Where do we go from here? Some experts warn the Post WWII international legal system now faces total collapse... And the move by Trump to exploit Venezuelan oil & abandon the UNFCCC & other global conventions comes at a time of accelerating climate breakdown www.oneearthnow.org/p/the-unrave...

While Trump kept the American people in the dark on his plans for Venezuela, Big Oil got a heads up “before and after” the attack. The public deserves to know if they’re footing the bill while oil companies reap profits. Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips must answer.

"All they care about is enriching themselves," says energy expert Daniel Kammen. "This is a group of Neanderthals in power." "These people should all be prosecuted someday" he added. "I'm not joking. These people should be prosecuted." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It is also an internationally wrongful act, as suggested by the world's highest court, the ICJ, in its climate change advisory opinion Yet another way the Trump regime is violating international law

The youth who won a historic climate lawsuit against their state gov are challenging new laws they say violate their right to a healthy environment... But the MT Supreme Court has rejected the case Youth activists now plan to file w/ the lower court www.climateinthecourts.com/montana-supr...

"There is a way to get out of the plastic pollution crisis" says @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck The key, according to Enck's new book, is to get involved politically and work towards larger systemic change www.sierraclub.org/sierra/call-...

All signs point to Trump’s second term creating a hotter and less affordable future for Americans. Without new offshore turbines going up, millions of households across the Northeast will soon pay more money for dirtier and less reliable electricity. My latest 👇

Chevron CEO last month on Bloomberg TV: "The Venezuelan oil is sought after by US refiners...we're in discussions with the administration to ensure that we stay in compliance, that they understand the value that our presence [in Venezuela] brings to America" www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

What the Trump admin & its fossil fuel industry donors don't want you to know about offshore wind 👇 (h/t to @billmckibben.bsky.social for sharing!)

Trump began this administration with an executive order attacking offshore wind. A federal court held it to be illegal. 🧵

New England's grid operator: "canceling or delaying these projects will increase costs and risks to reliability in our region" Vineyard Wind is already supplying electricity to the region, & Revolution Wind was expected to come online in 2026

"This is a desperate rerun of the Trump admin's failed attempt to kill offshore wind–an effort the courts have already rejected"- @theclf.bsky.social's Kate Sinding Daly Sens. Whitehouse & Heinrich said the move leaves permitting reform talks “dead in the water” www.oneearthnow.org/p/trump-admi...

Trump's DOI has moved to freeze the federal leases for 5 offshore wind projects, "essentially gutting the country’s nascent offshore wind industry" The lease suspension incl. projects that were due to come online in 2026 & one that is already partially operating www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

Trump and Doug Burgum are halting a 2.6 GW wind farm off the coast of Virginia that is already mostly built. It’s the largest project in the US. It was going to provide enough power for 660,000 homes. And it has significant local Republican support.

The court in Zug has ruled that a climate suit brought against Holcim is admissible, meaning it can be examined on the merits. Supporters of the plaintiffs say it is "an important step towards greater climate justice" Holcim says it intends to appeal www.climateinthecourts.com/court-advanc...

One of the few institutional ways still available in the US to push back against fossil fuel expansion: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨New from @fieldnotes.co + @drilledmedia.bsky.social: Energy Transfer has deployed a decade-old astroturf group it secretly funds in a bid to stop @greenpeace.org from suing it in Europe for intimidation: fieldnotes.co/reporting/en...

The central government of Japan faces a landmark lawsuit over its "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, jeopardising the health and livelihoods of approximately 450 plaintiffs

"Climate litigation is proving to be one of the most powerful tools we have to shift the dial in the favor of stronger climate action," says Climate Litigation Network's Sarah Mead New report from CLN looks back on 10 yrs of global #climatelitigation www.climateinthecourts.com/turn-to-the-...

New report from @climateintegrity.org re. climate ads from #BigOil over the last 25 yrs finds they perpetuate a false narrative that the oil industry is a leader in climate action In reality, the industry is expanding production & abandoning green promises insideclimatenews.org/news/1112202...

A year after the MT Supreme Court upheld a landmark trial court ruling recognizing young Montanans right to a stable climate, the youth are turning back to this court seeking to enforce the judgment & quash new laws restricting environmental protections www.climateinthecourts.com/youth-activi...

UPDATE: The lawsuit has now been filed at the Royal Court of Justice in London, following a notice sent to the company in Oct. "The case shows that no corporation operates in a vacuum. They cannot continue to contribute to climate harm with impunity” said PMJC's Aaron Pedrosa #climatelitigation

Youth activists who won a landmark constitutional climate case against their state government are headed back to court Held v. Montana II petition just filed w/ the MT supreme court, seeking to strike down several new state laws that weaken enviro protections www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."​

This week Mongabay speaks with Senator @russfeingold.bsky.social about conservation & the climate As chair of the Campaign for Nature, Feingold emphasizes that nature is essential for a healthy society, despite what figures like Bill Gates have recently argued Hear his good thoughts here:

As I say here, this is not about saving the planet. The planet will be orbiting the sun long after we’re gone. The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.

