A violent response to an Oakland protest raises the same legal questions other states are grappling with as Trump’s immigration crackdown intensifies.

My speech for the TIME Earth Award. Sharing in hopes that hearing the way I speak about our climate in rooms of power will encourage you to also speak up. Because the truth is that every one of us has a sphere of influence we should be activating. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yMz...

@fieldnotes.co found that the oil & gas industry is behind a CCS bill currently moving through the state legislature in Ohio. Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social. Check it out!

Tune in tonight at 6pm ET to catch our very own @juliakane.bsky.social talk shop with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social. Be there or be square.

Want to learn more about the oil & gas industry's role in pushing carbon capture and storage (CCS) legislation? I'll be on a panel *tomorrow* with folks from @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social and @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social to discuss! Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west

One week from today!

All-time great story today at @readfrontier. Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

A yearlong investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica reveals that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not mandate that responsible companies clean up the pollution belowground, as state law requires “when feasible.”

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil & gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground & threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water. MUST READ @nickbowlin.bsky.social's dive into one of OK's largest, most powerful industries

"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio. Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west

This rapid response guide for reporting ICE is specific to San Francisco. For the other counties in the bay area, the second post on this thread links to a list of hotlines and resources. To read more: sfilen.org/resources/sf...

Alameda County — if you see ICE activity, report it here. Help keep our friends and neighbors safe! (510) 241-4011 www.acilep.org

MAGA vs. MAHA: Giant soda and snack corporations are working behind the scenes to kill MAHA initiatives using a network of "for-hire pollsters, strategists and political financiers with deep ties to the national Republican party." Check out @joshvoorhees.bsky.social's latest:

MAGA vs. MAHA: Giant soda and snack corporations are working behind the scenes to kill MAHA initiatives using a network of "for-hire pollsters, strategists and political financiers with deep ties to the national Republican party." Check out @joshvoorhees.bsky.social's latest:

MAGA vs MAHA, brought to you by Coke & Pepsi—and a GOP network of paid influencers, shadowy pollsters, and well-connected money men.🥤🥸💰 A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Another test of the seemingly infinite corruptibility of Trump's White House. The US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy pollsters and ‘anti-woke’ influencers

🚨New from me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com → Revealed: The network of GOP hired guns behind Big Soda’s bid to turn MAGA against MAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

The Trump Regime's National Energy Dominance Council provides "concierge, white glove service" for the oil industry, while wind sand solar projects are blocked. And even with the hand holding, the oil ind is hemorrhaging jobs www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

ICYMI yesterday: I wrote about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America – and why democratic citizens have an obligation to hold the line on what we consider beyond the pale. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵

Excellent new piece from @emdashsanders.bsky.social on why the Trump admin is so keen to deny the existence of fossil fuel subsidies, featuring @whitehouse.senate.gov, @doctorvive.bsky.social, and @collinrees.bsky.social. www.exxonknews.org/p/the-fossil...

The top energy official for the U.S. government — which will now provide more than $34 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry — is claiming there are no oil and gas subsidies. DOE officials are banned from using the words "Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies”. www.exxonknews.org/p/the-fossil...

Check out this awesome panel happening at NYC Climate Week, featuring @fieldnotes.co's own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social!

The Trump admin is trying to undermine the EU's methane rules—as well as the U.S. EPA's methane rules. "Mr. Wright said he would be in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the European Union’s requirements that oil and gas companies limit leaks of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases."

"Over 40 months — from May 2021 to September 2024 — oil companies applied for more than 12,000 flaring and venting permits, while the Railroad Commission rejected just 53 of them, a 99.6% approval rate, according to the data." www.propublica.org/article/texa...

ICYMI yesterday, incredible reporting by @insideclimatenews.org and @propublica.org (with data from @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social) on the Texas oil & gas industry’s *massive* emissions from flaring and venting 👇

Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

This is why claims of gas being clean are bs. Drillers get permits to pollute nearly every time they ask. Huge amount of methane and other pollutants. And this is just at upstream drill sites (other pollution comes from many other stages of the supply chain www.propublica.org/article/texa...

NEW: The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

Today, EPA held a hearing on delaying key deadlines for its methane rule. These orgs testified in favor of the delay: American Petroleum Institute American Exploration & Production Council Chamber of Commerce GPA Midstream Interstate Natural Gas Association of America Western Energy Alliance

🚨 from Argus Media: @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social ends its membership with AXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs. This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts. www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

But it's also worth noting that @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social *knew* AXPC was fighting methane regulations long before the Washington Post story came out. The oil giant chose not to leave the lobbying group until after that knowledge became public and a risk to its reputation.

Back in Oct. 2024, @evanhalper.bsky.social and Josh Dawsey reported on the docs, which detailed the AXPC's strategy for a Trump presidency and how the group planned to dismantle the Biden administration's climate rules—particularly on methane. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

ExxonMobil quits US oil lobbying group AXPC, citing the latter's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regulations. But observers are unconvinced www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

The oil & gas industry has a methane problem. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to help hide it. Great piece by @hannahstoryb.bsky.social for @prospect.org:

The oil & gas industry has a methane problem. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to help hide it. Great piece by @hannahstoryb.bsky.social for @prospect.org:

From me in @prospect.org this morning: a look at the ongoing efforts to keep methane pollution visible, as the Trump administration tries to help the industry go dark. The tools to observe methane from space, the sky, and the ground keep improving—as the gap between policy and reality widens.

A fast-moving wildfire broke out Thursday on the northern edge of Calistoga, prompting emergency evacuation orders for parts of rural Napa County as crews race to contain the flames. The Pickett Fire has burned more than 1,000 acres. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...

Big oil corporations want the Trump EPA to keep the veneer of methane regulation while gutting provisions that require real transparency and accountability (like third party reporting on super emitter events and the methane fee). Great reporting by @emdashsanders.bsky.social:

Great rundown of oil industry lobbying and public deception on methane www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

Great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social highlighting the hypocrisy from the oil & gas industry around methane rules. Industry has publicly claimed to support the rules while working behind-the-scenes to weaken measures that would hold them accountable. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

Great piece on the current state of play on methane regulations in US by @emdashsanders.bsky.social. After years of foot dragging and obfuscation, oil corps admitted that regulation is necessary to reduce methane pollution. But with Trump in power, hypocrisy ensues www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

The EPA could repeal methane regs entirely -- but what does the oil industry want? Internal docs & public records show Big Oil's strategy on methane: publicly support regulation while fighting to weaken U.S. rules that could stand in for stricter ones abroad. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...

Congress handed the worst methane polluters in the country a billion-dollar bailout. With the methane waste fee now eliminated, just 10 oil & gas companies will pocket over half of the $1B in lost revenue. The climate cost? The equivalent of 14 coal power plants a year. Read the full breakdown:

An Ohio bill that would establish rules for underground carbon dioxide storage is being shaped behind the scenes by oil and gas companies that stand to benefit from the legislation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/23/i...

“It's further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social @climateintegrity.org New evidence shows DuPont knew 50 years ago recycling "not feasible"

🚨 NEW: In #Ohio, oil & gas lobbyists helped draft a #CarbonCapture bill that could let them bury dangerous CO₂ waste & shift liability to the public. Uncovered records show industry wrote talking points, handpicked sponsors & shut out critics. #CCS www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...

Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees. By @rhersher.bsky.social

A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...