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🚨Did you know #UK rules let companies get away with slave labour, illegal deforestation and more? A new law could end this - please join me and sign the #petition to stop corporate abuses now👇 #AbolishSlavery #Corruption #HumanRights #WorkerRights #RejoinEU #Justice #Accountability #MakePollutersPay
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/demand-business-that-s-fair-to-people-and-planet?source=twitter&utm_campaign=blast148618&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter&share=ca3181d2-0d29-40de-8dd0-f08f803814d7 via @38degrees

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116487638964863084

🚨Please sign this #petition to save us ALL!👇💪😉

#SaveOurPlanet 🌍 #MakePollutersPay 😤 #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich #TenMillionTax #WealthTax #MillionaireTax #BillionaireTax

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116487638964863084

🚨Please sign this #petition to save us ALL!👇💪😉

#SaveOurPlanet 🌍 #MakePollutersPay 😤 #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich #TenMillionTax #WealthTax #MillionaireTax #BillionaireTax

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116487638964863084

🚨Please sign this #petition to save us ALL!👇💪😉

#SaveOurPlanet 🌍 #MakePollutersPay 😤 #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich #TenMillionTax #WealthTax #MillionaireTax #BillionaireTax

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/116487638964863084

🚨Please sign this #petition to save us ALL!👇💪😉

#SaveOurPlanet 🌍 #MakePollutersPay 😤 #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich #TenMillionTax #WealthTax #MillionaireTax #BillionaireTax

🚨The threat of #UK #democracy being torn apart by something similar to #Project2025 in #Trump’s #America is very real.😞 Please sign our letter.🙏👇😊

#Politics #Oligarchs #Corruption #MakePollutersPay #MakeVotesMatter #Justice #Accountability @SydesJokes https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/190936/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw

🚨URGENT #Petition Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry💧 into public ownership!😤👇💪#Politics #PublicServices #WeOwnIt #NHS #Health #SaveOurWater #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

🚨URGENT #Petition Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry💧 into public ownership!😤👇💪#Politics #PublicServices #WeOwnIt #NHS #Health #SaveOurWater #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

🚨URGENT #Petition Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry💧 into public ownership!😤👇💪#Politics #PublicServices #WeOwnIt #NHS #Health #SaveOurWater #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

🚨URGENT #Petition Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry💧 into public ownership!😤👇💪#Politics #PublicServices #WeOwnIt #NHS #Health #SaveOurWater #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

🚨URGENT #Petition Hold a referendum to bring the #water industry💧 into public ownership!😤👇💪#Politics #PublicServices #WeOwnIt #NHS #Health #SaveOurWater #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762640

BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/bp-board-suffers-triple-climate-rebellion-from-shareholders #BPoil #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #MakePollutersPay #shareholders #transparency #ClimateReporting

🚨#Palestinians are being illegally detained in #Israeli torture camps! 🤬 Ask your MP to sign a new Early Day Motion condemning Israel's horrific treatment of Palestinian prisoners, & demand sanctions now!👇 #FreePalestine #LetThePrisonersGo #LetAidThrough #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #Justice #Accountability #PeaceNotWar #HopeNotHate #NetanyahuHagueNow #MakePollutersPay
https://palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/prisonersEDM

🚨Thames #Water creditors are closing in on a deal to keep polluting! 🤬
Urge your MP to stop them! 👇😤
Check this out from #WeOwnIt.👏

#MakePollutersPay #SaveOurWater #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #PublicServices #Oligarchs #Justice #Accountability

@we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-thames-water-creditors-are-closing-in-on-a-deal-urge-your-mp-to-stop-them

🚨Thames #Water creditors are closing in on a deal to keep polluting! 🤬
Urge your MP to stop them! 👇😤
Check this out from #WeOwnIt.👏

#MakePollutersPay #SaveOurWater #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #PublicServices #Oligarchs #Justice #Accountability

@we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-thames-water-creditors-are-closing-in-on-a-deal-urge-your-mp-to-stop-them

🚨Thames #Water creditors are closing in on a deal to keep polluting! 🤬
Urge your MP to stop them! 👇😤
Check this out from #WeOwnIt.👏

#MakePollutersPay #SaveOurWater #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #PublicServices #Oligarchs #Justice #Accountability

@we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-thames-water-creditors-are-closing-in-on-a-deal-urge-your-mp-to-stop-them

