I am SO late to this but this @emdashsanders.bsky.social piece (edited by @emorwee.bsky.social) is great: a deep dive into Exxon's use of dodgy CCS promises to justify fossil gas fuelled power stations to run data centres A set of keywords that makes me click so hard my mouse shatters into pieces 💥

Some of my stories this year included: - how the gas industry pushed state bills to redefine gas as “clean” energy - how the DOE partnered with plastics lobbyists - how Exxon is building CO2 pipelines through communities after Trump withdrew safety regs More: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...

legitimately love this guy.

Big Oil is selling the promise of “low-carbon data centers” using carbon capture, reports @emdashsanders.bsky.social. But these plans could "easily transform into a sprawling build-out of high-polluting methane gas infrastructure" with lasting impacts to "the climate and communities nearby."

NEW: I spoke with half a dozen migrants who said ICE misled them with promises of a $1,000 "exit bonus" that never came. The company handling the payments? Linked to a former State Dept official. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Matt Yglesias gets a guest essay in The NY Times to push oil industry propaganda. And he is no different from the likes of Stephen Miller in his approach to the facts. But let's start with his big idea! "Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."

Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly. Critics say that's a dangerous fiction. Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one! www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...

Man this is such a good read. The entire purpose of power sector CCS is to sort of hover tantalisingly on the horizon but never actually materialise. From my personal collection of planned projects (this isn't even 'projections' or scenarios - the future lines were all real projects!)

FYI because there will be false claims: Carbon capture has never been used successfully at a commercial gas-fired power plant in the U.S., and no existing carbon capture facility has ever consistently achieved a 90 percent capture rate. heated.world/p/exxons-new...

This from a huge story about the buildout of methane gas plants to fuel data centers for the AI bubble written by @emdashsanders.bsky.social and edited by @emorwee.bsky.social. Today's must-read! open.substack.com/pub/heated/p... 2/2

Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly. Critics say that's a dangerous fiction. Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one! www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...

NEW: 4 months have passed since a Louisiana oil facility burst apart, spewing black sludge across homes, farms, and waterways as far as 50 miles away. Yet the black goo still clings to walls, roofs, and soil of more than half of the majority-Black town’s properties capitalbnews.org/roseland-lou...

NEW: After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers. By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

U.S. oil giant Texaco spent decades polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, three arbitrators have ordered that $220 million in compensation be paid—by the Ecuadorian government to the company. insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...

At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing. And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy. Read more at @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...

My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me

Exxon is asking the Supreme Court to toss climate deception lawsuits, which could hold oil companies liable for billions in climate damages. According to Exxon's lawyer, the cases are a "problem" and killing them is a "big priority." My latest with @desmog.com www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-nex...

News outlets often claim there are strict barriers between their editorial & advertising teams. But "that proverbial wall is much more porous than outlets let on," says Michelle Amazeen. @emdashsanders.bsky.social interviewed @commscholar.bsky.social about her book "Content Confusion":

🛢️ Fossil fuel companies are disguising ads as news articles, eroding trust in journalism and fuelling climate disinformation. Exxonknews exposes how native advertising helps Big Oil muddy the facts and damage media credibility.

Honored to see my book, Content Confusion, recognized by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for shedding light on how native ads blur the line between ads and journalism, especially in fossil fuel coverage. Grateful to contribute to this vital conversation on corporate influence and media integrity. 🙏

An important new book from @commscholar.bsky.social looks at native advertising, a practice allowing fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads as journalism in mainstream outlets. It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...

After Exxon sued over California's climate disclosure law claiming it violates their "free speech" and the Chamber/Gibson Dunn taking the fight to the Supreme Court, a judge has suspended the rule www.eenews.net/articles/9th...

You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.

Not surprised to see Gibson Dunn jumping on this case -- championing "corporate free speech" is kinda their thing. www.exxonknews.org/p/the-law-fi... of course they want to get this issue in front of the Supreme Court (credit to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for warning us all on that one)

yyyikes reminder: the Trump tax credits applauded here made it more profitable to capture carbon to... drill for more oil. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-new... guess that type of thing is fine if you see oil companies as partners in solving climate change 🫣

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling www.theguardian.com/environment/...

was in Spain when Mamdani was elected and -- can confirm this was largely the sentiment! many many congratulations upon hearing I was from NY www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com. It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South. www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...

A North Dakota judge just reduced the $666 million in damages a jury demanded Greenpeace pay Energy Transfer to $345 million. Somehow there's still not a final judgement tho, 7 months after the trial wrapped up. northdakotamonitor.com/2025/10/29/j...

Exxon is using the First Amendment to shield itself from scrutiny and regulation, experts say. The oil giant & others have also claimed that lawsuits across the country accusing them of misleading the public about climate change violate their free speech rights. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-uses...

always read @alleenbrown.bsky.social!

Exxon is using the First Amendment to shield itself from scrutiny and regulation, experts say. The oil giant & others have also claimed that lawsuits across the country accusing them of misleading the public about climate change violate their free speech rights. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-uses...

its wild how many media outlets take oodles of oil and gas money. like, immoral and craven sums

NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition. It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims. www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

BREAKING: New climate case has been initiated against Shell, aiming to hold the oil major liable for damages associated with super typhoon Odette, which ravaged the Philippines in 2021 #climatelitigation #Philippines #climateaccountability www.oneearthnow.org/p/philippine...

TOTAL knew, and now a french court says they broke the law. www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition. It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims. www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

Latest from the dumpster fire that is the USA ... Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Apparently rolling back pollution rules is essential government work. “One regulation nearing completion would loosen power plant limits on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin that impairs brain development,” per two anonymous EPA officials

It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread. As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT archive.ph/grTVe

"Fossil fuel companies are the biggest cause of the climate crisis, and their political power is the biggest barrier to solving it,” Oil Change Int'l's research director Kelly Trout told @emdashsanders.bsky.social. bit.ly/3L8Zzna

Waiting for oil and gas majors to lead the "pivot" to clean energy? Don't hold your breath. New @nature.com study shows that fossil fuel companies have only accounted for marginal share of renewable energy generation, decades after promising to lead. 1/ www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

"They’re mining a lot more now, the coal trucks and everything are running, but there’s no benefits for the coal miners coming in." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

a blatant violation of our most basic first amendment rights

Exist in public? They can arrest you. Sitting quietly in your home. They can arrest you, and take all your stuff

A new study in @nature.com shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity — despite claiming for years to be leading the energy transition. one law prof said it "could influence a jury" in climate lawsuits www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

White House offers white glove, concierge service to fossil fuel companies. Meanwhile, wind and solar aren’t even allowed to check into the Motel 6. Great scoop from @jakespring.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...