#bigoil — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bigoil, aggregated by home.social.
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@muellertadzio That is what happens when you invite #bigoil to the world climate summits. Clowns.
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What record-breaking heat, fire mean for California’s wine industry https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/6334/ #BigOil #California #CaliforniaCuisine #CaliforniaDining #CaliforniaFood #CaliforniaRestaurants #CaliforniaWine #ClimateCrisis #ClimateProgress #critic #ElectricBill #environmentalist #gas #GavinNewsom #lawmaker #month #OilDrilling #OilIndustryWhispering #RooftopSolarIndustry #StateOfficial
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What record-breaking heat, fire mean for California’s wine industry https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/6334/ #BigOil #California #CaliforniaCuisine #CaliforniaDining #CaliforniaFood #CaliforniaRestaurants #CaliforniaWine #ClimateCrisis #ClimateProgress #critic #ElectricBill #environmentalist #gas #GavinNewsom #lawmaker #month #OilDrilling #OilIndustryWhispering #RooftopSolarIndustry #StateOfficial
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What record-breaking heat, fire mean for California’s wine industry https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/6334/ #BigOil #California #CaliforniaCuisine #CaliforniaDining #CaliforniaFood #CaliforniaRestaurants #CaliforniaWine #ClimateCrisis #ClimateProgress #critic #ElectricBill #environmentalist #gas #GavinNewsom #lawmaker #month #OilDrilling #OilIndustryWhispering #RooftopSolarIndustry #StateOfficial
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What record-breaking heat, fire mean for California’s wine industry https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/6334/ #BigOil #California #CaliforniaCuisine #CaliforniaDining #CaliforniaFood #CaliforniaRestaurants #CaliforniaWine #ClimateCrisis #ClimateProgress #critic #ElectricBill #environmentalist #gas #GavinNewsom #lawmaker #month #OilDrilling #OilIndustryWhispering #RooftopSolarIndustry #StateOfficial
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Political donations and lobbying are the poison in the well of democracy.
Money matters more than votes. The electorate can see this clearly.
#Burnham ‘s refusal to do anything about it will cost him dear at the ballot box because every decision he subsequently takes we know is influenced by who has paid the piper. He will play their tunes.
It’s already clear the #techbros and #bigoil are in his ear over #AI and #NorthSea drilling.
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Archived link (does not have all the photos):
#MainePol #USPol #ResistanceIsFertile #BigOilKnew #ClimateCrisis
#MaineEvents #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #Polluters #MakePollutersPay #CorporatePolluters #WaterIsLife #BigOil -
There was some coverage of the #PortlandME No Immunity for #BigOil rally today. Hubby is sending me a gift article link later tonight, but here's a photo from today's march... You can see my sign in the far left corner.
#MainePol #USPol #ResistanceIsFertile #BigOilKnew #ClimateCrisis
#MaineEvents #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #Polluters #MakePollutersPay #CorporatePolluters #WaterIsLife -
The #PortlandME No Immunity for #BigOil rally was small, but powerful! We chanted and marched from #UselessSusanCollins office to #AngusKing 's office to #ChelliePingree 's office. Only Chellie committed to making Big Oil pay. I did NOT volunteer to go into Susan Collins' office, as I'm still on her shit-list. Met some good folks from #ThirdAct and #NRCM . It seems I was the only #MaineDSA member there, but that's okay -- a rally should have at least one card-carrying #Socialist! My hand-painted signs were a big hit. Someone asked if I hand painted #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet one. "Yup! No AI involved!" to which everyone laughed. I'm glad I went. I've been burnt out from protesting, so it was good to get my activist batteries recharged hanging out with good people!
#MainePol #USPol #ResistanceIsFertile #BigOilKnew #ClimateCrisis
#MaineEvents #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #Polluters #MakePollutersPay #CorporatePolluters #WaterIsLife -
I found about this rally from the #MaineDSA mailing list! #DSA and #EnvironmentalGroups working together!!!
#PortlandME and #LewistonME - August 27, 2026
No Immunity for #BigOil Rallies!
"While making record profits, Big Oil and their allies in Congress are trying to get off the hook from paying for damages caused by their pollution by passing sweeping immunity legislation to protect their #corporate interests. Let's be clear: if you make a mess, you clean it up. #Maine taxpayers have been stuck paying for climate damages with no support from the corporations that caused the problem, and that isn't right.
"Join NRCM and our coalition partners on Thursday, August 27th in Portland and/or Lewiston to tell Maine's Congressional delegation to oppose Immunity for Big Oil and Make Polluters Pay for the damages they've caused in Maine.
Portland
When: 12 PM
Where: Lobsterman Park, 1 Temple Street
What: Rally followed by a march to deliver letters to the offices of Sen. Collins, Sen. King, and Rep. Pingree. Bring your signs, your voice, and your energy!
