David Tong
@davidxvx.bsky.social
Global industry campaign manager at Oil Change International | Chair of Greenpeace International | Likes bikes, just transitions & renewable energy | he/him || Views my own
Sportwashing is a problem. TotalEnergies fuels suffering and atrocities across Africa. That is precisely why the company does so much in this continent to hide its image behind footballs, billboards, and cheering crowds. backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-total-...
Why Total Energies should be kicked out of AFCON
The Africa Cup of Nations reminds me why football matters in Africa - and also why major polluters have no place at our showcase event
backchannel1.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Sportwashing is a problem. TotalEnergies fuels suffering and atrocities across Africa. That is precisely why the company does so much in this continent to hide its image behind footballs, billboards, and cheering crowds. backchannel1.substack.com/p/why-total-...
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If you think Trump's comments about capturing oil in V aren't sincere because the country has bad, old and inefficient fossil infrastructure, I regret to inform you that all fossil fuel infrastructure is bad, old and inefficient and none of these people actually care about the process or product
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
If you think Trump's comments about capturing oil in V aren't sincere because the country has bad, old and inefficient fossil infrastructure, I regret to inform you that all fossil fuel infrastructure is bad, old and inefficient and none of these people actually care about the process or product
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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🌡️ Pressure is mounting: After the UK and Dutch export credit agencies (UKEF & Atradius DSB) exited over human rights concerns, financial institutions must now withdraw their support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado.
📄 Read the letter ⬇️
📄 Read the letter ⬇️
Financial institutions urged to follow UKEF and Atradius DSB in withdrawing from Mozambique LNG - Reclaim Finance
Financial institutions are being urged to immediately withdraw their financial support from TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado
reclaimfinance.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🌡️ Pressure is mounting: After the UK and Dutch export credit agencies (UKEF & Atradius DSB) exited over human rights concerns, financial institutions must now withdraw their support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado.
📄 Read the letter ⬇️
📄 Read the letter ⬇️
This is government for the benefit of big polluters. While excluding the public, Shane Jones and his advisors repeatedly consulted the oil and gas industry, resulting in a new decommissioning regime that shifts the risk back to taxpayers. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the industry's wishlist, including giving it access to draft laws.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is government for the benefit of big polluters. While excluding the public, Shane Jones and his advisors repeatedly consulted the oil and gas industry, resulting in a new decommissioning regime that shifts the risk back to taxpayers. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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🚨 In the final days of #COP30, we need to be very clear:
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
Oil Change International response to COP30 Presidency claims we don’t need public money for the energy transition - Oil Change International
Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: “It’s distressing to hear the COP30 Presidency say we don’t need more public funding for the energy transition.
oilchange.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨 In the final days of #COP30, we need to be very clear:
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣
The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise.
oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
Today @ECCHR filed a criminal complaint in France against the Mozambique LNG project sponsor TotalEnergies, for complicity in war crimes and torture. www.bbc.com/news/article...
French energy giant Total faces war crimes allegations over Mozambique massacre
TotalEnergies denies responsibility for the actions of local security forces involved in dozens of killings.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today @ECCHR filed a criminal complaint in France against the Mozambique LNG project sponsor TotalEnergies, for complicity in war crimes and torture. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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IEA, with very conservative scenarios show:
1. The transition is structural (ie unstoppable)
2. The cheapest for consumers.
= the faster govt’s invest in the future, the better for their economy.
Great listen,feat NZ’s own @davidxvx.bsky.social making huge sense:
youtu.be/1n9JJvw0vo8?...
1. The transition is structural (ie unstoppable)
2. The cheapest for consumers.
= the faster govt’s invest in the future, the better for their economy.
Great listen,feat NZ’s own @davidxvx.bsky.social making huge sense:
youtu.be/1n9JJvw0vo8?...
Peak fossil Dissecting the IEA's World Energy Outlook
YouTube video by Ember
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
IEA, with very conservative scenarios show:
1. The transition is structural (ie unstoppable)
2. The cheapest for consumers.
= the faster govt’s invest in the future, the better for their economy.
Great listen,feat NZ’s own @davidxvx.bsky.social making huge sense:
youtu.be/1n9JJvw0vo8?...
1. The transition is structural (ie unstoppable)
2. The cheapest for consumers.
= the faster govt’s invest in the future, the better for their economy.
Great listen,feat NZ’s own @davidxvx.bsky.social making huge sense:
youtu.be/1n9JJvw0vo8?...