🚨Thames #Water creditors are closing in on a deal to keep polluting! 🤬
Urge your MP to stop them! 👇😤
Check this out from #WeOwnIt.👏

#MakePollutersPay #SaveOurWater #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #PublicServices #Oligarchs #Justice #Accountability

@we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-thames-water-creditors-are-closing-in-on-a-deal-urge-your-mp-to-stop-them

🚨Thames #Water creditors are closing in on a deal to keep polluting! 🤬
Urge your MP to stop them! 👇😤
Check this out from #WeOwnIt.👏

#MakePollutersPay #SaveOurWater #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth #Politics #Democracy #HumanRights #PublicServices #Oligarchs #Justice #Accountability

@we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-thames-water-creditors-are-closing-in-on-a-deal-urge-your-mp-to-stop-them

#LNG : Not in Our National Interest National Campaign Launch

📅 Tuesday, March 31, 2026

🕓 4:00 PM PT/ 7:00 PM ET

📍 Zoom Webinar

https://act.stand.earth/s/4775242/6bS5o8MM

[ We’re in pretty wild times right now. In the midst of global turmoil and another oil war, our Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing hard to fast-track new fossil fuel megaprojects.

Foreign investors are pitching LNG exports as an economic cure-all for Canada. But if LNG is such an economic engine, why do they need billions of our public dollars?

That’s why we’re starting a new national campaign to pressure Prime Minister Carney and his key ministers to stop the government from giving billions more of our taxpayer money to dirty energy megaprojects that mostly benefit foreign billionaires. We want the government to start to fund the clean, renewable economy instead

You’ll hear from movement leaders and experts to learn why these foreign-owned, high-cost projects will raise energy prices at home and harm Indigenous reconciliation. Showcasing how much better the clean, renewable economy is on every measure.

We’ll also share details of exciting in-person actions happening across the country for the Week of Action in mid-April. This is our chance to tell the Carney government that Canadians say NO to more free money for big polluters, and YES to funding the clean energy economy.]

#CDNPoli #BCpoli #EndFossilFuels #CleanEnergyNow #ClimateAction #StopCorporateWelfare #NoSubsidiesForLNG #StandEarth #OneEarth #Canada #MarkCarney #Environmental #StopEcocide #AbolishLobbyists #RealBadDeal #UNDRIP #Landback #CapitalismKills #DirtyDeals #FuckCarney #MakePollutersPay #EcoJustice #Canadians #Climate

🚨We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle!🤬
We won’t fall for scapegoating & #division.
Let's build a fairer future!😉
✍️ Sign the #petition here!👇 #Politics #TaxTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich #WealthTax #MakePollutersPay #Accountability #Democracy #Justice #HumanRights #StopCorruption
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/share-wealth-not-hate?source=twitter&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter&share=79acd9df-960c-45ae-9f02-4a4e74cdc6ad via @38degrees

🚨We’re done watching the super‑rich hoard wealth while the rest of us struggle! 🤬 @Keir_Starmer
We won’t fall for scapegoating & #division.
Let's build a fairer future!😉✍️ Sign the #petition 👇 #TaxTheSuperRich #WealthTax #HopeNotHate #Politics #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #MakePollutersPay
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/share-wealth-not-hate?source=twitter&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter&share=d14a4ac8-4140-456c-bdc7-306080d0d87a via @38degrees

"Einige der reichsten Männer der Welt übernehmen nach und nach die Kontrolle über Amerikas Leitmedien. Sie kaufen Fernsehsender und soziale Netzwerke auf. Und viele von ihnen sind Verbündete von #Trump.
Das Vorbild hierfür sei Ungarn, sagt Medienwissenschaftler Pickard. Dort kontrolliere Premier Viktor #Orbán indirekt einen großen Teil der Medien. »Dafür musste Orbán keine Redaktionsräume mit Waffengewalt besetzen. Nein, ihm nahestehende #Oligarchen haben Verlage und Sender übernommen.«"

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ellison-bezos-musk-so-bringen-oligarchen-us-medien-auf-trump-linie-a-d0b637e9-d456-4af1-a93f-653f6906eeec [€]

#MedienInDerKlimakrise #Oligarchie #Autoritarismus #Demokratie #Demokratiekrise #DemokratieImFeuer #StopTheBillionaireTakeover #MakePollutersPay