Lewiston
When: 4 PM
Where: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street, Lewiston
What: Rally followed by a march to deliver letters to Sen. Collins and Rep. Golden. Bring your signs, your voice, and your energy! "Coalition: #MaineDSA #NRCM #ThirdActMaine #MainePeoplesAlliance #MaineConservationVoters #UnionOfConcernedScientists #MCAN #ClimateDefenders #MaineYouthForClimateJustice #SierraClubMaine
#MainePol #USPol #ResistanceIsFertile #BigOilKnew #ClimateCrisis #MaineDSA #MaineEvents #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #Oligarchy #Polluters #CorporatePolluters
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Peer-Reviewed Study Exposes How #BigTech and #BigOil Work ‘Hand-in-Glove’ to Profit Off #AI
“New research confirms: AI, on sum, is a loser for #GlobalClimate.”
by Jessica Corbett
Aug 11, 2026Excerpt: "Welcoming the study, Clara Vondrich, senior policy counsel for the Climate Program at the watchdog group #PubliCitizen, said that 'this research exposes #BigTech as a lead accomplice to the #FossilFuel industry in ways we never imagined. It’s bad enough that communities are being hammered by rising energy bills as data centers gobble up insane amounts of fossil fuel power, but now we see that those emissions are just a fraction of the #ClimateHarms Big Tech is responsible for.'
" 'To be clear, oil companies are not simply using publicly available AI tools: Big Tech is entering into bilateral contracts with oil companies, and selling them proprietary tools specifically designed for the purpose of accelerating oil production,' Vondrich stressed. “You can’t make this up: Big Tech companies, self-avowed climate champs for decades, are working hand-in-glove with Big Oil to find, dig, and burn more fossil fuels to make a buck.”
" 'AI’s promise as a tool for advancing solutions to the #ClimateCrisis is fading as a cruel reality takes shape: Big tech companies are selling AI to the fossil fuel industry to accelerate our demise so they can turn a profit,' she added. 'These are the perverse outcomes resulting from our rigged market economy: access to cutting-edge AI goes to the highest bidder and Big Oil has some of the deepest pockets in the world. Meanwhile the externalities—runaway climate change manifesting this summer as historic #HeatDomes and fires—are never counted, except as body counts. Today, Big Tech is Big Oil’s number one accomplice.' "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ai-and-fossil-fuels#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #BigOilKnew #WorldPol #DrillBabyDrill #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporateColonialism
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The report #OilCompanies are worried about: #ClimateAttribution science
New report says our ability to tie weather damages to #ClimateChange is improving.
John Timmer – Jul 17, 2026
Excerpt: "Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there. That added energy increases the odds of extreme events: longer, more intense heat waves and droughts, interspersed with excessive precipitation. But these sorts of events have happened in the past—how can we tell if any given weather disaster has been made more likely by the climate?
"It’s a question with implications for everything from building codes to disaster preparedness. And there’s some good news: According to a report released by the US National Academies of Science on Thursday, the field of climate attribution is growing increasingly mature and can answer some questions for us with far greater confidence than it could just a decade ago. The report also notes that there are still important limits and suggests steps to address them.
"Overall, this makes it clear that climate attribution is normal, mainstream science. And the #FossilFuel industry views that as a problem, as it could make it easier to hold companies liable for damages. This has triggered a backlash that has Republicans in Congress and state governments threatening the National Academies’ funding."
#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #BigOilKnew #Oiligarchy #FossilFools #CimateCrisis #CorporateColonialism #ScienceDeniers #MakePollutersPay
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“It’s hypocritical. These guys have been hyping 90%, 95% capture, and now it’s, ‘well. we really can’t do it that fast, it’s not tested, it’s not certain’.” https://www.theenergymix.com/master-class-in-greenwash-as-ottawa-alberta-oil-sands-alliance-unveil-ccs-deal/
#Greenwashing #tarsands #BigOil #carbonCapture #CorporateCapture #cdnpoli
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https://www.chip.de/news/messen-events/ein-cent-pro-kilowattstunde-catl-praesentiert-unschlagbares-akkuspeicher-system_0f2ddb8a-304e-496a-b100-14afa245e354.html #catl #natrium #sodium #battery that has no problem with sub zero #temperatures #solar #renewables #bigoil does NOT like it :(
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Does clearing forests in places like #Papua #Indonesia, or clearing grasslands in #Cerrado #Brazil actually help create “sustainable” transport fuel? The ecological consequences often outweigh any tailpipe emission savings. For Semafor, I explore the massive risks and hidden costs of #BigOil’s aggressive pivot to #Biofuels.
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2026/why-biofuels-are-back
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They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.
#Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.
by Brandi Morin
Apr 13, 2026Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."
#CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism
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At #Chevron’s Gates, Communities Demand #Justice and a #FossilFree Future
#AntiChevron Day 2026 united communities fighting #extraction, #EnvironmentalRacism, and #corporate impunity across continents
May 21, 2026 | Paul Paz y Miño
"Nearly three decades after communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon first brought global attention to Chevron’s crimes, and 13 years after activists launched the first Anti-Chevron Day in 20 countries, the resistance continues. Chevron remains one of the most polluting companies on Earth – and one of the most determined to avoid accountability for it.
Anti-Chevron Day
"For the 13th year running, Anti-Chevron Day brought frontline leaders from across the globe to the shadow of Chevron’s #RichmondCA refinery, where communities gathered with anger, grief, music, ceremony, and determination to confront one of the world’s most destructive oil companies.
