenhouse gas emissions a human rights violation. A week later, the EPA said it plans to rescind the government's legal assertion that GHGs endanger the public. America's most catastrophic form of exceptionalism. A gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Extreme heat stresses the human body. From headaches and thirst to reduced concentration, the physical and cognitive symptoms can cause frustration, irritability — and aggression. That leads to a rise in reports of violence, including domestic violence. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer. The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher. grist.org/health/calif... #CA #California #Wildfire #Fires #Smoke #Climate #LA #LosAngeles

⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded #PlasticsTreaty talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator. #KickPollutersOut #INC5-2 👉 Read more: bit.ly/41wUn1L

Without binding limits on plastic production, the #PlasticsTreaty will fail to actually address the plastics crisis, including significant greenhouse gas emissions and threats to the health of communities around the world. The plastic crisis is global, but so is the opportunity to solve it.

Just another day watching the gutting of US academic institutions. "The decision adds pressure to a university already facing financial strains. Looming state budget cuts prompted a UC system-wide hiring freeze & broader cost-cutting, with officials warning of potentially deeper shortfalls ahead."

‘Climateflation’ could push up UK food prices by more than a third by 2050, report says

Two top Indonesian environmental experts, Bambang Hero Saharjo and Basuki Wasis, are being sued by palm oil firm PT Kalimantan Lestari Mandiri for their court testimony that helped convict the company for massive fires in Borneo.

Committee to Project Journalists: “Israel is starving Gazan journalists into silence. Our response to their courageous 650 plus-days of war reporting cannot simply be to let them starve to death.”

Following the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, CRI’s Advocacy Director, @lotteleicht.bsky.social, weighs in on what it means for global accountability and justice.🌍⚖️ Official ICJ press release here: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

ICJ delivered a roadmap for #ClimateJustice: - rejecting claims by big GHG polluters that they can wreak climate havoc w impunity - spelling out obligations to prevent, halt & repair harms to the climate system & protect rights Where there's a right, there's a remedy www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

2 years ago, a massive wildfire destroyed half of Sakitawak, a proposed Indigenous protected area near the Métis community of Île-à-la-Crosse, Sask. Once again, wildfires are threatening the community— and nearly all of Sakitawak has burned. New from @michellecyca.com: apple.news/ATmQiiAw9QnC...

My latest report for @climaterights.bsky.social is live: “My Body Is Burning” exposes how extreme heat and labor rights abuses endanger workers – including those in global supply chains – across Dhaka, Bangladesh. Huge thanks to all who shared their stories. cri.org/reports/my-b...

Indonesia’s nickel strategy offers key lessons for African nations like Zimbabwe.

📢 New Report: “My Body Is Burning”: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Labor Rights in Bangladesh CRI's latest investigation documents the human cost of extreme heat among urban workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where rising temperatures are intersecting with labor rights abuses. cri.org/bangladesh-e...

In the developing world, plastics are frequently burned in the open in landfills or in communities with no access to waste disposal services. This practice is a growing public health concern, say experts, as are reports of marginalized communities resorting to burning plastics as a fuel source.

'How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts' - @susanannsamuel.bsky.social Great timeline on the “quartet” of advisory opinions from 4 judicial bodies 👉 theconversation.com/how-young-pe...

Dulu bergantung pada laut, kini kehidupan masyarakat pesisir Weda Tengah, Halmahera Tengah, berubah sejak hilirisasi nikel masuk. Teluk Weda telah dipenuhi pabrik pengolahan nikel, PLTU batubara, dan fasilitas industri. mongabay.co.id/2025/07/18/na...

Seriously this is the most useful single table I’ve seen for summarizing what just happened to US clean energy tax credits. It is a beast. heatmap.news/politics/obb...

Great piece by @hertsgaard on climate coverage. It's been driving me nuts how little the press are connecting the dots. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Death threats and falsehoods among online abuse reported by land and climate defenders Survey across six continents uncovers accounts of abuse causing defenders to fear for their safety Important and deeply disturbing Global Witness report 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Are new green technologies truly made in sustainable ways? In this powerful piece, Mira Mookerjee speaks to Indigenous leaders, researchers, and campaigners on the true cost of lithium-ion batteries. You don’t want to miss this one ⬇️ 🔽 buff.ly/wxJbTZt

Huge: An internal Interior Department memo that I’ve reviewed shows the agency may soon subject *any* activities related to wind and solar to heightened levels of political review. It threatens to delay renewables projects across the country, including those not on federal lands. #greensky

Over the past few years, our PlastChem team has worked tirelessly to map the chemical complexity of #plastics. Today, we publish the findings in @nature.com. We hope this evidence propels the development of safer plastics to protect human health and environment. 1/4 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⚠️CIEL joins key health and environmental NGOs calling on the European Commission @ec.europa.eu to withdraw the Chemicals deregulation Omnibus package. 🧪 This deregulation drive puts profits above people, weakening safety rules on hazardous mixtures, cosmetic ingredients & product transparency.

“To date, the record indicates that deep-sea mining is a risky and unprofitable investment. [It] is a multibillion-dollar solution to problems that do not exist.” --Justin Alger www.sciencenews.org/article/deep...

"There is no future for humanity without a plan to phase out fossil fuels.” The UN Human Rights Council failed to confront the primary driver of the climate crisis by refusing to accept proposed language calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels from a resolution on human rights and climate change.