"Einige der reichsten Männer der Welt übernehmen nach und nach die Kontrolle über Amerikas Leitmedien. Sie kaufen Fernsehsender und soziale Netzwerke auf. Und viele von ihnen sind Verbündete von #Trump.
Das Vorbild hierfür sei Ungarn, sagt Medienwissenschaftler Pickard. Dort kontrolliere Premier Viktor #Orbán indirekt einen großen Teil der Medien. »Dafür musste Orbán keine Redaktionsräume mit Waffengewalt besetzen. Nein, ihm nahestehende #Oligarchen haben Verlage und Sender übernommen.«"

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ellison-bezos-musk-so-bringen-oligarchen-us-medien-auf-trump-linie-a-d0b637e9-d456-4af1-a93f-653f6906eeec [€]

#MedienInDerKlimakrise #Oligarchie #Autoritarismus #Demokratie #Demokratiekrise #DemokratieImFeuer #StopTheBillionaireTakeover #MakePollutersPay

"Einige der reichsten Männer der Welt übernehmen nach und nach die Kontrolle über Amerikas Leitmedien. Sie kaufen Fernsehsender und soziale Netzwerke auf. Und viele von ihnen sind Verbündete von #Trump.
Das Vorbild hierfür sei Ungarn, sagt Medienwissenschaftler Pickard. Dort kontrolliere Premier Viktor #Orbán indirekt einen großen Teil der Medien. »Dafür musste Orbán keine Redaktionsräume mit Waffengewalt besetzen. Nein, ihm nahestehende #Oligarchen haben Verlage und Sender übernommen.«"

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ellison-bezos-musk-so-bringen-oligarchen-us-medien-auf-trump-linie-a-d0b637e9-d456-4af1-a93f-653f6906eeec [€]

#MedienInDerKlimakrise #Oligarchie #Autoritarismus #Demokratie #Demokratiekrise #DemokratieImFeuer #StopTheBillionaireTakeover #MakePollutersPay

"Einige der reichsten Männer der Welt übernehmen nach und nach die Kontrolle über Amerikas Leitmedien. Sie kaufen Fernsehsender und soziale Netzwerke auf. Und viele von ihnen sind Verbündete von #Trump.
Das Vorbild hierfür sei Ungarn, sagt Medienwissenschaftler Pickard. Dort kontrolliere Premier Viktor #Orbán indirekt einen großen Teil der Medien. »Dafür musste Orbán keine Redaktionsräume mit Waffengewalt besetzen. Nein, ihm nahestehende #Oligarchen haben Verlage und Sender übernommen.«"

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ellison-bezos-musk-so-bringen-oligarchen-us-medien-auf-trump-linie-a-d0b637e9-d456-4af1-a93f-653f6906eeec [€]

#MedienInDerKlimakrise #Oligarchie #Autoritarismus #Demokratie #Demokratiekrise #DemokratieImFeuer #StopTheBillionaireTakeover #MakePollutersPay

"Einige der reichsten Männer der Welt übernehmen nach und nach die Kontrolle über Amerikas Leitmedien. Sie kaufen Fernsehsender und soziale Netzwerke auf. Und viele von ihnen sind Verbündete von #Trump.
Das Vorbild hierfür sei Ungarn, sagt Medienwissenschaftler Pickard. Dort kontrolliere Premier Viktor #Orbán indirekt einen großen Teil der Medien. »Dafür musste Orbán keine Redaktionsräume mit Waffengewalt besetzen. Nein, ihm nahestehende #Oligarchen haben Verlage und Sender übernommen.«"

https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ellison-bezos-musk-so-bringen-oligarchen-us-medien-auf-trump-linie-a-d0b637e9-d456-4af1-a93f-653f6906eeec [€]

#MedienInDerKlimakrise #Oligarchie #Autoritarismus #Demokratie #Demokratiekrise #DemokratieImFeuer #StopTheBillionaireTakeover #MakePollutersPay

🚨Thames #Water's creditors are trying their luck. Their latest proposal is another brazen attempt to dodge regulations! 🤬 I've just emailed my MP asking them to reject the proposal, & bring Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now! 👇 #MakePollutersPay 🤬 #PublicServices need to be just that, PUBLIC! 😤 #WeOwnIt Stop the #Corruption #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected

🚨Thames #Water's creditors are trying their luck. Their latest proposal is another brazen attempt to dodge regulations! 🤬 I've just emailed my MP asking them to reject the proposal, & bring Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now! 👇 #MakePollutersPay 🤬 #PublicServices need to be just that, PUBLIC! 😤 #WeOwnIt Stop the #Corruption #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected

🚨Thames #Water's creditors are trying their luck. Their latest proposal is another brazen attempt to dodge regulations! 🤬 I've just emailed my MP asking them to reject the proposal, & bring Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now! 👇 #MakePollutersPay 🤬 #PublicServices need to be just that, PUBLIC! 😤 #WeOwnIt Stop the #Corruption #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected

🚨Thames #Water's creditors are trying their luck. Their latest proposal is another brazen attempt to dodge regulations! 🤬 I've just emailed my MP asking them to reject the proposal, & bring Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now! 👇 #MakePollutersPay 🤬 #PublicServices need to be just that, PUBLIC! 😤 #WeOwnIt Stop the #Corruption #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected

🚨Thames #Water's creditors are trying their luck. Their latest proposal is another brazen attempt to dodge regulations! 🤬 I've just emailed my MP asking them to reject the proposal, & bring Thames Water into Special Administration. Email your MP now! 👇 #MakePollutersPay 🤬 #PublicServices need to be just that, PUBLIC! 😤 #WeOwnIt Stop the #Corruption #SaveOurPlanet #SaveOurFood #SaveOurHealth
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/email-your-mp-the-thames-water-creditors-latest-deal-must-be-rejected

|🎉 SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR INDONESIAN FISHERS 🌍| For the first time ever has a Swiss court admitted a climate lawsuit brought by four Indonesian fishers against Holcim. More about the case: bit.ly/49oCyGs #ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation #CallForClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay

ECCHR: Rising sea levels: An i...

Oil and gas companies keep expanding drilling, keep fuelling climate breakdown, and keep pocketing record profits while communities around the world face floods, fires, droughts and rising costs of survival.

People everywhere deserve a fair system where fossil fuel giants pay for the destruction they cause.

Not taxpayers. Not frontline communities.

It is time to #MakePollutersPay.

https://act-int.greenpeace.org/polluters-pay-pact

#climatechange #strangerthings #memes #vecna

‘I’m afraid for our children’: living with the climate crisis in the Philippines – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2025/nov/24/living-with-the-climate-crisis-in-the-philippines-in-pictures #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Phillipines #ExtremeWeather #MakePollutersPay

We're fucked in BC. BC NDP government are fascist adjacent #neoliberals who are going ahead with more #CrimesAgainstHumanity when we need serious #ClimateAction & strong, #criminal consequences for #ecocide #polluters.

I'm not really surprised by this. It's pretty much the same sellout caucus as when top BC #colonial #capitalist crimes against humanity #BCNDP boss was running things(Rest in piss/shit Horgan💀). Since Eby was groomed & then kingmade by Horgan - this was bound to happen. More greasy ecocidal crimes will be happening while #BCNewDeathParty continues to greenwash & whitewash #CorporateGreed dirty deals 🤬 Supporters of BC NDP are complicit in their ongoing crimes against humanity 🏭👎💩

"Eby’s speech to convention delegates preceding the vote laid out his vision to make the province the “economic engine” of #Canada , to get “big things done” and to “build it together.” This included strong language supporting the labour movement, and followed a day of unions flexing their influence in convention debates. Dissenting voices from those seeking more #environmental protection were generally left on the losing side of debates, as the #NDP ’s focus on prioritizing the economy was clear in convention resolutions.

Despite some delegates calling the North Coast Transmission Line a “subsidy” for natural gas -fracking operations, a resolution to support it still passed. “I welcome the debate, I welcome the discussion,” Eby said. “It’s important to make sure we are addressing #climatechange and carbon #pollution. ” But overall, Eby received an enthusiastic reception and delegates were, for the most part, aligned with the government’s agenda."

Read more at: https://saanichnews.com/2025/11/15/premier-david-eby-survives-leadership-review-with-strong-party-support/

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #ColonialCrimes #NeoliberalismKills #DavidEby #EcoCriminals #EcoJustice #ClimateFailures #CitizensUprising #CitizensRevolt #CivilDisobedienceIsNecessary #BCNDPCrimes #EnvironmentalCriminals #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #GreedKills #MakePollutersPay #SueTheGovernment

Sign the pact, record your story.

Join the global movement to make #polluters pay:

https://act.gp/4jZLPaM

#PolluterstersPay #MakePollutersPay #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels

NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.