"The gathering came just weeks after the historic First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, #Colombia, where Indigenous leaders and governments demanded an urgent and just transition away from the fossil fuel economy that continues to poison the territories and devastate the health of frontline communities worldwide. In Richmond, that demand felt immediate and deeply personal. It is being shaped by the people most directly harmed by extraction and pollution, and by movements building solidarity across borders.
"Chevron must clean up its '#RainforestChernobyl' in the #EcuadorianAmazon!
"For over three decades, Chevron chose profit over people. While drilling in the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1990, it deliberately dumped more than 16 billion gallons of #ToxicWastewater, spilled roughly 17 million gallons of #CrudeOil, and left #HazardousWaste in hundreds of open pits dug out of the forest floor."
#BigOil #ChevronKnew #OilDrilling #EnvironmentalCatastrophe #OilPollution #AmazonWatch #IndigenousResistance #CleanUpYourMessChevron
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The fix is in - the #BigOil puppets want to release #tarsands tailings into the most important #watershed in #Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-oilsands-tailings-mine-wastewater-consultation-9.7206761
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HT @miki_lou
"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. "
#BigOil #TarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #WaterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #ToxicChemicals
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#GeorgeMonbiot 23. Apr. 2026 Guardian Opinion Climate Crisis
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it
#climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis #billionaires #BigOil #societalCollapse
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#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture #AMOC #Amazon #tippingPoint #billionaires #BigOil #societalCollapse
Paul on an excellent article by #GeorgeMonbiot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-DdaDJmOI0
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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The ultra-rich have already declared war to the planet and everyone on it.
They're laying off hundreds of thousands of employees.
They're increasing their extractive economies until they've stripped the lands and seas of all their resources.
They're investing billions in AI slop.
They're building luxury bunkers and exclusive cities to house and protect them from Global Warming and Climate Change, which they've single-handedly caused.
It's now or never: EAT. THE. RICH.
#Capitalism #EatTheRich #PayTaxes #Consolidation #TrickleDownEconomy #BeTheChange #ResetSociety #Decentralization #BigTech #BigCorpo #BigOil #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #DirtyPoliticians #NoKings #Fascism #Nazi #ArrestTheRich #CrimesAgainstHumanity #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #SaveThePlanet #MotherNature #AI #AISlop #AIAct #BanAI
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"Do you sleep well at night Mrs O'Neill? Now you are driving our climate even further into the ground while booking exceptional results for your shareholders. Have you not seen the images from the earth taken from the Orion spaceship? How precious and vulnerable our little spaceship Earth is? You must be truly ashamed of yourself. "
#bigoil #bp #climate #spaceshipearth
BP’s new boss to overhaul structure after retreat from green strategy
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/bp-trading-oil-prices-iran-war-profit-forecast?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
"Mikisew Cree’s own #health study confirms what the community has always known: the #oilsands are killing them. " https://indigenousinsider.substack.com/p/they-are-dying-and-canada-is-watching?r=9iuka&triedRedirect=true
#BigOil #tarSands #Alberta #IndigenousPeoples #waterisLife #environment #cdnpoli #toxicChemicals
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Walk, bike, hail a ride, share a ride, use Public Transportation, install solar panels on your roof or balcony, investment in an EV if you can or want... Just actively say NO to Big Oil. We absolutely need to phase out fossils if we still want to have a planet.
#BigOil #BanFossils #GreenEnergy #Iran #War #Isreal #US #Corruption #MakePeace #Biking #Walking #EV #PublicTransportation #RideHailing
#SaveThePlanet #ResetSociety
#WindTurbines #SolarPower
#Capitalism #CorporateGreed #EatTheRich #DirtyPoliticians #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #NoKings #Fascism #Nazi #CrimesAgainstHumanity -
Lobbyists Push to Shield Oil Companies from Climate Change Lawsuits
📰 Original title: Contributor: Don't let lobbyists win a liability shield for Big Oil
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/lobbyists-push-to-shield-oil-companies-from-climate-change-lawsuits/?redirpost=4740ba63-2f3b-4070-83c3-9717455ff60d
#climatechange #bigoil #climatelawsuits #corporateaccountability
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Lobbyists Push to Shield Oil Companies from Climate Change Lawsuits
📰 Original title: Contributor: Don't let lobbyists win a liability shield for Big Oil
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/lobbyists-push-to-shield-oil-companies-from-climate-change-lawsuits/?redirpost=4740ba63-2f3b-4070-83c3-9717455ff60d
#climatechange #bigoil #climatelawsuits #corporateaccountability
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“The companies now are at the point where they just want to start dumping the tailings ponds. It’s not OK,” https://cabinradio.ca/277841/news/health/what-are-the-risks-to-the-nwts-water-quality/
#WaterisLife #BigOil #tarsands #abpoli #cdnpoli #NWTpoli #CorporateCapture #RegulatoryCapture #EcosystemDestruction #BorealForest #environment
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"#Canada’s #oil and gas industry is steadily building an #environmental time bomb." https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/30/opinion/oilpatch-liabilities-oil-oilsands-syncrude-wells-cleanup-alberta
#tarsands #BigOil #ClimateCriminals #BorealForest #WaterisLife #toxic #abpoli #cdnpoli #NWTpoli
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"It would take just one spill to destroy our way of life." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/first-nations-water-oilsands-9.7057845
#cdnpoli #BigOil #CorporateCapture #WaterisLife #IndigenousPeoples #Ecosystems #TarSands
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Another Giveaway to #BigOil as #Trump Wrenches Open 13 Million Acres of #Arctic for Drilling
“The Trump administration is trying to take us back in time with its reckless fossil fuels agenda.”
