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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1h

"It’s vital that all of Minnesota’s senators and house members be united in their opposition to Big Oil’s corrupt attempt to escape responsibility for its actions," writes Minnesota State Rep. @larrykraft.bsky.social. 👏

Larry Kraft @larrykraft.bsky.social · 4h

Big oil should pay for making life more expensive in Minnesota. My op-ed in @minnpost.bsky.social today.

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Big Oil should pay for making life more expensive in Minnesota

Congress shouldn't buckle from pressure to grant Big Oil legal immunity from lawsuits that seek accountability for climate change damage.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1h

📰 10 years ago 📰 @insideclimatenews.org uncovered how #ExxonKnew one of the biggest gas fields in the world would have 2x the climate impact of coal. 🔽

"Exxon only began to disclose climate risks to its shareholders years after it first weighed Natuna’s risks, federal filings show."

Exxon's Business Ambition Collided with Climate Change Under a Distant Sea - Inside Climate News

In 1980, as Exxon Corp. set out to develop one of the world’s largest deposits of natural gas, it found itself facing an unfamiliar risk: the project would emit immense amounts of carbon dioxide, addi...

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1h

📰 10 years ago 📰 @insideclimatenews.org published parts 4 & 5 of its #ExxonKnew investigation 🔽

"In the 1980s, Exxon lobbied to replace scarce oil with synthetic fossil fuels, but it glossed over the high carbon footprint associated with synfuels."

Highlighting the Allure of Synfuels, Exxon Played Down the Climate Risks - Inside Climate News

Early in the 1980s, the lingering fear of oil scarcity and the emerging threat of climate change were beginning to intersect. And at that junction stood Exxon Corp., working out its strategy for survi...

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 23h

"Advanced recycling” won't solve the plastic waste crisis.

As CCI Senior Investigative Researcher @davisallen.bsky.social told @calmatters.org: “Almost any solution that is based on the idea that plastics can widely be recycled just isn’t really going to work.”

A Bay Area startup sold a plastic recycling dream. Neighbors call it just another incinerator

As California writes plastic waste rules that would affect advanced recycling, Resynergi says it will leave for a more welcoming state.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1d

Maryland communities are fighting to put Big Oil companies on trial to make them pay for the harm their climate deception has caused.

The Maryland Supreme Court will now decide if their cases can move forward.

Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County deserve their day in court. 👇

Maryland Supreme Court weighs future of local climate deception lawsuits | Center for Climate Integrity

Two other state supreme courts have already ruled in favor of communities on the issue currently before the Maryland Supreme Court.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1d

Explore the internal documents on our website that show how Exxon (and other fossil fuel companies) deliberately sowed doubt to undermine scientific evidence:
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Center for Climate Integrity Deception Documents | Center for Climate Integrity

Explore compiled internal documents showing Big Oil knew since the 1960s their products drive climate change, with global consequences.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1d

Happy Monday, everyone! 🫠

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 5d

⚖️ Former federal judge Andre Davis explains why the Maryland Supreme Court should protect Marylanders right to put Big Oil on trial 🔽

"The fossil fuel companies want the courts to believe they are being sued for their greenhouse gas emissions. They are not. They are being sued for their deception."

Baltimore deserves chance to hold fossil fuel companies accountable | GUEST COMMENTARY

Baltimore deserves the opportunity to seek damages from energy companies, writes Andre M. Davis.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 4d

Big Oil is facing dozens of lawsuits over its decades-long climate deception. Rather than face a jury, Big Oil is now lobbying Congress for a legal shield.

“We should not be putting the interests of a corporate entity over the interests of our citizens," says Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 5d

Maryland communities are fighting to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate deception and make them pay for the harm it caused. On Monday, the Maryland Supreme Court will consider whether the cases can advance.

CCI's @shannonmarcoux.bsky.social explained why the law is on their side.

Maryland lawsuits against Big Oil should go forward

A trio of local governments in Maryland have taken Big Oil companies to court to make them pay for deceiving the public about the dangers of climate

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Mike Meno @mikemeno.bsky.social · 5d

Big Oil's cheerleaders (yes, including THAT John Yoo) are taking to right wing outlets to beg the Supreme Court to kill climate deception lawsuits.

The fossil fuel industry is terrified of these cases.

They knew, they lied, and communities deserve their day in court to hold them accountable.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 5d

⚖️ Former federal judge Andre Davis explains why the Maryland Supreme Court should protect Marylanders right to put Big Oil on trial 🔽

"The fossil fuel companies want the courts to believe they are being sued for their greenhouse gas emissions. They are not. They are being sued for their deception."

Baltimore deserves chance to hold fossil fuel companies accountable | GUEST COMMENTARY

Baltimore deserves the opportunity to seek damages from energy companies, writes Andre M. Davis.

www.baltimoresun.com

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 6d

Last week, the U.S. Energy Secretary falsely claimed “there are not oil and gas subsidies.” 🙄

In reality, "nothing even comes close” to fossil fuel subsidies, @whitehouse.senate.gov told @emdashsanders.bsky.social.

A new @oilchange.bsky.social report calculated them to be $34.8 billion annually.

The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief

Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 6d

Maine is fighting to make Big Oil companies pay for climate damages, stop engaging in deceptive practices, and give up the profits that they illegally obtained while lying to consumers about the dangers of fossil fuels.

A court just ruled that the state's case can go forward. 🙌

Maine’s climate deception case can move forward in state court | Center for Climate Integrity

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The Lever @levernews.com · 8d

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines. www.levernews.com/a-climate-le...

A Climate Leader Could Put Big Oil’s Risky Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 7d

“The people of Maine deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate lies and make them pay for the massive costs that climate damages are creating for taxpayers," said CCI's Richard Wiles.

Maine Wins Ruling in Big Oil Lawsuit | Center for Climate Integrity

The state’s climate deception case aims to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for deceiving Mainers about the dangers of fossil fuels.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 7d

Maine's climate deception lawsuit against ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute can move forward in state court, a judge ruled this week. 👏👏

They knew. They lied. They need to pay.

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 8d

California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed.

Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com

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California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

Good news! A judge ruled that Maine's climate deception lawsuit against Big Oil companies can move forward in state court. 🙌

"Mainers deserve their day in court to hold the defendants accountable for the high costs of surviving the impacts of their deception," said Attorney General Aaron Frey.

E&E News: Maine wins early victory in climate lawsuit against oil companies

A federal judge rebuffed the fossil fuel industry's bid to move the case to a more favorable court.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

@iylas.bsky.social pointed out why the insurance industry needs to break up with Big Oil.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

NPR’s @michaelcopley1.bsky.social asked about growing calls for insurance companies to take steps to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damages.

“There’s a real price tag” to climate disasters and “someone needs to pay for that,” said Ben Franta of @smithschool.ox.ac.uk

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

Former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich talked about new evidence of Big Oil’s climate deception obtained last year through a joint House-Senate investigation.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

“When you have an industry that has spent so much time lying about the problem, until the point where they can’t anymore ... they start lying about the solutions,” @iylas.bsky.social said of Big Oil and climate change.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 8d

At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability.

Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵

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