Have you sent emails to our Senators yet, urging them oppose any legislation that would grant immunity to the fossil fuel industry? No? Do it now!! 👉 bit.ly/NoImmunityOR

"Right now, climate work is hard – and scary. What helps is joy-forward, relational organizing. Fighting well-funded systems of harm is rarely fun, but it’s more bearable when you’re not doing it alone." Read more from Energize Bend Coalition Coordinator Brennan Breen in this guest piece 👇

We're excited about this!

We're delivering affordability and resilience one step at a time.

1/ Trump’s illegal war with Iran has already taken a devastating human toll. It could also mean higher energy bills worldwide, while fossil fuel companies, traders and investors get rich. Read our deep dive 🧵👇:

"New housing in Oregon must be built with energy-efficient heat pumps instead of ducted air conditioning following an update to the state’s residential energy code." www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/heat-pu... via Ryan Kushner 🔌💡

“By making billion-dollar companies pay their fair share, we can increase resilience, develop comprehensive energy efficiency programs, support local businesses, create good clean energy jobs, and more.” – Aya Cockram, Breach Oregon Energy Transition Organizer #ECEF @eugenecleanenergy.bsky.social

A California agency received 20k AI-generated comments opposing heat pump rules. Staff called a sample to verify—several said they never sent comments. Raises serious questions about the opposition campaign that helped kill the clean air standards, that would've prevented 1000s of premature deaths.

A climate lawsuit is heading to the Supreme Court, meanwhile Big Oil is lobbying Congress for TOTAL LEGAL IMMUNITY from ALL climate law + lawsuits. Oregon leaders must stand up for our right to hold polluters accountable for climate chaos. TAKE ACTION NOW against Immunity for Big Oil👇

🚨 Big Oil is lobbying Congress for total legal immunity from any climate laws or lawsuits. In Oregon, federal immunity for Big Oil would stop critical accountability efforts like MultCo v. Exxon + the Climate Superfund in their tracks. Urge Oregon's members of Congress to say #NoImmunity! 👇

On a day when the Trump EPA abandons science completely and denies the suffering of Americans from wildfire, floods, extreme freezes, and water shortages, driven by climate change, I'm proud to be an Oregonian. #ORleg

"We cannot take lightly the federal government's expansive repression and persecution of anti-ICE and anti-fascist activism." - @nlg.org's Director of Defense Xavier T. de Janon Read Protect the Protest coalition member National Lawyers Guild's full statement on the PtP website 👇 #ProtectTheProtest

Another win for pro-Palestinian protesters to add to the list! www.wosu.org/politics-gov...

U.S. electric and gas utilities requested nearly $31 billion in rate increases last year, more than double what they asked for the year before: heatmap.news/sparks/power...

🚨 UO just increased campus fossil fuel emissions by 65% — despite climate commitments at the state, city, and university level. We’re calling on the University of Oregon to stop the boiler pilot program and electrify now. 👉 Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/uo-j...

¡Inscripción ampliada! Únete al Instituto de Liderazgo en Energía Limpia antes del 2 de febrero. 👉 bit.ly/RegisterCELI

Registration Extended! Apply by February 2nd. Don't miss this opportunity to apply to join the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. 👉 bit.ly/RegisterCELI

As a coalition, Protect the Protest demands systems that prioritize life over punishment, compassion over cruelty, and justice over silence. An attack on one of us is an attack on us all. We won’t let state violence paralyze us or this movement. We rise and we are stronger together.

🚨 Big Oil wants to take away your right to sue fossil fuel companies for the harm they cause. No matter your politics, we should all agree that no industry should be above the law. Say it with us: 📣 NO IMMUNITY FOR BIG OIL 📣

📣 ¡Buscamos líderes para la justicia climática! 📣 El Instituto de Liderazgo en Energía Limpia (CELI) ofrece una serie de seis talleres gratis para desarrollar habilidades de liderazgo y defensa, centradas en una transición justa hacia la energía limpia. 👉 bit.ly/RegisterCELI

📣Seeking frontline climate justice leaders! 📣 The Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) is a six part free workshop series that will develop leadership and advocacy skills focused on a Just Transition to clean energy. 👉 bit.ly/RegisterCELI

We'll be there!! Please join us to learn how you can help hold Big Oil accountable.

