Thank you to NY State Senator Brian Kavanagh for inviting me to testify about the importance of making Big Oil pay their fair share of a crisis they knowingly perpetuated.

California’s “insurer of last resort” is proposing a 36% rate hike after catastrophic wildfires caused billions in losses. Big Oil is fueling this crisis. It's time for policymakers to protect Californians by making these companies "pay for the damage they’ve caused," says CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.

At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability. Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵

Do you think the fossil fuel industry should be above the law? For months now, we’ve heard rumblings of Big Oil companies lobbying Congress for a get-out-of-jail free card. But in the last few weeks, their allies have started to say the quiet part out loud. CCI's @iylas.bsky.social explains.

My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.

...it is actually the party’s centrist establishment, not its progressive wing, that’s most likely to violate the maxim of “Vote Blue No Matter Who.”

Me saying words about holding Big Oil accountable 👇 😘😘😘

With regard to Big Oil's efforts to downplay the dangers posed by a climate change: “My reaction was shock and disbelief,” she said. “It actually felt more personal. Like a punch to the gut.”

NEW: Big Oil and the plastics industry market “advanced recycling” as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. But their claims are undermined by their own words and experts. Our new report shows how "advanced recycling" is a deceptive industry ploy to keep producing more plastic.

Big Oil --> climate crisis --> insurance crisis once again... Big Oil pays nothing

Here it comes. Not so thinly veiled efforts to grant legal protections for oil companies who KNEW (since the 1960s) and LIED (for decades) about their role in perpetuating the climate crisis. All while communities suffer the catastrophic consequences these companies knew would occur. Sickening.

No immunity for Big Oil! Not today. Not ever.

New poll from us & @dataforprogress.org: By a 2:1 margin, California voters support a proposal from @scottwiener.bsky.social that would empower insurers and individuals to recover losses directly from the Big Oil companies fueling climate disasters. More: climateintegrity.org/news/view/as...

Under a California bill that @scottwiener.bsky.social introduced last week, insurance companies would have a clear path to take Big Oil to court to recover losses — instead of raising rates on policyholders. More ▶️ sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/la-turn... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m introducing legislation (SB 222) to ensure oil companies pay for the climate-fueled disasters that are burning & flooding California. Californians are bearing these costs with explosive insurance premium increases that make CA less affordable. That has to change.🧵

Brilliant words from @cadavejones.bsky.social today