Jake Johnson
Nov 14, 2025#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #ArcticWilderness #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies
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#Trump Ripped Over ‘Reckless’ Plan to Drill for Oil Off #California, #Florida
“#DonaldTrump and #DougBurgum are once again trying to sell out our coastal communities and our public waters in favor of #CorporatePolluters’ bottom line.”
Jessica Corbett
Nov 20, 2025“Despite overwhelming bipartisan opposition, Trump and Burgum are moving forward with their reckless plan to serve their ultimate goal of handing over our public lands and waters to #BigOil CEOs,” Blackford continued. “These lease sales are privatization in everything but name—a ‘keep out’ sign is the same whether an area was sold or leased. The Sierra Club will continue to stand with coastal communities and work to stop this reckless plan dead in the water.”
#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #California #Florida #DrillBabyDrill #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Oiligarchy #BigOil #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist
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#Trump to #BigOil Execs: Give Me $1 Billion and I’ll Help You Wreck the Planet
“You won’t read a more important story today,” said one commentator. “Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion.”
Jake Johnson
May 09, 2024"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a straightforward offer to some of the top fossil fuel executives in the United States during a dinner at his #MarALago club last month, which marked the hottest April on record.
According to new reporting, Trump pledged to swiftly gut climate regulations put in place by the Biden administration if the oil and gas industry raises $1 billion for his 2024 presidential campaign.
The “remarkably blunt and transactional pitch,” reported by The Washington Post, was Trump’s latest explicit statement of his intention to give the fossil fuel industry free rein to wreck the planet if he wins a second term in power. Executives from #Exxon, #Chevron, #OccidentalPetroleum, and other prominent fossil fuel companies reportedly attended the Mar-a-Lago dinner.
Late last year, Trump said he would be a dictator on the first day of his second term, vowing to use his executive authority to “close the border” and “drill, drill, drill” for the fossil fuels that are driving global temperatures to catastrophic extremes and imperiling hopes for a livable future.
The Post reported Thursday that Trump said a $1 billion investment in his run against Democratic President Joe Biden would be a “deal” for Big Oil “because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him.”
“The contrast between the two candidates on climate policy could not be more stark,” the Post noted. “Biden has called #GlobalWarming an ‘existential threat’ and over the last three years, his administration has finalized 100 new #environmental regulations aimed at cutting #AirPollution and #GreenhouseGas emissions, restricting toxic chemicals, and conserving public lands and waters. In comparison, Trump has called #ClimateChange a ‘hoax,’ and his administration weakened or wiped out more than 125 environmental rules and policies over four years.”
Will Bunch, a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote in response to the Post‘s reporting that “you won’t read a more important story today.”
“Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion,” Bunch added. "
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #California #Florida #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Oiligarchy #BigOil #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist
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@charleskeener.bsky.social We’re gonna need a bigger Luigi.
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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"The #grassroots are partners, not enemies….Protect Monterey County first successfully fought for the right of local communities to make decisions about oil production….What began as a Central Coast effort has codified the rights of all Californians to protect the health and welfare of their neighborhoods, and create the climate progress we need.”—California Assemblymember Dawn Addis, reporting on Climate Week NYC. https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic
ICYMI, some history of Protect #Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html. Photo of Dennis Banks on Salinas River Beach, 9 years ago today, 3 October 2016.
#GrassrootsVolunteers #PeoplePower #PowerToThePeople #AIM #Indigenous #NativeAmericans #AmericanIndians #MontereyBay #SalinasRiverBeach #BigOil #WaterPollution #OilProduction #CleanWater #FossilFuels #SalinasValley #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ForTheFuture #ClimateHope -
YIKES! Please read and share this!
via @UnicornRiot
"We’ve been forced to spend around $55,000 to date because of Energy Transfer’s legal campaign against our freedom of the press.
"We’ve only raised back $38,916 of this so far.