And as we know, nothing bad ever happens when private equity is involved

Yesterday, Breach joined joined community members, health professionals, educators, and environmental advocates to urge city leaders to dramatically strengthen safeguards around the massive fuel storage complex that is the CEI Hub. www.breachcollective.org/highlights/p... #Portland

A generous Breach supporter has stepped up with an exciting challenge: they will match our $15,000 fundraising goal if we meet it before the end of the year. Give now so that we can turn $15K into $30K for climate and worker justice! 👉 www.breachcollective.org/donate 💰✊🌎❤️

A generous Breach supporter has stepped up with an exciting challenge: they will match our $15,000 fundraising goal if we meet it before the end of the year. Give now so that we can turn $15K into $30K for climate and worker justice! 👉 www.breachcollective.org/donate 💰✊🌎❤️

It's not impossible – we're halfway there! Help us close that gap and support our work to: 1️⃣ hold fossil fuel companies accountable 2️⃣ organize workers to push for a just transition 3️⃣ advocate for common sense climate policies Help us make the impossible inevitable: www.breachcollective.org/donate

NW Natural partners Modern Hydrogen have laid off almost all employees, and Tyson closed factory where NW natural made “renewable natural gas.” Oregon’s largest gas utility facing headwinds in decarbonizing energy supply since collaborators falter: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/11/n...

It's not impossible – we're halfway there! Help us close that gap and support our work to: 1️⃣ hold fossil fuel companies accountable 2️⃣ organize workers to push for a just transition 3️⃣ advocate for common sense climate policies Help us make the impossible inevitable: www.breachcollective.org/donate

🚨NEW investigation from @theguardian.com finds that the billionaire CEOs of liquified gas company Venture Global bought millions of company shares just days after a meeting with White House officials, who then issued a key permit to expand the company’s fortunes in Europe. bit.ly/4iIMu0S

By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit www.theguardian.com/business/202...

When we formed Breach in 2020, we had a vision many called too idealistic. Thankfully we didn't listen. Our scheming, dreaming + hard work paid off. We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you. Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨

Did you know that US courts have been ruling in favor of activists for Palestinian liberation? These cases 👇🧵 show how the courts have pushed back against the strategic use of lawsuits to punish dissent, reaffirming the core protections of protest and free speech.

With Donald Trump in office, 2025 was supposed to be the year the fossil fuel industry got everything it wanted. But with your help, Breach didn't back down. See our top 2025 climate wins 👇🧵 Full overview: www.breachcollective.org/highlights/the-climate-wins-you-helped-make-happen-this-year

On the Roadless Rule: “The historical evidence is clear: roads did not and do not prevent wildfires, they actually facilitate them.” 🔥 FUSEE in the News 🔥 Building more roads in national forests won’t prevent wildfires by Tim Ingalsbee Read the article 👇 columbiainsight.org/building-mor...

It's that special day when every nonprofit on Earth asks you for money! Here's our shameless contribution to the chaos. Make a #GivingTuesday gift to Breach Collective. Your support powers grassroots organizing, legal advocacy + community-led victories for justice. www.breachcollective.org/donate

In Baltimore... "Paying to modernize the system's gas pipes is the single most expensive line item on Stinnie’s bill, dwarfing the actual cost of gas and larger than either electric infrastructure or electric usage." www.cnn.com/interactive/...

The CEI Hub, a six mile stretch of fuel storage tanks between the Willamette River and Forest Park stores 90% of Oregon's liquid fuels. Everyone who works in or near this geography is at risk of the impacts of a world-historic industrial disaster. We, as workers, can prevent this future.

It's the book list you've been waiting for! 😋📚 Check out our staff + board picks 👇🧵 and if you're buying any books, use this link bookshop.org/shop/breach so that Breach can get 10% of sales! Find all the titles below here: bookshop.org/lists/breach-staff-board-s-favorite-reads-of-2025 #buybooks

Join Communication Workers of America Local 7901 for a rank-and-file worker information session and comment writing workshop about the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub Policy Project and the Economic Opportunities Analysis. More information and RSVP here: tinyurl.com/a9r9xyx6

As a society, we're in what feels like an impossible moment. Breach is no stranger to these. 🧵👇

When we formed Breach in 2020, we had a vision many called too idealistic. Thankfully we didn't listen. Our scheming, dreaming + hard work paid off. We win with workers, we win with our communities, we win with you. Help us raise $15k to keep doing the impossible: www.breachcollective.org/donate ✨

  "When we center people from all kinds of backgrounds + cultural heritage, we have to be open to the idea that telling a story is just as valid as creating a policy with like four bullet points + outcomes + a direct line strategy." Hear more from @rahabs-sisters.bsky.social's Desiree Eden 👇

Last week, there were two major turns in the fight against Zenith Energy. Scroll for highlights, and read the full update here 👇 #StopZenithOil

Energy justice advocates in Oregon are asking for a ban on utility shutoffs until April 1, 2026, one of the longest durations of policy protections i have seen so far. This is terrific, and we need many many more states to follow suit. The ban would be universal, for all customers.