How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray

A Texas shrimper just made ExxonMobil pause a $10 billion plastics project. My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies. @breakfreefromplastic.org @goldmanprize.bsky.social

These aren’t isolated NIMBY fights but a regional reckoning with a century of extraction. As heat and storms worsen, #Exxon still calls its #oil and petrochemical expansion “accelerating a just transition” —a claim verging on self-parody. share.google/9rj2v2CyzIQK... via @shilpichhotray.bsky.social

Palestinian seed saver and conservationist Vivien Sansour explains why environmental annihilation is a weapon of war — and why climate movements must speak clearly about genocide. Hear the latest episode of A People's Climate for @thenation.com.

Tennessee Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is taking on unchecked corporate power grabs: from Big Oil to Big Tech. In S. Memphis, Musk’s xAI data centers are polluting the air, guzzling water, and undermining hard-won environmental protections. Hear our timely conversation for @thenation.com

This is cool: @shilpichhotray.bsky.social interviews @justinjpearson.bsky.social for her podcast "A People's Climate" talking about his work defending Memphis communities from oil companies and Elon Musk. Happy to have connected them. Check it out! @thenation.com @counterstream.bsky.social 1/

Leah Penniman from Soil Fire Farm breaks down how land justice and reparations can drive policy, people power, and a movement to dismantle Big Ag. 🌾 We also trace the legacy of stolen land, wealth disparities, and the fight to build Black land commons on A People’s Climate for @thenation.com.

Solving the climate crisis takes innovation and connection. 🌱 Hear Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman on A People’s Climate with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social exploring #food justice, land, and liberation. By @counterstream.bsky.social 🎧 lnkd.in/esiN-9mC #Land #Soil #Farming #Farms

‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos. Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell. My latest for @thenation.com.

The Klamath River runs through the heart of Yurok life. For decades, the community fought to free it — and in 2024, they won. I spoke with Yurok Tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about what it means to restore a river, a people, and a way of life in my latest conversation for @thenation.com.

In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, I chat with Nick Tilsen of @ndncollective.bsky.social about Indigenous sovereignty, #LandBack, & the power of collective organizing. Nick's fight is deeply connected to the struggle for Palestinian freedom: rooted in resistance to occupation & erasure.

ICE criminalizes survival. In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors unpacks the science behind movements — and why the fight for abolition is inseparable from the fight for a livable planet. narrativeedit.substack.com/p/patrisse-c...

Today, we’re revisiting a powerful story from Peace & Riot with @raniabatrice.bsky.social that explores the intersections of climate justice and Palestinian liberation. Read the story here: tinyurl.com/palestine-cl...

Patrisse Cullors, artist, abolitionist, and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter talks about the science behind movements and what it takes to build solidarity across climate and racial justice in my latest conversation for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/podcast/envi...

We’re listening to “A People’s Climate” by our friends @counterstream.bsky.social which just launched last weekend👏 The show exposes the omissions in climate coverage while amplifying the voices of the people most harmed by ecological violence when we talk about climate change. Listen ⤵️

The first episode of A People’s Climate for @thenation.com is here 🎙️ Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper took on the sixth largest chemical company in the world and won. But her story goes far deeper: decades of organizing for prison reform, anti-war, and the fight for human dignity.

The climate crisis isn’t just about carbon. It’s about democracy, power, and whose lives are treated as expendable Read my op ed: The Climate Crisis Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them. And learn more in A People’s Climate, @counterstream.bsky.social's new podcast with @thenation.com🎙️

Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/

@abc7news.bsky.social asked about climate blind spots. @shilpichhotray.bsky.social said the ‘A People’s Climate’ podcast “isn’t climate talk as usual”—it highlights environmental justice, inequities in climate systems, and links to racial justice solutions. slingshot.twdc.com/getfile.php?...

Joined Kari Hall on @nbcbayarea.com to talk about our new podcast "A People’s Climate" 🎙️ launching with @thenation.com. First episode drops Sept 27 🔥 Learn more: www.counterstream.org/apc-podcast

Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.

The International Court of Justice can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide? prismreports.org/2025/08/14/i... Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to connect these fights, and for their fearless coverage of Gaza.

🏭 In Louisiana, telling the truth about air pollution could cost you $1 million. @descendantsproject.bsky.social

Our team is thrilled to be shortlisted for the International Women’s Podcast Awards in the category for “changing the world one moment at a time!” Take a peek and listen our episode titled “Protest” with @candicefortin.bsky.social of @350.org hosted and created by yours truly. ✨🎙️

Western legacy outlets have downplayed 18 months of genocide, softened the language of ethnic cleansing, and censored those reporting the truth. This isn’t just media bias. It’s narrative control.

Cop City opened. But the resistance is far from over. From Atlanta to Palestine, the logic is the same: surveillance, force, and control. @stopcopcity.bsky.social @prismreports.org