"Your donation helps us keep operating despite corporate attempts to silence us"
https://donorbox.org/unicorn-riot-nodapl-legal-defense
#EnergyTransfer #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #MutualAid #LegalDefenseFund #SilencingDissent #Resistance #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #Authoritarianism #EnergyTransfer #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRockSioux #IndigenousResistance #IndigenousAllies #DAPL #NorthDakota #StandWithStandingRock #SLAPPsLawsuits #FossilFuel #BigOilAndGas #Academi #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #PrivateSecurity #BigOil #KelcyWarren #Oiligarchy #WaterProtectors #CorporateFascism #StandingRockReservation
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Laura Solorio is among residents featured in #MontereyCountyWeekly July 3 cover story. "She was president of Protect Monterey County, the group that successfully got Measure Z passed in 2016. The countywide ban on fracking and the expansion of the oil and gas industry was largely unraveled in court, but she persisted…[which led to California] "AB 3233. The bill, signed into law in 2024, gives local city and county governments the ability to ban, limit or regulate oil and gas projects.”
https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover_collections/born-into-a-family-of-activists-laura-solorio-has-been-engaged-since-she-can-remember/article_23be2f3d-5e39-4105-99c6-d568ecfa8b61.htmlhttps://bikemonterey.org/californias-local-environmental-choice-and-safety-act-ab-3233.html
#ClimateAction #LocalAction #LocalControl #PowerToThePeople #OilAndGas #BigOil
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International Survey Shows 81% Back Forcing #BigOil to Pay for #Climate Destruction
"People are no longer buying the lies. They see the fingerprints of #FossilFuel giants all over the #storms, #floods, #droughts, and #wildfires devastating their lives, and they want accountability," said the head of one green group.
by Eloise Goldsmith, Jun 19, 2025
"Large majorities of people around the world support both taxing #oil, #gas, and #coal companies for the #EnvironmentalDamage made worse by fossil fuels and using higher taxes on #polluters to support communities most impacted by the #ClimateCrisis, according to the results of an international survey released Thursday.
"The study, which was jointly commissioned by #Greenpeace International and #Oxfam International, surveyed roughly 1,200 people in each of these 13 countries: #Brazil, #Canada, #France, #Germany, #India, #Italy, #Kenya, #Mexico, #Philippines, #SouthAfrica, #Spain, #UnitedKingdom, and the #UnitedStates. The research was conducted by the data company Dynata, and field work was done between May 9-28, 2025. Greenpeace noted that, taken together, the countries represent close to 50% of the globe's population.
"The results of the survey showed a whopping 81% of those surveyed would support taxes fossil fuel companies to pay for damages wrought by 'fossil-fuel driven climate disasters.'
"These survey results send a clear message: people are no longer buying the lies. They see the fingerprints of fossil fuel giants all over the storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires devastating their lives, and they want accountability," said #MadsChristensen, the executive director of #GreenpeaceInternational.
" 'It's only fair that those who caused the crisis should pay for the damage, not those suffering from it,' he added.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/international-survey-shows-81-back-forcing-big-oil-to-pay-for-climate-destruction#BigOilAndGas #BigCoal #BigOilLied #BigOilKnew #Sunoco #BP #Chevron #Capitalism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #AmericanPetroleumInstitute #ShellOil #ExxonLied #ExtremeWeather #BPLied #ClimateCrisis #TaxThePolluters #CorporateColonialism #OilCompanies #ChevronDoctrine #MakePollutersPay #Pollution #WateIsLife #AirIsLife
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IRREFUTABLE: Our bodies weren't made for this IRREFUTABLE: #BigOil always knew this was coming, spent billions denying/lying about it IRREFUTABLE: #BigOil owes you $$$ for what they did & ARE STILL DOING to your health 1+2=3 #SueBigOil #AQHI #yyc #yeg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Wildfires #smokeyyc #Smoke
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#StandingRock Chair on #Greenpeace Verdict -- False, Self-serving Narrative in Insulting Lawsuit
"If Greenpeace can be held liable for telling the truth about #SiouxNation Treaty rights, then we are all in trouble."
By Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire, via #CensoredNews, March 27, 2025
"As Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, I take offense to the jury verdict in the #EnergyTransfer #SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace. We expect more from #NorthDakota judges and members of the jury from our neighboring communities.
"#EnergyTransfer’s claims in this case were ridiculous. They were wholly disrespectful of the #StandingRockSioux Tribe, our ancestors, and our youth, who started the movement in 2016 to protect our water from an oil spill from #DAPL. Neither Greenpeace nor anyone else paid or persuaded Standing Rock to oppose DAPL.
"Our young people and our elders urged us to protect our water and #UnciMakah (grandmother earth). That is what happened, and is happening still. Energy Transfer’s false and self-serving narrative that Greenpeace manipulated Standing Rock into protesting DAPL is patronizing and disrespectful to our people.
"We understand that many Morton County residents support the #OilIndustry, even out-of-state #pipeline companies such as Energy Transfer. But we are your neighbors, and you should not be fooled that easily. Energy Transfer does not know us. They don’t know who we are – an Indigenous Nation that has survived every attack because our ancestors are with us.
"Greenpeace did not manipulate Standing Rock, but #EnergyTransfer has manipulated #MortonCounty. DAPL crosses our Treaty and aboriginal land for hundreds of miles.
"Our ancestors occupied this land for thousands of years before #NorthDakota came into existence. The land between the Heart and Missouri River are our #unceded Treaty lands under the 1868 and 1851 Fort Laramie Treaties. Our aboriginally-occupied territories extend east to the James River and beyond. That is a historical truth. If Greenpeace can be held liable for telling the truth about Sioux Nation Treaty rights, then we are all in trouble."The construction of Fort Rice on our northern boundary in 1864 was a violation of the Fort Laramie Treaties. This required our Tribe to be vigilant. No one should be surprised that warrior society burials are found in this area, near the pipeline route.