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🚨NEW @PriceofOil report launched at #COP30: Behind the Barrel: An Update on the Origins of Israel’s Fuel Supply. Between Nov 2023–Oct 2025, 25 countries shipped 21.2M tonnes of oil + fuel to Israel, including military jet fuel. 🔗 behindthebarrel.org
#BehindTheBarrel #StopFuelingGenocide
#BehindTheBarrel #StopFuelingGenocide
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚨NEW @PriceofOil report launched at #COP30: Behind the Barrel: An Update on the Origins of Israel’s Fuel Supply. Between Nov 2023–Oct 2025, 25 countries shipped 21.2M tonnes of oil + fuel to Israel, including military jet fuel. 🔗 behindthebarrel.org
#BehindTheBarrel #StopFuelingGenocide
#BehindTheBarrel #StopFuelingGenocide
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"If you read The Guardian today and the Financial Times, it's like the headlines are covering totally different reports. One focuses on steps. One focuses on CPS"
"If you were diagnosed with a chronic illness. Would you choose to take up smoking? That's what CPS is"
@davidxvx.bsky.social
"If you were diagnosed with a chronic illness. Would you choose to take up smoking? That's what CPS is"
@davidxvx.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"If you read The Guardian today and the Financial Times, it's like the headlines are covering totally different reports. One focuses on steps. One focuses on CPS"
"If you were diagnosed with a chronic illness. Would you choose to take up smoking? That's what CPS is"
@davidxvx.bsky.social
"If you were diagnosed with a chronic illness. Would you choose to take up smoking? That's what CPS is"
@davidxvx.bsky.social
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The World Energy Outlook presents a stark & simple choice between radically different futures – and only one keeps the 1.5ºC survival limit alive. The WEO is @iea.org’s flagship report, guiding energy policy decisions.
Here’s what the fossil fuel industry wants to ignore 🧵
#WEO2025
Here’s what the fossil fuel industry wants to ignore 🧵
#WEO2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine
Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty Inter...
www.amnesty.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
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The oil company's statements around being a major player in the energy transition & aspiring to reach net zero emissions by 2050 (while it plans to expand hydrocarbon production) were unlawful, a court ruled
#climatelitigation #greenwashing
www.climateinthecourts.com/totalenergie...
#climatelitigation #greenwashing
www.climateinthecourts.com/totalenergie...
TotalEnergies Misled Consumers, Court Rules In Historic Greenwashing Judgment
A French court has handed down a landmark ruling finding that the French oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers regarding its climate commitments. The company’s public-facing statements claiming to ...
www.climateinthecourts.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The oil company's statements around being a major player in the energy transition & aspiring to reach net zero emissions by 2050 (while it plans to expand hydrocarbon production) were unlawful, a court ruled
#climatelitigation #greenwashing
www.climateinthecourts.com/totalenergie...
#climatelitigation #greenwashing
www.climateinthecourts.com/totalenergie...
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New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
grist.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
New Zealand’s far right, ass backwards government has unsurprisingly bowed to big agriculture industry lobbyists and slashed the country’s 2050 methane target. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes
The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move welcomed by the industry but opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
New Zealand’s far right, ass backwards government has unsurprisingly bowed to big agriculture industry lobbyists and slashed the country’s 2050 methane target. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Vanuatu’s Climate Minister @rregenvanu.bsky.social says the fossil fuel industry is the greatest obstacle to tackling the climate crisis and implementing the International Court of Justice opinion that international law requires all states to protect the climate:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Vanuatu working toward UN vote aimed at fighting fossil fuel industry influence
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation said the step was on ‘behalf of everybody’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Vanuatu’s Climate Minister @rregenvanu.bsky.social says the fossil fuel industry is the greatest obstacle to tackling the climate crisis and implementing the International Court of Justice opinion that international law requires all states to protect the climate:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I’m not sure Apple’s new “sleep score” is all that smart. I went to bed at almost 1am after hours of late Zoom calls.
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m not sure Apple’s new “sleep score” is all that smart. I went to bed at almost 1am after hours of late Zoom calls.
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It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
September 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It's worth asking why every elite institution is issuing statements like this rather than pointing out the obvious fact that the institutional right commits and glorifies violence far more than the left. Is there a reason you feel you can't say that out loud?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
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52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state
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🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
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🚨BREAKING: World’s Highest Court Tells Countries to Halt Emissions Faster and Protect the Climate
Press Release: oilchange.org/news/worlds-...
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
Press Release: oilchange.org/news/worlds-...
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
July 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨BREAKING: World’s Highest Court Tells Countries to Halt Emissions Faster and Protect the Climate
Press Release: oilchange.org/news/worlds-...
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
Press Release: oilchange.org/news/worlds-...
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
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In a landmark global victory, the International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must step up and protect our right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In a landmark global victory, the International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must step up and protect our right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
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20/ The Court notes in particular the relevance of customary norms related to:
🔹duty to prevent significant harm to the environment
🔸duty to cooperate internationally!
👉 These norms are going to be critical to the responses of the Court to the questions before it.
🔹duty to prevent significant harm to the environment
🔸duty to cooperate internationally!
👉 These norms are going to be critical to the responses of the Court to the questions before it.
July 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
20/ The Court notes in particular the relevance of customary norms related to:
🔹duty to prevent significant harm to the environment
🔸duty to cooperate internationally!
👉 These norms are going to be critical to the responses of the Court to the questions before it.
🔹duty to prevent significant harm to the environment
🔸duty to cooperate internationally!
👉 These norms are going to be critical to the responses of the Court to the questions before it.