Trump admin loses once again in court A Massachusetts federal court has struck down Trump's Day 1 executive order halting all leasing & permitting of wind energy projects, finding the order to be arbitrary & capricious, and clearly unlawful

Offshore wind is happening in the U.S., despite the Trump administration’s hostility to it. I saw it up close, & from what I saw, these offshore turbines are co-existing with the marine environment & generating a reliable source of zero-carbon electricity www.oneearthnow.org/p/offshore-w...

"We see a direct correlation between Big Oil’s lies and the alarming increase of homeowners insurance due to the rising threat of natural disasters" said @classactionlaw.bsky.social's Steve Berman insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...

Great question... Helpful overview here of the current energy policy landscape in New England, by E&E News' Ben Storrow www.eenews.net/articles/new...

CT's climate deception case against ExxonMobil, brought under the state's consumer protection law, is moving forward after a state court judge last week denied the company's bid to have it dismissed www.climateinthecourts.com/connecticut-...

Municipal & state governments are already taking oil companies to court over climate deception & consequent damages And now, for the first time, #BigOil is facing a class action suit seeking accountability for the skyrocketing costs in homeowners insurance www.oneearthnow.org/p/the-climat...

I wrote about Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito's massive conflicts of interest re: the climate deception cases that Big Oil is desperately trying to get the Supreme Court to step in and dismiss. newrepublic.com/article/2036...

"The mess of COP highlights once again the importance of both climate litigation & civil disobedience in this moment... If governments are going to continue to dither...the only recourse citizens have left is the courts... & the streets" @amywestervelt.bsky.social 💯 drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...

A roadmap for fossil fuel phaseout failed to make into the #COP30 outcome text, but some countries are taking matters into their own hands Colombia 🇨🇴 will host the first international conference on the just transition away from fossil fuels in April 2026 www.oneearthnow.org/p/its-happen...

The ICJ's opinion suggests the US "is very likely in breach of its international obligations—including under customary international law & human rights law—to prevent significant climate harm" said @sabincenter.bsky.social's Maria Antonia Tigre More here on what the AO means for the US

Offshore wind - despite the severe headwinds from the current US administration - is starting to take shape here. Magnificent to see up close #offshorewind #southforkwindfarm #cleanenergy

TotalEnergies is being put on trial in Belgium over its role in contributing to the climate crisis "It’s time we debated the responsibility of these multinationals for climate change & time they were held accountable" says farmer & plaintiff Hugues Falys www.climateinthecourts.com/belgian-farm...

The US may be absent from #COP30 and exiting the Paris Agreement, but that doesn't mean it's absolved from its legal obligations on climate change - obligations clarified by the ICJ But accountability for the US breaching its legal duties is another question insideclimatenews.org/news/1811202...

“Not one of the US TV networks have sent cameras or reporters to Belem to cover COP30,” notes CCNow’s Mark Herstgaard. “It’s a tragic abdication of our civic responsibility to inform the public and hold power to account.” By @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for @theguardian.com

In July a Federal Court judge in Australia ruled that the government doesn't owe a legal duty of care protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate harm The Uncles who brought the case are now appealing And in Bali, a new climate case is getting underway www.oneearthnow.org/p/we-have-to...

Climate change is the world's most pressing issue because it makes everything else worse. It enables dictators, it drives inflation, it makes survival harder for the poorest people in the world. And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.

Rapid intensification is an increase in a cyclone’s max sustained winds by 35 mph in 24 hrs With Melissa, its wind speeds of 70 mph doubled in just 18 hrs "We are now pushing the limits of extreme rapid intensification" said Bernadette Woods Placky in a webinar hosted by @coveringclimatenow.org

"When a storm can explosively intensify from 70 to 185 mph in less than 3 days over ocean waters that are ~ 1.5°C warmer than normal, we are witnessing the dangerous new reality of our warming world" said Jayaka Campbell of University of the West Indies in Jamaica www.sierraclub.org/sierra/hurri...

Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new. This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The fossil fuel industry & its state sponsors have argued for decades that human development requires fossil fuels. But we know that under the guise of economic growth, they have instead served greed and profits..." said @amnesty.org's Agnès Callamard www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster - “Not one single nation among you can afford this, as climate disasters rip double digits off GDP" says Simon Stiell #COP30 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Exxon lawyer: "We are not going to lose this fight." The US Supreme Court, he said, needs to step in to shut the door on this litigation once and for all #SCOTUS will soon decide whether to take up Exxon's petition in Boulder's climate deception case www.eenews.net/articles/exx...

By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30? www.theguardian.com/environment/...