"And do not insult our cultural experts, who have wisdom over matters most residents of Morton County or bureaucrats at the State Historical Society know absolutely nothing about. Energy Transfer and its lawyers should be ashamed of themselves. Everyday North Dakotans on the jury should know better.
"When it comes to the excessive police and private security response to the generally peaceful protests at #CannonBall, believe your eyes. The scenes of guard dogs menacing Tribal members are reminiscent of the violence of #WhiteSupremacists in the #DeepSouth during the 1950’s and 60’s, but it was in North Dakota, in this day and age. It was on the news and on the internet.
"Many of the protesters were Native American veterans of the United States armed forces. Energy Transfer used attack dogs against peaceful protesters and war heroes. But the jury sided with the out-of-state, unlicensed security with the attack dogs, instead of North Dakota veterans who supported Standing Rock.
"A Texas oil company has come to North Dakota, and its lawyers and propaganda machine are weaving stories about how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and our supporters have lied, and how the poor pipeline company, a trillion dollars richer than in 2016 when this all started, should receive extra millions from non-profit organizations. It’s a funny thing about liars – they always accuse everyone else of lying. The Greenpeace trial was marked by secrecy.
"The court is not making the transcript public. The documents obtained by Greenpeace about Energy Transfer’s terrible safety record are protected by a secrecy order and are not available to the public. The judge exhibited so much bias in favor of Energy Transfer that a team of international human rights lawyers felt compelled to monitor the trial. One prominent monitor stated 'In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota.'
"Standing Rock has tried to work for greater transparency on DAPL. It is our experience with the Army Corps of Engineers and Energy Transfer that all documents relating to DAPL pipeline safety are heavily redacted, and kept secret. What are they hiding? Who is looking out for the communities that may be affected by an oil spill? And why didn’t the North Dakota court allow Greenpeace to address these questions at the trial?
"DAPL is a dangerous pipeline. It crosses our unceded Treaty and aboriginal land. Energy Transfer destroyed Tribal burials as identified by our cultural experts, and committed violence against our people. That is the history that North Dakota and Morton County must reckon with. After the Greenpeace verdict, that day seems farther off than ever."Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/standing-rock-chair-on-greenpeace.html
#StandWithStandingRock #SLAPPsLawsuits #SLAPPs #FossilFuel #BigOilAndGas #Academi #EricPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #PrivateSecurity #BigOil #KelcyWarren #Oiligarchy #CorporateColonialism #WaterProtectors #StevenDonziger #EnvironmentalRacism #ReaderSupportedNews #CorporateFascism #SilencingDissent #StandingRockReservation -
Witness: Most tribal nations at #DakotaAccessPipeline #protest ‘didn’t know who #Greenpeace was’
By: Mary Steurer - March 3, 2025
"A #Lakota organizer said in a video deposition played to jurors Monday that the #StandingRockSiouxTribe led the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, not Greenpeace.
"#NickTilsen, an Oglala Sioux Tribe citizen and #activist, called the notion that Greenpeace orchestrated the protests 'paternalistic.'
"'I think that people underestimate the complexity and the sophistication of tribal nations,' Tilsen said.
"Tilsen’s deposition was the latest testimony heard by the nine-person jury in the marathon trial between pipeline developer Energy Transfer and Greenpeace.
"#EnergyTransfer claims Greenpeace secretly aided and abetted destructive and violent behavior by protesters during the #demonstrations, which took place in south central #NorthDakota near the #StandingRockReservation in 2016 and 2017. It also claims that Greenpeace orchestrated a misinformation campaign to defame the company, leading a group of banks to back out of financing the project. Energy Transfer seeks roughly $300 million from the environmental organization."Greenpeace denies Energy Transfer’s allegations. The group says it has never condoned violence, and only played a supporting role during the protests.
"Tilsen said he got involved in the protests before Greenpeace. He was invited to join the cause by former Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault and his sister, Jodi Archambault, he said.
"'They called me and said, ‘Hey, we need your help at Standing Rock,’ Tilsen said.
"Standing Rock has long opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline, stating the project poses a pollution threat, infringes on tribal sovereignty and has disrupted sacred cultural sites.
"It was Standing Rock leadership that laid the groundwork for the protests against the pipeline’s construction in 2016, Tilsen said.
"He said organizers later invited Greenpeace to support the camps, including by providing supplies and nonviolent direct action training. Tilsen said he only felt comfortable reaching out to Greenpeace because a friend of his, Cy Wagoner, worked there.
"He said since Wagoner is from the #NavajoNation, he trusted that Greenpeace would respect Standing Rock’s leadership of the camps.
"Indigenous communities are often reluctant to invite outside nonprofits to help with Native rights issues, Tilsen added. He said they often don’t understand Native nations’ unique relationship with the U.S. government.
"Greenpeace wasn’t a big part of the protests, Tilsen said.
"'To be honest, most of the tribal nations didn’t know who Greenpeace was,' he said.