The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.

When will the UNFCCC #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut?

Learn more: https://kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick-Out-The-Suits-COP30
#MakePollutersPay

"#Ungleichheit sei kein Naturgesetz, sondern Folge politischer Weichenstellungen, schreibt ein Expertengremium unter Stiglitz’ Leitung in einem Bericht, der dem SPIEGEL vorab vorliegt. Der südafrikanische Präsident Cyril #Ramaphosa hat den »Außerordentlichen Ausschuss unabhängiger Expertinnen und Experten für globale Ungleichheit« einberufen – aus Anlass der südafrikanischen #G20-Präsidentschaft. Am Dienstag soll ihm der Bericht überreicht werden und dann zum Thema beim nächsten G20-Gipfeltreffen der Staats- und Regierungschefs Ende November werden. […]

»Eine Welt, die eine immer größer werdende Ungleichheit toleriert, kann nicht auf dauerhaften Frieden, Wohlstand oder Nachhaltigkeit hoffen«, schreiben die Wissenschaftler. »Angesichts der Schwere dieses Problems ist eine internationale Reaktion dringend erforderlich.«

#Stiglitz, der an der US-Universität Columbia lehrt, fordert die Gründung eines Gremiums, das globale Entwicklungen systematisch erheben und Politikwirkungen prüfen soll. Dieses International Panel on Inequality (#IPI) soll nach dem Vorbild des Klimarats der Vereinten Nationen (#IPCC) aufgesetzt werden."

https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/soziale-ungleichheit-staroekonom-joseph-stiglitz-warnt-vor-globalem-notstand-durch-ungleichheit-a-96e3384b-c03e-4226-8f18-f18d72d2e68b

#Klimagerechtigkeit #SozialeGerechtigkeit #SozialerKlimaschutz #SozialeUngleichheit #GlobaleUngleichheit #TaxTheDirtyRich #MakePollutersPay #TaxTheSuperRich #StopTheBillionaireTakeOver

#Lesetipp: Ute Scheub: Globales Elend und die Diktatur der Superreichen
via @blaetter

"Im Vergleich zu einem Multimilliardär wie Klaus-Michael #Kühne hat Millionär #Merz einen schmalen Geldbeutel. Kühne verdient mit seinen Logistikunternehmen so viel wie 21.600 #Bundeskanzler zusammen.
[…] in einem bildlichen Vergleich ausgedrückt ist Kühnes Einkommen mit 884.900 Zentimetern ungefähr so hoch wie der Mount Everest, während des Bundeskanzlers Gehalt mit 42 Zentimetern gerade mal die Höhe einer Zimmerpflanze einnimmt.
[…] solche Kapitalmassen könnten – anderswo angelegt – sehr viel Besseres für die Welt bewirken.“ 1/4

https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/november/globales-elend-und-die-diktatur-der-superreichen

#Klimagerechtigkeit #TaxTheRIch #TaxTheDirtyRich #TaxTheSuperrich #StopTheBillionaireTakeOver #MakePollutersPay #ToxischReich #SozialeUngleichheit #Klimakrise #PlanetareGrenzen #Externalisierung #ExterneKosten #KapitalismusAmLimit

🧾 At the Africa Climate Summit (#ACS2), Africa’s climate bill is due:⁣
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💰 Tax the rich⁣
🔥 Make polluters pay⁣
🌳Fund the protectors⁣

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#ClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time Time to #MakePollutersPay! #ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis

Carbon emissions from oil gian...

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.

Read more / listen:
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

'When #BigOil Says Jump, Republicans Ask How High?' #GOP Sends #ClimateKilling Bill to #Trump's Desk

"It's a sorry testament to the influence of Big Oil on Capitol Hill that one of the top priorities of Congress is a blatant handout to the worst actors in the #FossilFuel industry," said one critic.

Jessica Corbett, Feb 28, 2025

"Climate advocates are blasting congressional Republicans this week for their latest gift to fossil fuel industry: sending a resolution to kill the federal Methane Emissions Reduction Program to the desk of U.S. President Donald #Trump.

"#BigOil - backed Trump is expected to sign the Congressional Review Act resolution, which senators passed along party lines on Thursday. That followed a Wednesday vote in the House of Representatives, where Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Vincente Gonzalez (Texas), Adam Gray (Calif.), Kristen Donald Rivet (Mich.), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) supported the measure alongside all Republicans present except Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.