"Countless other groups — including representatives from more than 300 Native nations — came to the protest camps in solidarity with Standing Rock, said Tilsen.
"'Quite frankly, our list of allies was hundreds,' he said.
"Tilsen said he was involved in several protest actions against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017, including those that involved marching on the pipeline easement, jumping in front of equipment and using lockboxes — also known as 'sleeping dragons' — to disable construction machinery.
"None of the protest actions were coordinated by Greenpeace, he said.
"Tilsen said he never saw or endorsed any destruction of property or acts of violence toward construction workers or law enforcement. He also pushed back on the assertion that any of the protest activities he participated in qualified as trespassing.
"The pipeline passes through land recognized as belonging to the #SiouxNation under #treaties signed by the U.S. government in 1851 and 1868. The U.S. government later annexed that land in violation of those treaties.
"Tilsen asked how Lakota citizens could be trespassing on land that was unlawfully taken from them.
"'This is the conundrum we find ourselves in,' he said.
"Employees of Greenpeace said during video depositions played last week that the environmental organization brought 20 to 30 lockboxes to the camps.
"Tilsen said while he saw many lockboxes during protests, he wasn’t sure where any of them came from. He also said he never heard anyone from Greenpeace tell demonstrators to use the devices.
"Tilsen said that David Khoury, an employee for Greenpeace, helped identify potential sites for protest actions. Tilsen added that while Wagoner — another Greenpeace employee — didn’t plan protest activities, he trained people on how to conduct them.
"The trial, which is before Southwest Central Judicial District Judge James Gion, is expected to last roughly four more weeks."
Source:
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/03/witness-most-tribal-nations-at-dakota-access-pipeline-protest-didnt-know-who-greenpeace-was/
#StandWithStandingRock #WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #KelcyWarren #Trump #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #ACAB #EnergyTransfer #UnicornRiot #CriminalizingDissent #ACAB #Blackwater #ErikPrince -
#WinonaLaDuke: #DAPLPipeline Lawsuit Against #Greenpeace Aims to Silence #Indigenous #Protests, Too
#DemocracyNow, March 04, 2025"As the oil company Energy Transfer sues Greenpeace over the 2016 #StandingRock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, we speak with #IndigenousActivist Winona LaDuke, who took part in that historic uprising. LaDuke is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of #Anishinaabe who lives and works on the White Earth Nation Reservation and was among the thousands of people who joined the protests in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect water and Indigenous lands in North Dakota. She highlights the close links between North Dakota’s government and Energy Transfer and says that while the lawsuit targets Greenpeace, Indigenous water and land defenders are also on trial. 'North Dakota has really been trying to squash any kind of #resistance,' says LaDuke. 'If they can try to shut down Greenpeace, they’re going to shut down everybody.'"
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/winona_laduke
#ViewerSupportedNews #StandWithStandingRock #WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #KelcyWarren #Trump #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #ACAB #EnergyTransfer #UnicornRiot #CriminalizingDissent #ACAB #Blackwater #ErikPrince -
Exposed: The Oil and Gas Giants Profiting Most From #Israel's #GazaGenocide
"The complicity of international #corporations and governments in fueling Israel's #WarMachine represents the latest chapter in a long history of #FossilFuel companies enabling #genocide and mass atrocities," said one campaigner.
by Brett Wilkins
Nov 14, 2024"On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or #COP29, in Azerbaijan, green groups highlighted how fossil fuel companies 'enable and profit from Israel's genocide in Gaza,' continuing 'a long history of the industry's complicity in mass atrocities worldwide.'
"'The fossil fuel industry is culpable in death and destruction around the world, not only through the #ClimateCrisis they cause but through the violence they fuel,' #OilChangeInternational said in a statement Thursday.
"'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of #Palestinian lives.'
"The group—along with others including #FriendsOfTheEarthPalestine / #PENGON and #TippingPointUK — is seizing the opportunity presented by COP29 to draw attention to an aspect of the Gaza war often overlooked amid the staggering death and destruction wrought by Israel's 13-month onslaught, which a United Nations panel on Thursday said is consistent with the 'characteristics of genocide.'
"'Investor-owned and private #OilCompanies supply 66% of oil to Israel—more than a third of that from major oil companies like #Chevron, #Shell, and #BP — despite genocide warnings from the International Court of Justice [#ICC],' #OilChange said. 'BP is among the top corporate suppliers of oil to Israel. It operates and is the largest owner of the #BTC pipeline, which transports #AzeriOil that is ultimately sent to Israel.'
"The #BTCPipeline runs from #Baku — the #Azeri capital and COP29 host city on the Caspian Sea —t hrough #Azerbaijan, #Georgia, and #Turkey and, according to Oil Change, supplies Israel with 28% of its oil, belying Thursday's claim by Turkish President #RecepTayyipErdoğan that the country has severed all ties with Israel.
"An investigation published in September by #EnergyEmbargoForPalestine showed how oil transported via the BTC pipeline is refined into jet fuel for Israel Defense Forces [#IDF] warplanes.
Oil Change continued:
"BP has also been granted #GasExploration licenses in occupied Palestinian waters. By providing it with fuel, BP enables the Israeli government to commit genocide in Gaza. Chevron operates and partially owns the two largest Israeli-claimed fossil #GasFields, #Tamar and #Leviathan, making it the main international actor extracting fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Mediterranean. In 2022, 70% of Israel's power was generated from fossil gas extracted by #Chevron. Through the millions of dollars it pays Israel for its gas extraction licenses, Chevron is also directly contributing to financing Israel's regime of #genocide, #apartheid, #SettlerColonialism, and #Occupation.
"'The complicity of international corporations and governments in fueling Israel's war machine represents the latest chapter in a long history of fossil fuel companies enabling genocide and mass atrocities,' #MohammedUsrof, a member of the #PalestinianYouth Climate Negotiation Team at COP29 who lost 21 relatives to Israel's onslaught, said in a statement Thursday. 'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of Palestinian lives.'
"Tipping Point U.K. organizer #SadieDeCost said that 'BP originated as a key enabler of the #BritishEmpire, and continues as one of the top 10 largest #CarbonEmitters in the world.'
"'It operates and is the largest owner of the BTC pipeline, which ships Azeri oil to fuel Israel's genocide in Gaza,' DeCost added. 'BP's historic colonial harms continue through its support of violent regimes. Its emissions are estimated to cause hundreds of billions of dollars of loss and damage. We must shut down BP to end this injustice, and demand climate reparations for impacted communities around the world.'"
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide#Chevron #BigOil #FossilFuels #BigOilAndGas #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #CeasefireNow #FreeGaza
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'Reckless Conduct' of #BigOil Caused #HurricaneMilton—And Now They Should Pay
"The failure by our political class to deal with this completely solvable issue is staggering and shameful," wrote one journalist.
Julia Conley
Oct 09, 2024[...] "As Nathan J. Robinson wrote in Current Affairs, climate scientists and meteorologists have unequivocally told oil companies and policymakers that #FossilFuel extraction is causing planetary heating, which has led to higher temperatures in oceans and bodies of water including the Gulf of Mexico, where the rapidly strengthening hurricane formed.
"But despite the knowledge that fossil fuel giants like #ExxonMobil and #Shell had decades ago that drilling for oil and gas would cause '#ViolentWeather' and 'potentially #catastrophic events,' the industry's profits have only grown as the U.S. has continued to subsidize their #pollution-causing activities.
"'The failure by our political class to deal with this completely solvable issue is staggering and shameful,' wrote Robinson. 'Many of them have children and grandchildren. Presumably they would like their descendants to inherit a world worth living in. And they could make that happen. Unfortunately, it would require challenging the power and profits of some of America's most influential corporations.'
"In the Substack newsletter Heated, Arielle Samuelson explained on Wednesday how fossil fuel extraction and planetary heating 'mutated' Hurricane Milton, which stunned weather experts this week as its wind speeds grew at a record-breaking pace, from 60 miles per hour to 180 miles per hour in just 36 hours.
"It was the second time in recent weeks that a hurricane in the region has intensified quickly; areas that are expected to take a direct hit from Milton are still overwhelmed by the destruction left by Hurricane Helene.
"Hot temperatures in the planets' oceans and gulfs fuels hurricanes, and as Samuelson noted, scientists say the 'extremely hot' Gulf of Mexico 'was made far more likely by heat-trapping pollutants from the fossil fuel, #agriculture, #chemical, and #cement industries.'"
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-change-hurricanes#BigOilAndGas #CementIndustries #BigAg #BigChem #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather
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We celebrate the 9/25/24 signing of California #AB3233, as well as #AB1866 and #AB2716, by CA Governor Newsom. “It was #Chevron that sued #Monterey County and a voter initiative,” as the Governor stated at 22:07 in the signing ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/live/J2sAAls_Ljc?si=WXoQdl78uIUfBxZK&t=1326
Full ceremony, including intro by #Physicians for #SocialResponsibility: https://www.youtube.com/live/J2sAAls_Ljc?si=4NN3W2Yftrsj79E_ Thanks to the Governor, and to the Center for #Biological #Diversity, Protect Monterey County, and others in the broad coalition, e.g., https://bikemonterey.org/californias-local-environmental-choice-and-safety-act-ab-3233.html, who stood up to the #oil and #gas industry to accomplish this win for people and planet.
#BigOil #PublicHealth #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #FossilFuels #PowerToThePeople #MontereyCounty #ProtectMontereyCounty #CarbonEmissions #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #EarthJustice #EarthStewardship #CreationCare
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Thanks to Monterey County native Ben Jealous!
“He called the #NAACP chapter taking #Chevron’s money a 'dangerous precedent,' and said the “'real danger…is demonstrated by what the #FossilFuel industry has done to #Black communities across this country' through #air and #water #pollution. https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/the-local-naacp-asked-ben-jealous-sierra-club-s-national-leader-if-he-was-willing/article_8c1b527c-76e0-11ef-88f6-574227467d24.html - @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow
#ClimateJustice #MontereyCounty #BigOil #AB3233 #SierraClub #oil #gas #FridaysForFuture #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #BenJealous #POC #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #AirPollution #WaterPollution