"#Methane has more than 80 times as much warming power as carbon dioxide during its first two decades in the atmosphere. The pollution program was established by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last November. The Associated Press reported Thursday that 'most major oil and gas companies do not release enough methane to trigger the fee, which is $900 per ton, an amount that would increase to $1,500 by 2026.'

"The GOP resolution will end the program, but not the mandate from the 2022 law. #MahyarSorour, #SierraClub's director of beyond fossil fuels policy, declared that 'this attack on EPA's implementation of the methane waste emissions charge is short-sighted and harmful. It remains a legal requirement for EPA to hold the biggest methane #polluters #accountable for their negligence.'

"'Forcing the agency to implement the charge some other way after conducting a thorough, well-researched process is as wasteful of taxpayer resources as these oil and gas operators are wasteful of harmful methane,' Sorour argued.

"'Technology to monitor and stop leaks is readily available and easy to implement, so only wasteful, careless corporations will face a fee for excessive methane pollution. Despite this setback, Sierra Club will not stop fighting to make polluters pay for their egregious actions.'"

https://www.commondreams.org/news/methane-fee
#BigOilAndGas #USPol #ClimateCatastrophe #MakePollutersPay

A Fresh Approach to Limiting CEO Pay — and Saving Our Environment

A newly drafted Salary Cap Act would powerfully discourage the corporate decisions that so endanger our future.

March 11, 2024
by Daniel Wortel-London

"The compensation of oil company top executives, for instance, links intimately to exploring for new #fossilfuel fields, extracting ever more oil, and promoting still more carbon consumption. Top #BigOil corporate chiefs, as Richard Heede of the Climate Accountability Institute observes, 'have personal ownership of tens or hundreds of thousands of shares' and that 'creates an unacknowledged personal desire to explore, extract, and sell fossil fuels.'"

Read more:
https://inequality.org/research/a-fresh-approach-to-limiting-ceo-pay-and-saving-our-environment/

#SalaryCaps #CEOPay #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #TaxTheRich
#MakePollutersPay

Oil and gas supermajors recorded big profits in 2023

By Nancy Vu
February 2, 2024

"Three of the largest oil and gas producers this week reported strong combined profits of $85.6 billion in 2023.
On Friday, #Exxon Mobil reported $36 billion in profit for the year, supported by further oil and gas production. #Chevron outlined profits of $21.4 billion — the second-largest profits in a decade for both. #Shell on Thursday, reported adjusted earnings of $28.25 billion for the year, down significantly from 2022 but also the second-largest in a decade.

"'In 2023, we returned more cash to shareholders and produced more oil and natural gas than any year in the company’s history,' said Mike Wirth, Chevron’s chairman and chief executive officer.

"For Exxon and Chevron, the resilient profits were partly driven by strong growth in oil and gas production in the United States. The companies’ renewed focus on domestic #FossilFuel production has spurred backlash from #environmentalist activists.

"The decrease in profits in 2023 reflects that oil prices have weakened since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, some of the figures beat estimates from Wall Street. Exxon and Chevron were able to report higher than expected earnings per share during the fourth quarter but fell short of expected revenue. Shell was able to report higher than anticipated earnings for the final quarter and net income for the full year.

"Exxon was able to return $32.4 billion to shareholders last year, Chevron $26.3 billion, and Shell returned $23 billion to shareholders.

Original link:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/2834541/oil-and-gas-supermajors-recorded-big-profits-in-2023/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/BaE9Z

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#Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring #OilCompanies pay for damage from #ClimateChange

By LISA RATHKE
Updated 3:00 PM EDT, May 31, 2024

"Last July’s flooding from torrential rains inundated Vermont’s capital city of #Montpelier, the nearby city #Barre, some southern Vermont communities and ripped through homes and washed away roads around the rural state. Some saw it as the state’s worst natural disaster since a 1927 flood that killed dozens of people and caused widespread destruction. It took months for businesses — from restaurants to shops — to rebuild, losing out on their summer and even fall seasons. Several have just recently reopened while scores of homeowners were left with flood-ravaged homes heading into the cold season."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/vermont-climate-change-superfund-oil-companies-b6565729f23e85eed4d3da44b04ae2e5

#BigOil #BigOilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Accountability #ExxonKnew #BigOilKnew #MakePollutersPay #Superfund #SuperfundSites